After playing in his 16th and final Christmas Day game on Friday, Kobe Bryant looked ahead to the Los Angeles Lakers’ upcoming three-game road trip, which culminates with his final game in Boston, a city where he has plenty of history. But Los Angeles Clippers head coach Doc Rivers begs to differ. He sustained a season-ending broken right leg in the Lakers’ 2014-15 opener, then underwent right foot surgery in January to fix an old high school injury. “He’s going to be a great player”. The crowd made it known that they wanted Kobe to close out the game, but it just was not in the cards.
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The Clippers scored only nine points in the fourth quarter. He’s scored 20 or more points in four of the team’s last five games, including a 32-point performance on 11-for-19 shooting against Oklahoma City on December 21.
First we’ll stop what we’re doing just to watch them play the game of basketball because we’ve missed the game so much. Huertas finished with six points, two rebounds and two assists, playing 12 minutes – all in the fourth quarter. He’s averaging 17.7 points and 8.9 assists this season. Lakers rookie forward Larry Nance Jr. tipped a long rebound into the Clippers’ basket.
Russell may have a tough time earning unrestrained praise from Scott, but not from Bryant, who said the fourth quarter was a valuable learning experience for Russell. “G Austin Rivers was bummed about missing his second straight game because of a sprained right ankle – and the timing of it”. But he trails Bryant (719,235 votes), who will retire at season’s end, and Curry (510,202 votes), who has the Warriors off to a 27-1 start after beating James’ Cavs in the Finals.
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Many basketball fans were hoping for one last vintage Kobe Bryant game on his last Christmas as a Laker. The Lakers captured the only previous Christmas meeting between the clubs in 1991 with an 85-75 victory…. “It hurts.”… F Paul Pierce has played on Christmas Day for four different teams in the past four years, including Boston, Brooklyn and Washington. Only, the Lakers’ reserves sparked a rally that would pump life into Staples Center and give the purple and gold contingent a reason to cheer-and cheer loudly.
