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Kobe Bryant, Father Time and the end of an era

“Sometimes I get a little overzealous or excited when we beat Atlanta, beat Chicago, beat some of these teams”. It was the sixth worst loss in franchise history for the Lakers, and they have a couple days to forget about this one while they head to Denver to take on the Nuggets Tuesday night, while the Thunder head to Los Angeles to play the Clippers Monday night before facing this Lakers team at Staples Center on Wednesday.

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Bryant said the shoulder was troubling him even before he threw down his first dunk of the season against Houston on Thursday – no surprise since he had surgery to fix a torn rotator cuff in the same shoulder earlier this year.


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Brown played all of 17 minutes before Saturday, sprinkled throughout five National Basketball Association games. “You can get excited about that”, said George Belch, chairman of the San Diego State University marketing department. We all go through rebuilding and things of that nature.


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The Lakers have high hopes the team will secure first pick in next season’s draft after another miserable start to a season and thus get the chance to choose Simmons to join their ranks. But with the Lakers planning to pursue Durant next summer during free agency, it was only natural to wonder if Bryant made any sales pitch. “That’s a type of career you want to have”. The Lakers trailed the Houston Rockets by eight at the time and would lose by 20.

Injuries limited Bryant to 41 games over the past two seasons, and after appearing in 23 of the Lakers’ 27 games this season, he is nursing a sore shoulder.

Bryant sat in street clothes on the Lakers’ bench while Durant and Westbrook quickly took control for Oklahoma City.

“I told him that the next time he does something exciting, I’m just going to do this”, Russell said, holding up two fingers. “That’s my way of letting you know that I’m completely fine with whatever role I have at All-Star weekend”. The Thunder won for the fifth consecutive time against the Lakers.

Forward Julius Randle had 18 points and 10 boards, while guard Lou Williams contributed 14 points.

“I’m sure it didn’t help”, he said.

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“Kobe’s fearless”, Scott said. Despite being held 11 rebounds below their season average (47.6) Thursday in a loss to Cleveland, Oklahoma City is still No. 1 in the league in rebound differential with a 7.4 margin. It’s hard to hold it against him when he has played in the league for 20 years. (7) watches as Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant (35) dunks during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Oklahoma City, Saturday, Dec. 19, 2015. “And it’s very easy to forget I haven’t played because of it. My timing is off, my rhythm is off. It was about me continuing my training and believing my timing will come back and that’s what happened”.

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