Why is Randle starting on the bench?
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Teacher Chen Jianxun told reporters that the New York Times had contacted and told him Kobe Bryant knew about the portrait.
According to Michael Rothstein of ESPN, Slay had to wait about a half hour after the Pistons beat the Lakers before finally meeting the Bryant, but it was worth it.
“It’s an awesome feeling”, Bryant said.
Kyle Lowry led the way for Toronto with 27 points, while Terrence Ross had a promising 22-point night while starting for Carroll, and Bismack Biyombo was the leading rebounder with 13, along with 15 points.
The underachieving D’Angelo Russell of the Los Angeles Lakers is reportedly unhappy with the minutes being afforded to him by coach Byron Scott, to a point that letting him go in exchange for another top pick may very well materialize.
“It was great to see him out here to see him play in person and to meet him”, Slay said.
Kobe Bryant lacks a reputation as a compassionate teammate, but his actions in what may be his final National Basketball Association season are going a long way to change the narrative about the Black Mamba. “You let them get going early, you’re in a dogfight”.
And that’s what makes tonight’s game so unusual. That guy gets plenty of minutes.
Toronto’s love affair with Kobe Bryant continues: Only a few minutes into his final regular-season contest in Toronto, Kobe Bryant had one more assist than he managed in his historic, 81-point tour de force back in 2006. He survives on a 3-18 Los Angeles Lakers team that has mostly been dragged down by the weight of a crumbled dynasty and, well, Bryant himself.
Now that time has taken the wind out of his sails, Bryant’s relentless approach to scoring struggles with his own basketball mortality. The younger Lakers players look depressed in the loss a night before to the Detroit Pistons, with Bryant pulling off another historically bad performance. DeMarre Carroll will be sidelined indefinitely with a contusion on his knee, and Lucas Nogueira has a sprained ankle.
That said, the Raptors have already beaten them this season – just two weeks ago at Staples Centre, in a 102-91 win that shouldn’t have been that close. Prior to their game versus the Toronto Raptors, Scott informed the two young talents that they would come off the bench. Most (51%) who remember the allegations say that they were probably true and only 23% who are aware of his arrest do not think he sexually assaulted someone.
O’Neal ended up giving the edge over Bryant after saying they were similar in many ways, including wanting the ball all the time, sharing the same work ethic and even walking the same way.
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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.
