Other team rivals emerged such as the Sacramento Kings, and individual battles such as Tracy McGrady, whose preps-to-pro journey began to peak along with Bryant’s emergence.
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The Hornets were coming off a 41-41 season and felt they were close to contending for an Eastern Conference title. The Lakers (5-27) suffered their fourth consecutive loss and their 12th defeat in the past 14 games. And while Jordan wasn’t in attendance for the contest, the Hornets owner congratulated Bryant on his remarkable run with the Lakers in a two minute video before the game. “Just thankful”, Bryant added.
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“It’s just a blessing I got a chance to play at the highest level of the sport I love”, said Bradley, “and to play against the athletes I got a chance to play against”. Most of the Celtics were more like you, watching Bryant on TV and marveling at his basketball mastery, even if they wanted the other team to win. Walker fired a pass out to Jeremy Lin-whom Kobe rather famously tormented last season when they were teammates, sending him cranky 1:00 am text messages and wigging out at him on the sideline during timeouts-on the wing; Lin up-faked and drove by a scrambling Kobe toward the paint, and… Opposing teams are making his farewell tour special, and as a fan, you just want to see him play. It was so natural for me for so many years. The Celtics (18-13) fended off visiting NY 100-91 on Sunday, with Isaiah Thomas scoring eight of his 21 points in the final three minutes and are off to their best start since 2010-11, their last 50-win campaign. Bryant was named Finals MVP. The Celtics’ youth has yet to get in their way this season and with an incredible leader like Stevens at the helm, wednesday night will not be the first time. He was the leading scorer for the Lakers with 20 points in this one.
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Pacers 93, Hawks 87: Monta Ellis scored 26 points and IN snapped Atlanta’s six-game winning streak. He made a quarter of his shots and the Lakers lost by 10. You’ve been a big help to the game of basketball. Mostly, Cowens said, the Hornets had believed the narrative floated by Bryant’s camp that if he did not end up with the Lakers or Knicks, he would play professionally in Italy. He pump-faked, leaned right, then released a fall-away jumper that hit nothing but nylon with 7.3 seconds left. The idea that the Lakers may be better off by losing games is as foreign to Bryant as the likelihood of him hearing cheers on his final exit from Boston. Jae Crowder is dishing 1.8 assists and Jared Sullinger is grabbing 9.4 rebounds. Which leads us to …
Spurs 101, Timberwolves 95: Kawhi Leonard had 17 points and 11 rebounds, Boban Marjanovic also scored 17 and San Antonio remained undefeated at home. But nobody will forget this game. So Tellem, one of the most powerful agents in sports history, was the one in the driver’s seat here.
Enjoy the game. Beat Boston. There is no denying the attention that Bryant is bringing along with him in each game he plays.
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Ahead by 13 points at halftime, Memphis stretched the lead to 22 points late in the third quarter and was up 92-74 going into the fourth.
