FORMULA 1 champion Lewis Hamilton was sat courtside last night at the Air Canada Centre as the London-bound Toronto Raptors defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 102-93. Embarrassingly, Marcelo Huertas led them in assists with four off the bench in 12 minutes. “We know that if we really want to be a contender, we need to keep playing this way”, Jackson said.
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“I played with a chip on my shoulder, man. I didn’t care who was out there in front of me, my job was to try to make your night absolutely miserable”. The Lakers lost a franchise-record 61 games in 2014-15, and 2015-16 is now on pace to finish with between 11 or 12 wins, so even 70 losses are a real possibility.
“It’s a sad day”, said DeRozan, who met Bryant when he was growing up as a kid in Compton, California.
Amidst the celebration and fanfare surrounding the Los Angeles Lakers following Kobe Bryant’s retirement announcement, there’s a looming dark cloud.
Despite having only played 33 games, he ranks fifth in total points scored by a Toronto opponent and fourth in points per game.
More than anyone else, one player defined the first part of ‘s career:.
Moreover, Young could play for a team that actually runs plays for shooters like him instead of Lakers’ isolation heavy offense. “I’m honored to have the opportunity just to compete against him”. Their disorganized team defense leads to many individual mistakes, but it’s easy to see how valuable a player he could develop into with that kind of talent to mold over the next few seasons.
“It’s not a very likable characteristic to have, but I found comfort in it. It’s not so much the fact that people didn’t like it, it’s the fact that I liked the fact that they didn’t like it”.
Many pundits reckon that by playing Bryant more than 30 minutes a night, Lakers coach Byron Scott is hampering the development of the young trio of Russell, Jordan Clarkson and Julius Randle.
Prior to the game, Lakers coach Scott justified his decision to bench Russell and Randle.
Randle scored 15 points off the bench.
Bryant, who left the game after the third quarter due to stomach flu, had just five points on 2 of 15 shooting. “But we’ve got to give them more than that”. Toronto announced before the game that Carroll will miss an indefinite period of time with a bruised right knee. “That’s my dawg. That’s my boy, man. It’s great to see him out here, see him play in person, meet him in person, shake his hand”.
He posted a season-high 31 points on 10-of-24 shooting in last week’s win in Washington. It documented many of his career achievements – getting drafted, making the All-Star game, winning championships – but did not show any clips from his 81-point game against the Raptors back in 2006.
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Bryant received a standing ovation before the game, when the arena went dark while Pistons public address announcer John Mason read off his long list of achievements, graciously skipping the loss to Detroit in the 2004 Finals.
