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WASHINGTON — Kobe Bryant recently said he wanted to play against the Washington Generals, desperate for a victory as the Lakers' losses kept piling up.
He got the next best thing Friday.
The Lakers beat the Washington Wizards, a carnival of a team and surely the NBA's worst, 102-96, at Verizon Center.
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