Tonight, though, Kobe won’t play against the Suns.
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In the Mavs’ first nine games this season, Pachulia registered five double-doubles. “Thank you to my teammates for finding me”.
Dallas Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle has always had a fondness for Zaza Pachulia. Bryant missed two games against the Magic and the Heat before coming back against the Mavericks and the Pistons, but now he will be out again. Kobe himself had was already 0-3 when it came to shots beyond the three-point line but he finally turned that around sinking a three in the fourth quarter.
Kobe Bryant (right) of Los Angeles Lakers looks to get around Marcus Morris of the Detroit Pistons during their National Basketball Association match in Los Angeles on Sunday. “(But) right now, I’m barely standing up. It’s the Lakers’ second back-to-back of the year, and Kobe Bryant will sit out after clocking in 35:43 minutes against Detroit.
Going into Saturday’s games, six teams in the Western Conference had a winning record while the supposedly weaker Eastern Conference had seven above.500.
Deron Williams had 13 points and Dwight Powell collected 10 points and 12 rebounds for Dallas. His 20-year season averages are 45.1 percent from the paint and 33.2 percent from beyond the arc.
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Lou Williams hit a 3-pointer to pull the Lakers within 82-78 with 11:35 to go. They held the Pistons to 39.6 percent shooting while making 43.2 percent of their shots.
“It makes me realize even more what could have happened if we hadn’t been there and what we did that day”, Stone said.
In the third period, Bledsoe and Knight continued to attack and combined for another 13 points, which helped the Suns to an 80-75 entering the final period.
This is the first meeting of the season for the Lakers and the Pistons. “Take it game by game and see how the knee responds”, Parsons said. “We’ve got to get this win here at home”.
Nowitzki and Bryant, both 37, exchanged smiles after Nowitzki spun under Bryant to score on an up-and-under layup during the second quarter. “It was just two old guys having fun”, Bryant said. Their net +/- with or without him is slightly better towards him being out of the game, but just by one point; not a really big difference. Dallas got a Pachulia layup and a free throw, a Chandler Parsons dunk and then Devin Harris raced through a stand-still Lakers defense to beat the clock for a layup and a 48-40 Dallas halftime lead. Los Angeles has been his home and his stage throughout his entire career and a trade would be a shocking occurence.
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“They’re learning. They’re still hungry”, Scott said.
