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Kobe Bryant, coming back from a knee injury, made a brief appearance at the start of Los Angeles’ final preseason game Friday night and appeared to be moving fine in the Lakers’ 105-94 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder.

“Just making sure my rhythm was good, making sure my knee was good,” Bryant said. “This way I wouldn’t have to go out on Tuesday and experiment with it. It felt fine and I’ll be ready to go.”

The Lakers open the season at home Tuesday night against Portland.

Los Angeles coach Phil Jackson said before the game against the Thunder that Bryant would play only as much time as he wanted.

He played the first 7:55, went 2-of-3 from the floor and had one rebound and one assist before taking the rest of the night off.

Los Angeles’ Andrew Bynum had 23 points, eight rebounds and three blocks while playing 29 minutes in the final tuneup for both the Lakers (5-2) and the Thunder (1-6).

Bynum was 10-of-15 from the floor. Jordan Farmar had 14 points on 7-of-9 shooting for Los Angeles.

“I thought we played reasonably well,” Jackson said. “There are still some things we need to do individually, and to do as a team.”