The Lakers snapped their 3 game losing streak with Kobe hitting a 17-foot jumper with 1.9 seconds left in the game against the Toronto Raptors Tuesday night.

“That’s my responsibility here, to close things out,” Bryant said with a shrug. “The same shot in Orlando, and I missed it.”

Pau Gasol scored 17 pointand nine rebounds and Andrew Bynum had 22 points, to help the Lakers come back from the winless road trip.

Lamar Odom had 10 points, eight rebounds, five assists.

“In the second half, we picked it up and it paid off,” Gasol said. “We’ve got to start building on our confidence and really stepping it up. So far lately, we’ve been struggling. We’ve been playing well in stretches, but not consistently, and we’ve got to figure that out.”

With a steal by Derek Fisher and two free throws with 30 seconds left it put the Lakers ahead by four.

Hopefully this is the start of a really good winning streak, but if left up to Kobe we will be sealing the deal in the last shot.

Way to go KOBE

Kobe put together a special Nike ID for the Orlando game.  Check out the shoe tonight when Kobe laces up to take on Dwight Howard and the Orlando Magic.

The Lakers(46-16) are looking to bounce back against the Charlotte Bobcats(28-31).  To take on the Bobcats, Kobe will be laces up the black “Del Sol” shoes.

Since entering the league in 2004, the Bobcats are going after their first chance to be in the playoffs.

There is no explanation for the recent success that they have had against the Lakers, since the team has not won more than 35 games in any season.

Check out the Lakers play the Bobcats, and their biggest match up issues Gerald Wallace and Stephen Jackson.

GO LAKERS

Kobe Bryant had 26 points on 9-of-21 shooting for the Lakers, who committed 20 turnovers and lost to Charlotte for the seventh time in nine meetings.

The Lakers seemed to be playing hard, but the Bobcats were obviously playing harder

“As a team, our collective synergy – that means collective energy – it’s been better,” Odom said. “Sometimes you go through it as a team. It’s nothing we’re not going to get past.”

The next stop is Orlando, and the Lakers hope this is where they can turn it around.

“They are a great basketball team,” Bryant said. “It’s not really a good time to go in. You can go in hot, you can go in cold. We just have to go in there, execute, play our game, play hard and see what happens.”

Orlando has the third-best record in the NBA at 43-20.

“Most likely you’ll see us play our style of game,” Odom said. “We’ll go to our mismatches. We’ll find out how to get in our offense. We’ll make three or four or five passes. Against the top teams, if you don’t see us play our best, then we’ve got a problem. Win, lose, or draw, we’ll play like a good game.”