but the new nationals, mr. wirt was there to watch the game. nick young, this guy loves playing against the lakers. hit the jumperver kobe bryant, giving the wizards a two-point lead. young had 21 points off the bench. the wizards led 21-22 after the first quarter. kobe had an explosive third quarter. he scored 16 of his 24 in that time span. ter in the third, look at odom bottom of the screen. goes behind kobe who just sets up and drains the three like butter. after that he wen t to the benc. 23 points total for him. the lakers win 103-89ut afterwards saunders had some praise for his young guys. >> at no point did i think our guys didn't compete and play hard tonight. think that's something we have to build on, d that's all the guys are after. we made some progress. we got to keep on plugging away and keep on getting better and better, cut down on the little mistakes. we got tory to get healthy here in the next 48 hours and try to go find a way to get our first road win. >> the wizards will be back on the court thursday in new jersey still loo