Curry, who leads the NBA in scoring (31.2 ppg) for the 27-1 Warriors, is followed in the Western Conference guard voting by 2015 NBA All-Star Game MVP Russell Westbrook of the Oklahoma City Thunder (267,699). Needless to say, the arrival of Durant and Westbrook had everything to do with the reversal of fortunes. “That’s one of those games that you look at and say ‘We’re going to get beat.’ Things like that happen and they just basically in the second half just whooped us”. The Clippers have suddenly dropped into a funk with three straight losses after winning nine of their previous 11 games.TV: 10:30 p.m. ET, ESPN, Prime Ticket (Clippers), TWC SportsNet (Lakers)ABOUT THE CLIPPERS (16-13): The Clippers have been off since Monday’s 100-99 loss to the Thunder and are hoping a few days of practice will help cure their woes. “We’re all different players, you know what I mean?”
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The two goalkeepers helped their sides keep clean sheets as Louis van Gaal pressure continues to mount at the theater of dreams. Earlier this week, there were reports that Van Gaal had twice offered to resign, but was rebuffed by the United hierarchy.
So, there’s no sense in yelling at them. Westbrook and Serge Ibaka each scored 14 points in the half, offsetting 17 by Bryant.
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She wore a similar outfit when she attended the 2007 Cheltenham Gold Cup alongside William when she was his then-girlfriend. Black boots and a leaf-shaped diamond brooch polished off her church attire – and she looked perfectly put together!
The Thunder led by 10 after the first quarter, then saw the Lakers come back to take a 42-39 lead in the second quarter before the decisive run. The Lakers have played on Christmas every year since 1998, when their season opener was delayed until February 5 because of a lockout that reduced the schedule to 50 games.
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Marshall had two touchdown catches and also became the first National Football League player with 100 receptions in six seasons. Out of his normal weaponry, all Brady had at his disposal on Sunday was tight end Rob Gronkowski.
There is no normal game-day routine for Kobe Bryant, and members of the Lakers’ training staff who tend to Bryant on a daily basis – some of whom have done so for his entire career – say they can not emphasize that point enough. The 6-foot-9 forward jumped for a defensive rebound and accidentally tipped the ball into the basket from just in front of the foul line about 2 1-2 minutes in.
“I said, ‘You’re a long son of a (expletive)”, Kobe joked. “He plays with no fear”.
The Thunder came out “juiced up” in the third quarter, Lakers Coach Byron Scott said.
James’ former teammate, Dwyane Wade of the Miami Heat is the top guard for the Eastern Conference with 300,595 votes while potentially joining him is Cleveland Cavaliers’ Kyrie Irving at 138,191. The Sixers had not won before that game and they have not won since, which reinforced that the Lakers, even with Bryant, can look like the worst team in the National Basketball Association. “That’s the type of stuff that I’ll miss – the competition That’s the fun stuff”.
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Despite Bryant missing the past two Christmas contests with injuries, no one has played more games that day. Bryant was also asked to name the top five players he played against -and gave a rather surprising answer. Julius Randle sat out because of a sore ankle and Nick Young was absent too (intestinal flu-like symptoms). The Lakers recalled C Tarik Black and F Ryan Kelly from the D-League’s L.A. Defenders. But at this time last Christmas, James was ahead of Curry – so there is time for both Curry and James to catch the Laker legend.
