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GAMEDAY PREVIEW: Thunder Host Lakers Without Kobe
Bryant and Durant dined in a restaurant in Oklahoma on Friday night.
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In the days after Bryant’s retirement announcement three weeks ago, ticket resales to see the Lakers spiked 85 percent, with an nearly equal increase for home and away games, according to Ticketmaster.
“But I learned a lot about myself throughout the process”. “No matter who it is”.
“With life being as brutal as it is, we come to sport as an escape”.
Lou Williams scored 20 points and Jordan Clarkson added 15, but the Lakers lost for the 15th time in 17 games. The Thunder led by as many as 46 points en route to dropping the Lakers to 4-23. “So I can understand their frustration, but at the same time I would hope they understand that the group of players on the floor, especially in crunch time, haven’t been there and haven’t done that”. He began the game draining his jumpers and driving to the hoop for layups. The Los Angeles Lakers guard is only averaging nine points this season.
Kobe first faced the Spurs in the 1999 Western Conference semifinals, with Tim Duncan and company sweeping LA, 4-0, before eventually winning the National Basketball Association title against the New York Knicks.
“The Lakers’ record is irrelevant at this point”, said Bob Corb, president of Realize Excellence Consulting and former sports psychology program director at the University of California, Los Angeles.
He said being able “to get to the basket and elevate and finish like that was … a reward for all of the hours I spend training”.
“They want to get a glimpse of greatness”, Scott said. The Lakers did make a few threes, but the Rockets defense did tighten up in the paint. “More times than not, that’s in our favor”.
The Lakers came no closer than 25 points in the second half and Westbrook and Durant spent the entire fourth quarter on the bench. This was the largest margin of victory for the Thunder this season. “You have to tip your hat off to them”. Losing on a consistent basis every night. “We just need to learn how to put it together”. The flurry had their long-suffering fans – who haven’t watched their team play in a playoff game since 2004 – hopeful that the longest-running postseason drought in the league was coming to an end. Kobe Bryant sat out with a sore right shoulder.
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It’s expected that he will be in Toronto in February for an 18th All Star jaunt with his fan voting likely to give him a starting spot. “That was the first I heard of it.”… “One of the more hard things to do is rotationally block out”, Oklahoma City coach Billy Donovan said. But I’m pleased that we’re getting better. We defensive-rebounded the ball well. G Anthony Brown started in place of Bryant. “You can get excited about that”, said George Belch, chairman of the San Diego State University marketing department.