The doubt surrounding the availability of superstar Kobe Bryant looks like it was a false alarm after all.  According to Tim Brown of the L.A. Times Kobe Bryant returned to practice yesterday confessing he feels fine and will now take his place in the Lakers lineup for Game 3 tonight.

"I feel fine," he said. "I feel I can do everything I was doing before I was sick. It's just a matter of getting my conditioning back."

Bryant became ill with food poisoning after consuming a bad bacon cheeseburger in Sacramento it is believed, and now it has been stated he will be playing the only question mark is over his conditioning.  Kobe was fatigued during Game 2, both teams winning one each, and hasn?t done much running since.

?I won't know until I get out there," Bryant said. "I'll get a lot of fluids in me. I was out here earlier running some lines, trying to get my wind back, trying to get my legs back. Hopefully, [Friday] I'll be ready."