“I remember coming here for my first game, not knowing what the hell to expect, what to do”, he said.
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This season also marks the final year in his current three-year extension deal signed with the Lakers back in 2013.
“What I’ll always see is the guy who has dominated this game at his position for a long time, who performed at a high level for 20 years”, Wade said.
The memory of the night where Kobe electrified the Garden for 61 points and set the all-time record for the arena was obviously refreshed in the minds of the fans, but the game on Sunday was very different from that night years ago.
On the day the Heat traded long-time point guard Mario Chalmers. the team needed the morale boosting play from its bigs. But you never know.
“But I appreciate those standards, because it’s something that still pushes me, still drives me, Bryant said”. Then, 38 seconds later, Young tied the game at 32 on another 3-pointer and gave the Lakers their first lead, 34-33 on a 17-footer with 9:23 left before halftime.
Lou Williams (14 points) and Jordan Clarkson (12) hit double figures, while D’Angelo Russell and Julius Randle struggled against the veteran Heat.
Bryant shot 6 for 19, but the poor finish can’t take away from all the other memories he has here.
Fisher said he planned to wear No. 4 as a rookie with the Lakers in 1996, but when Scott chose to return as a player, Fisher switched to No. 2.
“He’s known for making tough shots. But you’ve still got to be able to maintain a balance on when to run the offense and when to get him the ball”. On Friday they beat the Nets, who are technically a professional basketball team.
Bryant, a 17-time All Star, played a pivotal role in Team USA’s gold-clinching appearances in the 2008 Games in Beijing and 2012 edition in London.
“Just. … I don’t know”, Bryant responded to reporters when asked how it felt.
Before his first start of the season – and his first since the 2013-2014 season when he last played in the National Basketball Association for the NY Knicks – the quirky and manically competitive World Peace was revealed to be just as enigmatic as ever.
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In an interview with The Associated Press, Bryant reiterated his interest in playing for the U.S. Olympic team during the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janiero, Brazil.
