Kobe Bryant scored nineteen points before taking the fourth quarter off, and the Los Angeles Lakers cruised to a 107-89 win against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday night. The Lakers led from start to finish for the ninth time this season and closed within one game of idle Cleveland for the best record in the NBA. Lamar Odom scored eighteen points before fouling out, and Pau Gasol had fourteen points, fourteen rebounds and seven assists for Los Angeles. All of the Lakers starters spent …