EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- The status of Los Angeles Lakers' stars Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal for a game against the Philadelphia 76ers on Christmas night remained uncertain Monday.

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Team spokesman John Black said Bryant, who pulled a muscle in his right rib cage during the Lakers' 114-108 loss at Memphis on Friday night, and O'Neal, who has a sore big right toe, will be examined by team physician Dr. Steve Lombardo before Tuesday night's game.

The Lakers watched film, lifted weights and did some light shooting Monday.

"Neither participated in the shooting," Black said. "They remain day to day."

Bryant is the NBA's third-leading scorer with a 26.3-point average, and O'Neal is sixth in scoring at 26.0 points and fifth in rebounding with an 11.5 average.

Both players sat out practice Sunday, although Bryant said he planned on playing against the 76ers in a rematch of last June's NBA Finals, won by the Lakers 4-1.

"Without a doubt," Bryant said. "I'm playing in all 82 this year."

Philadelphia's Allen Iverson leads the NBA in scoring with a 28.6-point average.

O'Neal has been hampered by his sore right toe for several weeks. He also has had significant pain in the left little toe he had operated on in late August.

Bryant had 36 points and O'Neal added 26 points and nine rebounds in the loss at Memphis -- one night after Bryant scored 27 points and O'Neal had 16 points and 14 rebounds in a 107-101 win at Houston.

The Lakers' 19-4 record is the NBA's best, but the two-time defending champions have gone 3-3 after starting 16-1. The defending Eastern Conference champion 76ers are 11-15 after losing eight of their last 11.