Lakers' reaction is animated to call late in the game

Time to repeal the rule?

NBA Commissioner David Stern instructed referees to crack down on animated player behavior, but the Lakers certainly weren't thrilled about it after Lamar Odom was hit with a technical foul in the final minute of the Lakers' 121-116 loss Sunday to Phoenix.

"It's a bad, bad rule," Kobe Bryant said. "It's a bad one. It's subject to so much interpretation. I've been toeing the line here, so I don't want to [get fined]. It's something you have to be conscious of as a player, which kind of throws you off your game a little bit because basketball's such an emotional sport."

Odom made a layup off Bryant's pass with 53.7 seconds left to bring the Lakers within 111-109. He was then called for a technical foul after yelling out for a foul call after Hedo Turkoglu appeared to get him across the arm. Steve Nash made a free throw to give the Suns a 112-109 edge.