Is Kobe Bryant really ready to retire? They never trailed in their fifth straight win over the Lakers at Staples Center, Houston’s longest road winning streak in the rivalry’s history.
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Los Angeles coach Byron Scott said the Lakers looked “scared” and “intimidated” against Oklahoma City.
This is Kobe Bryant’s previous year and he is going to go out with the Lakers missing the playoffs. His response to that was, “Nah, I’m good”. Trevor Ariza got Bryant to sign a pair of Bryant’s shoes from their championship season together with the Lakers in 2009. But he couldn’t help but enjoy something he hasn’t done in some time.
Bryant will let the shoulder rest and doesn’t plan on seeing a doctor. “I don’t know where it came from, but it was there”.
You nearly wonder about that one-game bump Dallas, Orlando and a few other teams will miss.
Fans went wild. There was an in-game standing ovation.
Brown went to the bench when he picked up his second foul midway through the first quarter.
“It was pretty heavy-duty surgery”, Bryant said, referencing his January procedure.
“I already know what the headlines are going to say: Kobe turned back the hands of time”, Howard said. “If the performs are there, I take it. No matter is in entrance of me, I make it”. I’m anxious. I want to see how the young man reacts.
Russell didn’t realize he was going to get fined until after the game, though, and decided to make his case for Kobe to pay it for him. Neither played in the fourth quarter.
Before Saturday, the Lakers worst loss came a week earlier in a 29-point blowout in Houston, the final stop on an eight-game trip.
But the crowd quieted halfway through the fourth quarter, the Lakers quickly finding themselves down 14 after a slew of turnovers. Even if he stays on the bench for this year, the rookie point guard will still continue to grow into what the Lakers franchise thought he could eventually be – a star. The Lakers shot 34.9 percent as a team, not even in the same neighborhood of the Thunder’s 54.8 percent. “Just try to be aggressive at all times”.
Carmelo Anthony led the Knicks with 27 points. He also had six rebounds and six assists.
The Lakers allowed 12 offensive rebounds, including one possession in which the Thunder got four shots after three offensive boards.
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“It’s just some soreness”, Scott said. “So it’s basically fundamentals 101”. Or, at least, you can’t get caught if you do.
