If you caught tonight's match-up between the Lakers and the Sixers while channel surfing through League Pass, or browsing through the night's scores online, you most likely registered the Lakers' 124-93 victory as nothing more than a huge win. Well, those following the game, or those lucky enough to have taken a look at the box score just may have noticed something special.

Andrew Bynum rebounded from his weak showing on Sunday; literally, pulling down 16 boards en route to 17 points. The big lead allowed for the bench mob to get some crucial playing time. Rookie, Javaris Crittenton shattered his season high, scoring 19 points in just 23 minutes, Jordan Farmar contributed with 16, and Trevor Ariza (robbed of his starting job) put up 11.

D-Fish tacked on 17, Kobe, along with Ronny Turiaf added 15 a piece. Turiaf, starting for the suspended Lamar Odom shined in the spotlight with the pressure on, adding five blocked shots to the mix and leaving my dad and I with validation of the "there's no need for Lamar Odom" theory.

However, the truly awesome element of tonight's box is the simple fact that, with 15 points, Kobe Bryant was tied as the fifth leading scorer for the team. Please don't take this as Kobe hating, because I do try to shy away from some of the more rudimentary aspects of blogging about the Lakers; rather, take this as a novelty... something that hasn't happened in my memory of Kobe as a super-star, and will likely never happen again... unless, of course the stars align as they did tonight; and I'm not talking about the star on the back of Lamar's head.

Lakers 124, Sixers 93 [Fox Sports]
Postgame Locker Talk [Lakers.com]