Apparently, such comes with the territory since he had been branded as one of the best guards in the 2015 National Basketball Association Draft and was the reason why the Lakers chose him with the second overall pick.
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It’s always odd to see athletes you grew up watching who were once so athletic and could seemingly do anything, only to see them fall from grace as Father Time caught up to them. “We could have mailed this one home but our guys came to play and I was happy about that”. “We’re not reaping the benefits of that right now, but I think in the long run we will…” “I got to move back to (power forward) and he gets to move back to (center)”. Kobe almost tallied a triple-double as he had eight rebounds and nine assists to go along with his 17 points. Roy Hibbert had 15 points, six rebounds and three blocks to lead the Lakers. The crowd, having watched Kobe airball his way through the Eastern Conference last week via Time Warner, was not on his side at times.
Knight was at the center of the Suns’ fourth quarter push to take control of the game after taking a five-point lead into the period.
The Suns are trying to catch up to the Clippers, a team that they are within a game of completely catching up to.
As pleased as the Pistons were with Dinwiddie’s 17 points, four assists and one turnover in 24 minutes, they desperately need more from Jackson. They held the Pistons to 39.6 percent shooting while making 43.2 percent of their shots. “I was like, “OK, I’m good with that.’ And then getting here (Monday) morning, I was like, ‘You know what, maybe we better talk again”. The trio was at the game as guests of the Lakers. The Lakers led by as many as five points in the first quarter, but Phoenix took a three-point lead before the end of the first first period. The sixth-year guard has averaged 28 points and made 30-of-44 field-goal attempts over the past three contests and is averaging 23.2 points through nine games. “He has been playing great lately”. Besides Bryant, only Lou Williams finished in double digits with 10 points. Scott has adjusted the times that Bryant plays in games, keeping him fresher and lessening the stiffness in his back.
Heading into Monday night’s game, the Los Angeles is scoring 99.2 points per game, but allowing 104.1, while shooting a league-low 41.0 percent from the field.
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Seraphin, a Frenchman who shaved “PARIS” into his hair to honor the victims of the terror attack in France, had 10 points, seven rebounds and no assists in six games coming into the day. Bryant doesn’t want a farewell tour, he’s already talked up playing for Team United States of America in the Olympics this summer, and he’s yet to confirm retirement plans even though just about everyone around him (including the team that signed him to a two-year, $48.5 million extension) seems to be urging him to wrap it up in a tidy package.
