Everyone assumed so, but now it's official.. if it matters.

After a seven-game, 13-day absence, Lakers guard Kobe Bryant will play Friday against the Spurs.Bryant participated in the Lakers shootaround Friday morning at the AT&T Center without a brace or wrap covering his left shin. It was a left shin injury, tenosynovitis, which had kept him out of the lineup since April 7..



http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/s...7-game-absence