Bryant, playing like a man possessed, scored 40 points and the Los Angeles Lakers, who have waited nearly one year for a chance to erase bitter memories of a Boston beatdown and a championship they felt belonged to them, pounded the Orlando Magic 100-75 in Game 1 on Thursday night. He and his teammates wore the new NBA Finals edition Kobe 4 in the game, the shoe comes in white, purple and metallic gold with stats from his 61 point outing at The Garden written across the toe box and around the ankle.
