Kobe Bryant received tribute from his hometown at the start of the match.
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The Lakers have won just two games all season and while the 76ers are considered the worst team in the NBA’s Eastern Conference, the Lakers are the 76ers of the West. But instead of experience being a problem, the Lakers have a Kobe problem, according to the Los Angeles Times. The report said the team believes Scott is not responsible for the Lakers’ bad record (2-15) or the awful performance of Kobe Bryant in his final season.
Gone with the victory is the longest losing streak in North American major sports history at 28.
It was the Cavs first home defeat of the season following a 9-0 start to the campaign at the Quicken Loans Arena. At 1-18 the Sixers finally broke into the win column for the first time since March 25 and they haven’t won two games in a row since March 20.
“This feels good to finally put it together and play a full 48 (minutes)”, Covington said. Coach Brett Brown used Noel in a reserve role in which he logged 27 minutes and scored 14 points on 5 for 7 shooting. “Deeply appreciative, beyond belief; I couldn’t have asked for anything better other than winning the game”, he said. “It was a really, really special night”. Bryant scored 20 points on 7-of-26 shooting and made four 3s. The 76ers didn’t say Kobe’s name on draft day but their fans chanted it on his last day in Philadelphia wearing an National Basketball Association uniform. “The layers around Jahlil have been solid”, Brown said. He waved to the crowd and bowed his head in appreciation as a “Kobe!” Meanwhile, during halftime, it was announced next season the 76ers will retire the number 2 jersey of Moses Malone, who passed away in September.
Forward Julius Randle added 10 first-half points and guard Lou Williams, a former Sixer, added nine as Los Angeles took a 58-50 lead. Malone, who died in September at 60, was the NBA Finals MVP in 1983 when he led the Sixers to the title.
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A third-quarter tussle between Lakers center Roy Hibbert and the Sixers’ Isaiah Canaan, JaKarr Sampson and Jerami Grant seemed to wake up the Sixers. “I do trust that he’ll get to the point where he’ll make them on a much more consistent basis, but it has just not happened yet”, he told ESPN’s Baxter Holmes:. LaVine had 12 points, five rebounds and five assists and center Gorgui Dieng had 11 points to go with seven boards off the bench.
