Russell Westbrook led the charge with 23 points and eight assists while Kevin Durant had an all-around effort of scored 21 points, seven rebounds and five assists as the Thunder pummeled the Lakers, 120-85, on Wednesday night at Staples Center.
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But Bryant consumes so much time and refined expertise, at all hours, that he has long supplemented with outside experts, including a neuromuscular therapist, two chiropractors (one in Orange County, where he lives, and another in Los Angeles), an active-release therapist from Oceanside in San Diego County, several “stretch professionals” and a personal strength-and-conditioning trainer. Instead, the Oklahoma City Thunder reminded everyone why they’re still a legitimate title contender and the Lakers’ best days are well in the past.
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Bryant, 37, is the leading scorer in NBA All-Star Game history with 280 points and he ranks second in All-Star appearances behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s 19.
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Oklahoma City led 57-46 at halftime after shooting 56 percent and ending the second quarter with a 14-2 run after the Lakers erased a 15-point deficit.
Interestingly, who was the first guy Bryant spoke to after the game?
The game even started to feel out of Thunder’s control from the end of the first quarter.
“You can train a cat all you want to bark; the damn cat’s not going to bark”. “It makes no sense to be yelling at it. It’s as simple as that”.
MIAMI (AP) – Kentavious Caldwell-Pope’s jumper with 55.5 seconds left put Detroit ahead to stay, and the Pistons rallied from 18 points down for the road win. A smiling Kobe Bryant (who had recently listed KD as one of the five greatest players that he’s ever played against) couldn’t stop singing Durant’s praises after the contest, noting that Durant “plays with no fear” and that he’s “a fantastic player”. “And I don’t see any debate in that”.
National Basketball Association scoring leader Curry averages 31.2 points a game for the defending National Basketball Association champion Warriors, who have the league’s top record at 27-1. “That’s the type of stuff that I’ll miss – the competition That’s the fun stuff”.
Lakers: F Julius Randle did not play because of an ankle injury, and swingman Nick Young was sidelined because of gastroenteritis…. At that point there was no looking back for Oklahoma City, and they rolled to another victory while its starters sat the entire fourth quarter and rested.
Los Angeles came into that game with a 3-19 record and actually was 7 ½ games out of the No. 8 spot in the Western Conference playoff race.
Jahlil Okafor scored 18 points and Hollis Thompson contributed 16 for Philadelphia.
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The game between the Lakers and Clippers will be today, December 25, at 10:30 p.m. EST.
