Bryant, Fisher lead Lakers to victory

BOSTON (AP):

Kobe Bryant scored 29 points and Derek Fisher added 16 to lead Los Angeles to a 91-84 victory over the Boston Celtics on Tuesday night and give the Lakers a 2-1 lead in the NBA finals.

Bryant had 25 points after three quarters, but did not score for the first 10 minutes of the fourth. That's when Fisher took over, adding four key baskets after Boston narrowed a 17-point first-half lead to one point.

The Lakers regained home-court advantage they had lost when Boston took Game Two in Los Angeles.

Game Four is tonight in Boston.

Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum had 10 rebounds each for Los Angeles.

Kevin Garnett, who had just six points in Boston's victory Sunday, made 25 in Game Three. But Ray Allen, who had 32 points in Game Two, missed all 13 field goal attempts.

"Derek Fisher was the difference in the game," Celtics coach Doc Rivers said. "He's just a gutty, gritty player and he gutted the game out for them. I thought Kobe was struggling a little bit, and Fisher - he basically took the game over. ... I don't know what he had in the fourth quarter ... but most of them were down the stretch."