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Kobe delivers double-double as Lakers sink Celtics
He added a free throw with 25.8 seconds left.Bryant came in averaging 21.3 points in the last eight games. While the Lakers-Celtics rivalry of the current generation didn’t have the longevity of the Magic-Bird era or the days of Jerry West and Bill Russell, it certainly had its own thrills with Kobe being right at the center of it all. The Celtics, who were led by Isaiah Thomas’ 24 points and Evan Turner’s 20 points, had the 27-24 lead after the first quarter but their defence fell off in the second quarter where the Lakers outscored them, 34-29, to grab the slim 58-56 lead at halftime. Amir Johnson leads in blocks with 1.2 per game.
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Unsurprisingly, Bryant still commanded the attention on what he considered the most significant part of his farewell tour.
In addition, Bryant also tops the franchise all-time lists in All-NBA First Team selections, All-NBA Defensive First Team selections, made field goals, minutes played and games played while also holding several of the Lakers’ single-season and single-game records. “The history is what I think makes this city different from all the rest”. The Lakers are off Thursday, heading back to Los Angeles to host the 76ers for their first game of 2016 on Friday. Then, the Celtics fans gave Abdul-Jabbar a 95-second standing ovation. It was Los Angeles’ third win since head coach Byron Scott made a decision to alter his starting lineup by replacing D’Angelo Russell and Julius Randle with Lou Williams and Larry Nance Jr.
Me: “Sometimes when our team plays against another team in important games over and over again, we really want to beat them every time”.
Unlike Abdul-Jabbar, Bryant has not received any public displays of gifts at his request. It might sound like an unlikely end for a guy who once nicknamed himself “Black Mamba”, but Bryant is hardly the assassin he once was.
“I’m not used to the applause”.
“It was great man. It was great”, said Bryant. “The fans are showing him a lot of love, and rightly so”.
This is one of those rare venues for Bryant.
Bryant dropped breadcrumbs of information throughout the week, including an, um, interesting description of his style of play the past 20 years. From a competitive standpoint, I’m pretty sure you’re just like me.
Like Jordan, Bryant relished facing hostile crowds.
“I’m bringing my family down, because my kids have never been to Boston”, Bryant told reporters following Monday’s loss in Charlotte.
And so he walked back onto the court long after the chants had dissipated, and he took one last circle around the floor. That was when it was like, “Listen, I have to figure this leadership thing out by any means necessary”. “I don’t need that anymore”.
“I was doing too much, particularly handling the ball”, Bryant said.
A 17-time All-Star, Bryant is the top active scorer in the National Basketball Association, with 32,982 points.
“Just tried to cherish it as much as possible”, he said.
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Kobe Bryant experienced a marvelous sendoff from the TD Garden crowd on Wednesday night. He thought back to his “most beautiful” Boston moment, the locker room scene after a defeat put the Lakers down 3-2 in the aforementioned 2010 Finals.