It does make for a odd scene, Bryant laughing and enjoying himself even as the Lakers lose by 35 points. He announced earlier in the year that this would be his final National Basketball Association season. “You can train a cat all you want to bark”. They gave up an average of 105.2 points per game in the opening 14 games of the season and allowed opponents to score at least 100 points in 11 of those. In the 15 meetings prior to that stretch, Oklahoma City lost 14 times.
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Let’s check out some of the notable players and stats from the game so we can determine why things played out the way they did. The Saints finished the contest with 69 yards and a 3.8 average on only 18 attempts with a long of 17 yards.
Bryant also defended Thunders star Kevin Durant, though he posted 21 points on an efficient 7-of-9 clip.
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Bryant had a rough first quarter with Durant guarding him.
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The Clippers’ starters, ticketed to sit out the fourth quarter after building an 85-57 lead, rushed back into the game after backup Lakers guards D’Angelo Russell and Marcelo Huertas made a late impact.
Before they swapped shoes, Bryant and Durant traded highlights and smiles. “No doubt, the block was good for our team”, Durant said afterward. “I feel like my defense has grown”, Durant told reporters. “I thought Kevin could have taken a lot more shots tonight, but he was really insistent on doing a great job of finding people, setting people up and making the game easy”. “Shocked” doesn’t do it justice”, Bryant said. On the Lakers’ side, Julius Randle was set to see a foot specialist after missing Wednesday’s loss with an ankle injury, but he’s probable.
When asked if any of the Christmas Day games stood out to him, Bryant responded the 2008 game against the Boston Celtics, a rematch of the previous season’s NBA Finals, won by Boston in six games. I think the most important thing and the most handsome thing is “how does your legacy impact the generation of players to come?’ If what I’ve done and what I’ve stood for these 20 years has impacted the players today and the players tomorrow in a positive way, in a way they can then carry that legacy on themselves and impact the generation to follow, that’s much more significant than where I stand in history”.
James, who is in his 13th pro season, is seeking his 12th consecutive start in an All-Star Game, which is virtually guaranteed.
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It ended on a lefty reverse layup by Kobe Bryant more than five minutes later, cheered loudly by an otherwise tame Lakers crowd because, well, anything Kobe does these days earns an L.A. eruption.
