Bryant (shoulder) will play Sunday against the Knicks, Mike Bresnahan of the Los Angeles Times reports.

EDGE Analysis

As was the case Thursday night when the Lakers faced the Cavaliers and LeBron James, Bryant will fight through any lingering soreness in his perennially ailing right shoulder and gut it out as he faces another of his longtime rivals in former U.S. Olympics teammate Carmelo Anthony. Bryant ended up delivering a vintage outing Thursday with 26 points on an outstanding 11-for-16 shooting across 32 minutes, but with his accuracy from the field still sitting at a woeful 35.6 percent for the campaign, don't expect too many more efforts like that.