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Lakers rookies Russell, Randle dispute coach’s ‘scared’ claim after Thunder loss

“It’s not something I’m absolutely pressing for but being part of the Olympic experience is a handsome thing”, Bryant said. “No matter who it is”.

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“I like him a lot because he loves the game”.


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The Lakers hardly helped themselves as they allowed Durant to post 22 points on 7-of-13 shooting in 29 minutes.


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“With life being as brutal as it is, we come to sport as an escape”. The two points marked a season-low for Russell, who scored in double figures in eight of the previous nine games.

The big man had 22 points and 14 rebounds, helping his team to lead by as many as 26 points in the first half. “They didn’t play well at all and really just got embarrassed by the way we played tonight”.

Bryant’s view on it is that you just have to chalk that one up to the game and take a loss. Also absent from the list was one-time teammate Shaquille O’Neal, who, like Olajuwon, played center.

Durant was feeling it from the outset.

So don’t panic, Lakers fans – Julius Randle is still on the right track to becoming a consistent, dominant force for years to come. Then of course there’s Shaquille O’Neal, whose showdowns with his former running mate after departing from Los Angeles were less than amicable for years after the fact. Meanwhile, the Lakers threw five passes out of bounds, and the Thunder led 67-41 at halftime. “Just as far as staying with one organization, when you win a title with them it makes it easier to ride it out, and that’s what those two guys have done”.

Los Angeles couldn’t get any closer as Oklahoma City essentially went through practice drills. “It’s fantastic. Not too many people can say that”, Durant explained. “To go there one last time to play and be in that city one more time, it’s going to be a lovely, attractive moment”. The Thunder won for the fifth straight time against the Lakers. This was the largest margin of victory for the Thunder this season.

“They are pretty much a good team”, Los Angeles swingman Nick Young said. It’s tough. It’s a tough situation we’re in.

With Kobe Bryant’s retirement tour being more of a concern and a priority, why bother trying to put your all into a game that nobody cares about anyway? I studied him, wanted to be like him. “That was the first I heard of it.”… They felt that the loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder was because the other team executed better during the game. We defensive-rebounded the ball well. G Anthony Brown started in place of Bryant.

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Bryant said he expects the megastar trend of the National Basketball Association to continue in the wake of Michael Jordan, LeBron James and himself, saying, “I think there’s going to be a player in the next 10 years that’s going to rise above it all”.

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