The Celtics have won four straight and have held all four of these opponents under 100 points.
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Bryant shot just 5-of-18 from the field but had 11 rebounds for the night.
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In Portland, C.J. McCollum scored 29 points, Allen Crabbe had 20 and the Blazers earned their third consecutive victory.
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After Bryant missed a 3-pointer and a pull-up jumper, Clarkson performed a Bryant-like pump fake on Boston guard Isaiah Thomas before sinking a jumper.
Evan Fournier added 17 points as Orlando won for the seventh time in nine games.
In December, Julius Randle is averaging 9.8 rebounds when coming off of the bench (11 games).
Bryant announced recently that he is retiring from the National Basketball Association at the end of the current season.
Wednesday night marked the last time that Kobe Bryant would grace the floor of the Boston Celtics. He added that former Los Angeles star and general manager Jerry West won’t even wear that color on his underwear. “It’s going to happen”, Bryant said. “I’m grateful for the city of Boston and the fans and the organization”. The guys were looking at me like what is wrong, we are one game from losing and I just said guys listen they kicked our butt, that’s pretty amusing, and secondly if we started the season and they told us that all we had to do was go home and win 2 games to be NBA Champions would you take that deal. “It wasn’t a question of me even playing here”, said Bryant, as his farewell tour with the Lakers arrived in Charlotte on Monday. “It’s just a different green”. I really wanted to impress them because of the legacy.
The Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics are the two most storied franchises in the National Basketball Association, and Kobe Bryant played a big role in keeping the successful hoops tradition going strong in Hollywood.
“The atmosphere in TD Garden is always great”, Celtics coach Brad Stevens said.
That didn’t last too long. Now a Laker, the forward started reliving four seasons worth of experiences as a Celtic.
“We just have to get back to the basics”, Crowder said. “I think it’s a attractive thing”.
“I was so happy when that song came on”, Bryant said after the game, referring to when he heard the Dropkick Murphys anthem in the fourth quarter.
The Hornets saluted him before the game with owner Michael Jordan delivering a videotaped message. “I think we can play better than we’ve played; we’ve had some offensive ruts that we have to cure”.
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This is also a good example of why Roy Hibbert, despite setting big screens if only because of his giant frame, isn’t effective as a roll man. He’s not mobile enough to get into the paint in time to make a defense pay, therefore the Lakers need to exploit other areas once they initiate the pick-and-roll.
