The Hawks will play shorthanded in this game as well.
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“Kobe Bryant’s career accomplishments speak for themselves”, said Hawks and Philips Arena CEO Steve Koonin. “He has set a standard with his incredible work ethic, tremendous will and competitive spirit”, CEO Steve Koonin said.
Los Angeles Lakers have reached Atlanta, GA, the third stop of their eight game road trip, to battle the (12-9) Atlanta Hawks. Bryant had vintage performance, scoring 31 points including two clutch shots in the final minute of the game to seal the win. I expect the Hawks to come out firing and put this one away early against a Lakers team that’s been disgusting all season.
Marcin Gortat scored on the other end to tie the game but Bryant hit a classic pull-up jumper over Bradley Beal to give the Lakers a 103-101 lead with 30.8 seconds remaining. “It was kind of cool”, Scott said. Even when I was watching him play [and] I was watching him running up and down, I’m going, ‘Did he just tell me [that]?’
It is being rumored that as the Lakers signed D’Angelo Russell to be their point guard of the future, and they would rather prefer DeRozan over Clarkson to be the Kobe heir.
The Hawks boast a pair of talented big men in Paul Millsap and Al Horford.
“It’s just unacceptable on our part”. The Lakers snapped a seven-game skid with a victory over the Washington Wizards, and Atlanta isn’t the juggernaut that rolled through the Eastern Conference through the ’14-15 season, getting off to a 12-9 start. The Hawks have a top-10 offensive rating with a middling defensive rating, most recently letting the Toronto Raptors outscore them 39-20 in an ugly fourth-quarter collapse.
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After announcing his retirement last week via The Players’ Tribune, Bryant has received gracious accolades during his National Basketball Association farewell tour. It will also be broadcasted locally via FOX Sports Southeast and TWC SporstNet.
