The time off must have done Kobe Bryant a lot of good.

Going on a scoring spree for the second night in a row, Bryant had 50 points Saturday night to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a 112-109 victory over the Clippers.

That ran his total to 98 points in two nights -- he had 48 in the Lakers' win over Philadelphia in his first game back from a two-game suspension.

He scored 40 second-half points against the Clippers, including the first 11 points of the fourth quarter to rally the Lakers.

Bryant's fadeaway jumper in the lane with 12 seconds left put them up by one. Smush Parker intercepted Shaun Livingston's pass for Sam Cassell, and Parker's fast-break dunk with 4.4 seconds remaining gave the Lakers a three-point pad.

"I can't fully take credit for that last move," Bryant said of his go-ahead basket. "I stole it from Michael Vick, believe it or not. I knew they were going to run over to double with [Chris] Wilcox, so I picked up the blitz, threw a pump fake at the guy, got him up in the air and went around him."

Bryant's key shot in traffic came 13 seconds after Elton Brand's turnaround jumper from 7 feet put the Clippers in front 109-108.

The Clippers almost tied it at the end. Livingston drove inside before passing out to Cuttino Mobley in the left corner, but Mobley couldn't get off his 3-pointer before time expired. The shot went in.