But he logged seven turnovers. Enjoy the pics below and just enjoy the ride even if you’re a Kobe hater. The sound of the net.
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After announcing his retirement last week via The Players’ Tribune, Bryant has received gracious accolades during his National Basketball Association farewell tour.
Bazemore and Scott combined to score 13 of the Hawks’ 28 fourth-quarter points.
What was most striking to Scott was Bryant’s demeanor in the moment. It’s ok though, because here is a break down of the 2007 and 2008 NBA Finals if the Los An Lakers and Cleveland Cavaliers played.
Atlanta, on the other hand, have different plans and are looking to bounce back after losing to the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday, 96-86 after blowing a 17-point, third-quarter lead. Therefore, it’s safe to say that this series would easily be a six or seven game series. Displaying classic moves with pull-up and fade-away jumpers, he scored efficiently in the first half as Los Angeles built up a 19-point lead.
It’s clear the Mamba is once again playing with a goal and has found the piece of motivation to push him through the last hurrah of his career. That could prove to be a double-edged sword. Scott shut down questions about the 30-year-old falling out of the rotation, admonishing a reporter to “relax”. “I read up on the animal and said, ‘Wow, this is pretty awesome, ‘ ” Bryant recalled. “But I’m not dealing with any of that day to day stuff, that’s not happening”. “This season is all I have left to give”.
The Lakers were led in scoring by former Atlanta Hawk standout Lou Williams’ 16 points. Coach Byron Scott can continue to make outrageous statements, such as: “Yeah, there’s going to be some games like that that you’re just going to live and die with it”, Scott said of Bryant’s shooting, according to ESPN.
Yes, that’s Memphis Grizzlies guard Tony Allen, who has yet to average more than 27 minutes per game in a single season and once went an entire season without hitting a 3-pointer.
Wade told me in the 13 years he’s played for the Heat, he’s never ever seen Pat Riley let an opposing player into the inner sanctum like that, using the team’s facilities, and that frankly, he was shocked.
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Way too long for 140 characters, but here’s the Kobe story Dwyane Wade told me: This was last month, the night before the Heat hosted the Lakers here in Miami.
