The Lakers and the Celtics have a storied history, but Kobe Bryant’s battles with them mostly took place between 2008 and 2011.
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So Bryant is done with Boston. The Lakers then wrote an ending as they saw fit.
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The Lakers improved to a troubling 6-27. One encouraging sign for the Lakers of late has been the play of rookie Larry Nance Jr., who is averaging 14.5 points on 73.7 percent shooting and nine rebounds in his last two games.
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After their most heavily traveled December ever – 13 road games – they get nearly the flip side of that in January – 12 home games.
Bryant offered a hearty laugh as he said those words. And Bryant greatly appreciated the gesture, even when they began to boo him once the game started.
Bryant worked out for the Celtics leading up to the Draft. But after a stretch of being close to 50% from the field and scoring around 20 points per game, Bryant is shooting just 31.8% from the field in the last five games.
The crowd went silent when Bryant hit a 3-pointer to give the Lakers a 107-102 lead with 1:40 left.
As expected of a Lakers player, Bryant said he has eschewed buying green clothing because of his franchise’s enmity with the Celtics. Jordan Clarkson scored 24 points and Lou Williams had 19 as Los Angeles stopped a four-game slide. While the rivalry has been decidedly one-sided in recent years given the injuries to Kobe and the decline of the Lakers into rebuilding mode, the two teams have always shared a special bond with one another as the league’s greatest rivalry. He’s set to retire at the end of the 2015-16 season and this isn’t exactly the way he thought he’d go out. The Celtics defeated the Nets 120-95.
Lakers coach Byron Scott said Bass “doing the same thing for him”. He already has made eight or more threes in a game six times, matching an National Basketball Association record. Through the first 6 games, Bryant was the best player on the floor, putting up MVP caliber numbers.
“I’m not used to the applause”.
Said Bryant: “I’ll take a 1-1 draw”. “I’ve come to really enjoy it. It’s different now to have perspective and bring my head above water and appreciate, not my career, but appreciate the fans and the support and the criticism, because it helped drive me”. After the draft Charlotte traded Bryant to the Lakers for Vlade Divac.
“It’s always cool when I come here”, he said. With Kobe Bryant back in the region where he was raised two days after announcing his impending retirement, the evening provided entertaining theater, especially the opening 76 seconds.
As if it could stop him from playing one last time here. “I knew who Dave Cowens was and was pretty excited”, Bryant said. “I can listen to the song peacefully”.
“To be honest, it kind of sealed the game for them”.
In Sacramento, Ish Smith scored five of his 18 points over the final 3½ minutes and Jamari Grant made three late free throws for Philadelphia.
How much did that series shape Bryant?
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Afterward, Celtics players lined up to hug him.
