Their 118-78 embarrassment Saturday was the Lakers’ worst game in 48 years against the Oklahoma City/Seattle franchise. The defense had gotten so bad recently that Mitchell was forced to return the veteran Prince to the starting lineup for stability.
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“I will always be around, not just from a Lakers standpoint but also for players around the league, just to be a mentor”, he said. “No matter who it is”. Trading him for someone that can contribute on both the offensive and the defensive end might build a team that is better able to win games. We didn’t play with energy. We didn’t come to compete.
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One drive saw him spin around Lakers forward Julius Randle and go up for a dunk that helped Durant finish the first quarter with 14 points.
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The Thunder dropped the hammer again, and again, and again on the Lakers.
Each team was playing its second game in as many days, but while the Knicks were coming off a straightforward win over the hapless Philadelphia 76ers, the Bulls lost in quadruple-overtime to the Detroit Pistons on Friday night and didn’t even get to their NY hotel until almost 5:00 am, coach Fred Hoiberg said.
“I’m sure they are on top of it and I’m sure they will get the sport back where we all want it to be”, Bryant said.
“Clearly we’re not playing at the kind of level that a player of Kobe’s age and experience finds challenging, kind of like there’s no light at the end of the tunnel”, said Kupchak, who didn’t learn of Bryant’s decision until Sunday afternoon.
Oklahoma City took whatever it wanted on offense, including 15 second chance points. He began the game draining his jumpers and driving to the hoop for layups.
For the past two years, they have calculated the likelihood the Lakers will strike it rich in the National Basketball Association draft lottery in May.
Neither played in the fourth quarter.
“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. The Lakers trailed the Houston Rockets by eight at the time and would lose by 20.
“If what I’ve done and what I’ve stood for these 20 years has impacted the players today and the players tomorrow in a positive way, in a way they can then carry that legacy on themselves and impact the generation to follow, that’s much more significant than where I stand in history”. Oklahoma City also had seven players in double figures.
You nearly wonder about that one-game bump Dallas, Orlando and a few other teams will miss.
Houston led by as many as 26 points in the first half and was up by 12 after three quarters.
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“That is just good basketball”, Durant said.
