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Clippers’ Griffin out with partially torn left quad
Bryant, following the Lakers’ 94-84 loss to the Clippers on Christmas night, was asked what he was most looking forward to upon his final trip to Boston.
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Chris Paul guided the Clips with 23 points and six dimes while Blake Griffin and Jamal Crawford each had 13.
“There’s a little mixed emotions, honestly”.
Bryant was bothered by a sore right knee and said: “Honestly, I wasn’t going to play”.
The Clippers finally charged ahead 72-64 later in the quarter when Redick buried three consecutive 3-pointers to punctuate an 14-0 run. They have won 12 of their last 13 meetings with the Lakers.
“They threw that first punch”, said Lakers reserve guard D’Angelo Russell, who had 10 points.
The Clippers took an 85-57 lead into the fourth, and both coaches rested all of their starters until the Lakers started to make a move led by Russell, Julius Randle and Marcelo Huertas.
That left Bryant “shocked” as he read the news on his Instragram account while he was out on Christmas Day grabbing coffee and filling up on gas.
Celtics 99, Pistons 93: Avery Bradley scored 18 points, Isaiah Thomas had 17 points and nine assists, and the Celtics got the win on the road. He’s continued – or upped – his game from previous year, with 31.2 points per game this season and the Warriors have raced out to the NBA’s best record and are contenders to challenge the 72-10 season record set by the Chicago Bulls in 1996.
Coach Doc Rivers of the rival Los Angeles Clippers believes Bryant should be on the team. “They did a good job of trapping him in the fourth quarter, and Rodney had a chance to get to the lane”. “I think we kind of figured out how to get open”. The Lakers are allowing 35.6 percent shooting from deep and are forcing 12.9 turnovers per game.
Los Angeles Lakers PF Larry Nance Jr., however, picked the worst possible time to give his gift to the Los Angeles Clippers…two gifts actually. “So that was encouraging”. Meanwhile, the Lakers were limited to 36 percent in the half and finished the game at 38 percent. “Every year with the amount of talent that we have, that part of it is tough. G Austin Rivers was bummed about missing his second straight game because of a sprained right ankle – and the timing of it”. “I mean, he’s still playing hard”.
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Redick and Pierce made sure Utah wouldn’t come back when they combined for three 3-pointers in a minute to put Los Angeles up 105-100 with 29 seconds left. He has scored 1,584 points, which is 200 more than any other player. The Hall of Fame guard Oscar Robertson, who retired in 1974, is second with 377. He sat out the previous two years because of injuries…. The two scored the Clippers’ final 13 points of the game, including three clutch 3-pointers and 4-for-4 shooting from the free-throw line. He’s undoubtedly been the team’s MVP this season, and his presence is something they can not come close to replacing with any combination of players from the second unit.