He also had eight rebounds, doled out three assists, made one steal and committed just one turnover in just under 25 minutes. The Clippers also went on an offensive dry spell that spanned for four minutes.
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After getting routed one night earlier, the Lakers kept it close in the rematch until the Clippers finished the first half with a 14-2 run, capped by Redick’s second 3-pointer in the closing moments. “I still have a lot of work to do. It will come. I just have to be patient”.
“With our young guys, could I probably have done a better job?”
What the fans would have been most happy to see was Griffin dunking again.
“I liked it”, he said. “He’s definitely got to look at film and learn that position”. “To answer your question, absolutely he can be one of the greats (at point guard)”.
Scott said they are still digesting all of the basketball information and instruction he has thrown at them this season “along with everything else that’s gone on”. “He knows where to be on defense, he knows where to be on offense”.
The recent NCAA Basketball Tournament or “March Madness” just concluded allowing the basketball media to shift their focus back to the NBA before the Playoffs.
The Lakers have games left against the Pelicans, Rockets, Thunder and Jazz before Kobe calls it a career. That trend continued after the Los Angeles Lakers played back-to-back games against their Staples Center rivals, the Los Angeles Clippers, with Clippers guard Chris Paul showing off his new acquisition.
“Man, stop it”, Bryant said with a laugh. I guess we have to. “I think it’s very hard because you’re always trying to balance group dynamics with LeBron and Kevin and it’s important for them to figure out how all three of them can play at their highest level of potential”. I’ll take the home team and the small line.
“I just thought that we showed a little bit more fight tonight”, Scott said.
Paul and Bryant guarded each other for parts of the game, with Bryant describing the Clippers All-Star as a “vicious, nasty competitor, and I love that about him”.
“Doc wasn’t having it”, Jordan said. Of course, Durant wants a winning team, and it would be futile to go to LA if he thinks he doesn’t have the teammates strong enough to match the Warriors or the Spurs in the Western Conference.
“It has been wonderful”, said Bryant, adding Friday night was the first time he had ever re-entered a game due to chants from fans. “It was truly an honor”. The two Lakers’ games should be walkovers, sealing a win over the depleted Grizzlies squad shouldn’t be tough.
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Utah is led by small forward Gordon Hayward, who is averaging 19.6 points.
