The Lakers on Monday issued a fraud alert to warn fans “about the dangers of purchasing tickets on the secondary market” and advised them “to only purchase tickets through the Lakers Ticket Exchange on the team’s website”.
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The Rockets close out the regular season with Minnesota and Sacramento. Bryant and Durant challenged each other several times throughout the game. With Durant’s intensity and precision, there’s no doubt that he’s one of the player who can match Kobe Bryant on a duel.
“My first 30 minutes working together, he knew I understood what he was saying”, Bryant said.
The third game last January 8th was a more tightly contested one, but the Thunder still managed to come out with the win, with a final score of 117-113. For the night, the Thunder’s defense held Los Angeles to 28.4 percent shooting including a 7-for-31 mark from the three-point line while turning 15 Lakers turnovers into 19 points. Lakers coach Byron Scott was most concerned about keeping Bryant healthy for the season finale Wednesday against Utah, so he didn’t consider putting him back into the game. “Every time I got the ball, he was like, ‘Come on, let’s see what you got, ‘ and that shows the type of player, the type of person, the type of competitor he is, and it was fun to play against him one last time”. An 11-point halftime lead eventually blossomed to a 23-point advantage late in the third quarter.
Sunday night, the Lakers took on the Houston Rockets but fell short despite Kobe’s 35 points.
Bryant announced his final season during a press conference last November. “Hakeem has probably been a little frustrated because a lot of players don’t pay attention to that”.
The fourth game between both teams is scheduled to take place on Monday, April 11th, at the Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City. Golden State, at 72-9, is trying to eclipse the record for victories in a season it now shares with the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls.
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In four combined meetings this year, OKC has beat the Lakers by a grand total of 112 points this season. Joining Bryant in his trailer, the two watch game footage from Bryant’s early days on the court. “If it’s going to make me emotional, I’d rather not think about it”. “It’s really about have you been able to move somebody or inspire somebody for a brief moment to want to be a better version of themselves”, Bryant said.
