Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant (centre) celebrates with Lakers' Luke Walton (left) and Ronny Turiaf after the Lakers beat the San Antonio Spurs 89-85 in Game One of the NBA Western Conference finals on Wednesday night in Los Angeles. - AP

LOS ANGELES (AP):

KOBE BRYANT scored all but two of his 27 points after half-time, including a go-ahead, 10-foot jump shot in the lane with 23.9 seconds remaining, as the Los Angeles Lakers rallied from a 20-point deficit to beat the San Antonio Spurs 89-85 on Wednesday night in Game One of the Western Conference finals.

Game Two will be played tonight before the best-of-seven series shifts to San Antonio for the third and fourth games. The Lakers are 7-0 in the postseason at Staples Center, where they've won 13 straight games overall.

Lakers ahead

Bryant's jumper put the Lakers ahead for good after two free throws by Manu Ginobili with 1:22 remaining and a follow shot by Tim Duncan with 41 seconds left tied the game at 85. Ginobili then missed a three-pointer, and Sasha Vujacic made two free throws with 7.3 seconds remaining to complete the scoring.

The Lakers outscored the Spurs 24-13 in the fourth quarter, when San Antonio shot 4-of-18.

Five rebounds

Bryant also had five rebounds and nine assists. Pau Gasol had 19 points and seven rebounds and Vujacic and Vladimir Radmanovic scored 10 points apiece for the Lakers.

Duncan led the Spurs with 30 points, 18 rebounds and four blocked shots. Tony Parker added 18 points, 10 rebounds and six assists, Bruce Bowen scored 12 and Ginobili added 10 for the Spurs. Ginobili shot just 3-for-13.