L.A. Still Perfect

Eddie Jones scored 28 points and Kobe Bryant added 24 Sunday night as the unbeaten Los Angeles Lakers downed the visiting Los Angeles Clippers 119-102 to give Del Harris his 500th victory as an NBA coach.

The Lakers played without Shaquille O’Neal, who is expected to be sidelined another week or more because of a strained abdominal muscle that has bothered him on and off since the start of training camp.

O’Neal, the NBA’s second-leading scorer, told reporters before the game that surgery is a possibility.

The Lakers have won their first 11 games of the season, equaling the sixth-best start in NBA history. The record of 15 was set by the Washington Capitals in 1948-49 and tied by the Houston Rockets four years ago.

The loss was the ninth straight for the Clippers.

Other games

Michael Jordan scored 33 points and the Bulls never trailed in a 103-88 win over the host Sacramento Kings… . In New York, Charles Oakley scored 12 of his 19 points before he was ejected as the Knicks routed the Vancouver Grizzlies 104-84… . Antoine Walker scored 29 points to lift the host Boston Celtics to a 90-86 victory over Detroit.

Olajuwon surgery?

Houston Rockets center Hakeem Olajuwon has an injured left knee that could require arthroscopic surgery.