layed with a high energy level and rebounded the ball extremely well," Bryant said.
Bryant finished 11-of-28 from the floor and made 20 of 23 free throws as fans chanted "MVP! MVP!" during the nationally televised game.
"I really appreciate the support. It just shows a lot of love," he said. "I don't go out and try to play for that. I go out to try to help us put W's on the board."
Grant, a former Laker, would naturally pick Nash over Bryant for MVP.
"If you could give two MVPs out, I would say give it to both of them," he said. "But since there's only one, I've got to go with Nash, just because I play with him and I've seen all the things he can do to really help this team evolve and help players evolve."
Nash could only watch in street clothes from the bench, getting booed when his face appeared on the overhead scoreboard. He and Bell didn't talk to reporters after the game.
The Suns' roster is crowded with injuries days before the playoffs begin. Nash, who missed his second straight game, has a right thigh contusion; Bell has a left thigh strain; Amare Stoudemire underwent season-ending knee surgery 1 1/2 weeks ago; Kurt Thomas is out for the rest of the regular season because of a stress fracture in his right foot; and Dijon Thompson had right knee surgery last month.
"We were trying to work on some stuff out there. We weren't worrying about what they were doing," Marion said. "We lost, but at the same time, we were trying to see about certain matchups out there. We didn't get a win, but I think we got some stuff accomplished that we wanted to work on."
The Lakers stopped a couple of losing streaks against the Suns: four straight games at Staples Center and seven overall - the longest Los Angeles slide in series history.
Jackson used the blowout to get everyone some playing time with only Wednesday's game against New Orleans left before the playoffs open.
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