LOS ANGELES - The Lakers-Oklahoma City rematch was a multi-dimensional affair.
The older and wiser two-time defending champions repeated their postseason style in this regular-season setting on Monday night at Staples Center, downing these young Thunder 101-94 with the sort of approach that helped them win the memorable first-round series in six games last April.
In a game that was the first matchup since the series that some considered the most entertaining of them all, Kobe Bryant did adequate damage (21 points on 7 of 12 shooting, seven assists and five turnovers), Pau Gasol followed his mildly-successful suit (21 points on 8 of 19 shooting, seven rebounds), Lamar Odom picked up the slack (16 points on six of nine shooting and seven rebounds) and the rare sight of Derek Fisher scoring points (a season-high 15 of them, in fact) was too much for this dangerous Thunder team to handle.
But this matchup was always more about Kevin Durant than anything else, the young star taking the big stage for the first time to see if he could match the magnitude of the moment. But this time, just like last time, Artest stood in his way.
Whether Durant wanted to acknowledge it or not.
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