Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers look to regain the advantage in their first round series against Chris Paul and the New Orleans Hornets. The two teams face off Friday night in Game 3. The game is expected to tipoff a little after 6:40 p.m. PDT, and will be televised by both ESPN and KCAL. Here are tonight's starting lineups for Game 3:

Hornets

• Point Guard: Chris Paul
• Shooting Guard: Marco Belinelli
• Small Forward: Trevor Ariza
• Power Forward: Carl Landry
• Center: Emeka Okafor

Lakers

• Point Guard: Derek Fisher
  
• Shooting Guard: Kobe Bryant
  
• Small Forward: Ron Artest
  
• Power Forward: Pau Gasol
  
• Center: Andrew Bynum
  

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