Kobe Bryant scores 5 points as Lakers open preseason with a loss

Kobe Bryant made good on his promise from a day earlier and did play for the first time since undergoing surgery for a torn rotator cuff in January.

He played 12 minutes, the entirety of the first quarter, and scored 5 points on 1-of-6 shooting in the Lakers preseason opener, a 90-71 loss to the Utah Jazz at the Stan Sheriff Center on campus at the University of Hawaii.