(Portland, OR)  --  Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant will be sitting out tonight's game in Portland against the Trail Blazers.  Lakers coach Byron Scott says Bryant will use the time off to rest in the middle of the team's schedule of three games in four nights.  Bryant has suffered a torn Achilles and broken tibial bone in his left knee over the last two seasons.  Tonight's tipoff at the Moda Center is set for seven o'clock.