NO PAIN NO GAIN!

Kobe Bryant said the back injury that sent him to the locker room, dropped him to his knees and had him wincing in pain throughout the Lakers' loss to Utah in Game 3 won't keep him out of Game 5 of the Western Conference semifinals Wednesday night. "I'll play," Bryant said. "I can't imagine it being worse than what it was Sunday night." Bryant shot 13-for-33 in Game 3, making only 2 of 13 shots in the fourth quarter and overtime. He wrenched his back on a jump shot in the first quarter and it clearly bothered him throughout the game. At one point he was so landlocked that Utah's Andrei Kirilenko merely had to stand on his tiptoes and reach from behind to block Bryant's shot. His treatment has included electrical stimulation, ice, heat, massage and stretching. GO LAKERS!