The Raptors beat the Lakers 102-93.
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Raptors: Toronto carried a lead into the second quarter for the first time in seven games….
“Hopefully I’ve had a great impact and been able to inspire kids to play the game of basketball, find the beauty in it that I found when I was a kid”, he said.
Chen said they had designed the portrait and drew corresponding lines on the basketball court the day before, first practising on an adjoining court. “I’m honored to have the opportunity just to compete against him”.
Russell finished with nine points and two assists in 21 minutes, about 25 percent below his average playing time. Andre Drummond (18 points, 15 rebounds) played 24. “My grandmother, who doesn’t like coming to the games because it makes her so nervous, flew out to Los Angeles”. The Pistons were heavy underdogs but played better as a team as stars Shaquille O’Neal, Gary Payton, Karl Malone and Bryant failed to mesh.
DeMarre Carroll has not been living up to expectations in his first year with Toronto.
The cloud lingering over this Lakers team comes in the form of Byron Scott and his team plummeting into a direction that they shouldn’t be going.
Bryant’s game against Raptors on January 22, 2006 is likely his most memorable regular season game of his career.
Russell is believed to be one of the two best point guards in the 2015 NBA Draft, with Emmanuel Mudiay being the other one.
With the Lakers in town to face the Detroit Pistons, Slay took no chances as he bought front row seats for the game.
The cards showed Bryant making a basket while wearing a Number 55 jersey from his time at the Lower Merion High School. A pair of Bryant free throws cut the margin to 58-57 with 7:26 left in the quarter.
“It’s a risky habit”.
“He was great and that is the T we need on a nightly basis”, teammate DeMar DeRozan said. The stuff that wins us championships is being able to go into our automatics. He was replaced in the starting lineup by Ross…. Despite a stomach virus, Bryant plans to play tomorrow in Toronto. When asked about his benching, Russell said “It’s something I’ve got to deal with”. “You just try to figure your way through the challenge, just try to learn from it, try to do better. Sitting on the bench and they started chanting, ‘We want Kobe!’ (I was like), give me 5 minutes”. Toronto announced before the game that Carroll will miss an indefinite period of time with a bruised right knee.
There’s no use getting worked up about a game here or there where once plays less.
The Lakers now sit at the bottom of the Western Conference standings with a 3-17 record, suggesting that the franchise is in full tank mode and ready to rebuild for the next season.
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In ATS trends, the Lakers are 7-3 ATS in their last 10 games playing on zero days rest and 1-7 ATS in their last eight road games, while the Raptors are 6-0 ATS in their last six games following a loss and 7-3 ATS in their last 10 games overall.
