This also just in…his supporting cast ain’t bad either. Bryant’s 3-point basket pulled them within 97-91 with 1:48 remaining. Still, five of the Raptors six losses this year have come on the road.
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The Lakers were led by rookie point guard D’Angelo Russell.
Following the game, Scott that he kept Bryant in the game because he thought that he gave the team the best chance to win, and didn’t feel that this would have an effect on the 37-year-old’s body to the point.
Los Angeles have dropped two games to the Warriors, one to the Rockets, another one to the Mavericks and the Suns. Overall, the Raptors have played a league-high 15 contests.
“We’re pretty frustrated”, Griffin said.
Kobe talked about his future with the team as well as mentoring the young players on the Lakers moving forward in an appearance on Mike Krzyzewski’s show on SiriusXM radio via Mark Medina of the L.A. Daily News on November 19. They have won five in a row at Staples. Take this trip for instance. If nothing else, the narrative is rarely boring. The injury forced him to miss 18 games. Terrence Ross, one of their best shooters, was sidelined for nearly two weeks.
Jonas Valanciunas has decided against surgery for his broken metacarpal in his non-shooting hand. “When I’ve become the voice of ‘ball-movement reason, ‘ you know you have an issue”, Bryant said. At 6-5, they’ve managed to stay above the. His poor shot selections and shooting struggles are certainly not enticing for any team.
Individually, Kyle Lowry continues to perform at an extremely high level.
J.J. Redick scored 17 points and Chris Paul had 13 points and 11 assists as the Clippers lost their third successive game.
Clippers: Griffin played 30 minutes. Meanwhile, newcomers Carroll, Cory Joseph and Luis Scola have all been as good as advertised, if not better.
The Clippers, who blew a 23-point lead in a 124-117 home loss to the National Basketball Association champion Warriors on Thursday, sliced a 29-point deficit against the Raptors to 73-67 with a 17-2 run capped by Austin Rivers’ short jumper with 9:26 to play.
If Kobe does retire this season, it will be unfortunate that he had to leave under these circumstances. Seven players made at least one 3-ball, and all ten players who hit the floor had a point (or many more!) You can win a lot of games that way.
The Clippers had a few not-so-super superlatives in Sunday’s game.
Butler has been one of the exceptions with the veteran soaking up as much knowledge as possible in only one year and turning that knowledge into a career that has lasted 14 seasons thus far.
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ABOUT THE RAPTORS (8-6): Valanciunas, who leads the team in rebounding (9.3) and sits third in scoring (12.7), will undergo more tests to determine how much time he will miss, but a matchup against Clippers center DeAndre Jordan is unlikely.
