Kobe Bryant, who injured his left shoulder, cannot hold his arm over his head without feeling pain but said he felt "very lucky" after watching the replay of his tumble in Wednesday's victory over Denver.

"It could have been much worse," he said. "It's not something that structurally is going to get any worse. It's just try to maintain the pain level down as much as possible so Sunday I'm playing with less pain than what I'm feeling now."