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Lakers’ weak team remains a strong draw, thanks to Kobe Bryant’s farewell
“Those guys looked like they were scared tonight or intimidated by [Kevin] Durant and [Russell] Westbrook“, Scott said, following the game, according to ESPN. This just feels like another lost season for so many players on this team, while the franchise keeps everything on hold just so one player can get one last shot at glory, while the others are starving for a coach who can actually teach them something.
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“I’ve been very fortunate to play in so many All-Star games”, he said.
Scott’s bad relationship with D’Angelo Russell and pernicious worship of a struggling Kobe Bryant is already well documented.
“That was pretty heavy-duty surgery I had this summer, so I think it’s kind of logical to expect it to be sore at some point”, Bryant said.
Bryant, who began his LA Lakers career as an 18-year-old in 1996, stands third on the NBA’s all-time scoring list behind fellow Americans Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Karl Malone. “We didn’t have any energy”. The Thunder led by as many as 46 points and flirted with breaking their record for margin of victory, which is 45 points.
Kevin Durant had 22 points and eight rebounds, Enes Kanter added 19 points and 14 rebounds, and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Los Angeles Lakers, 118-78, on Saturday for their eighth straight home victory.
The Lakers hardly helped themselves as they allowed Durant to post 22 points on 7-of-13 shooting in 29 minutes.
Russell Westbrook had the go-ahead basket that night and had 27 points with 10 assists Thursday, but the difference was the bench as Oklahoma City had a six-game winning streak snapped.
“(In the) last three years, I haven’t really had the chance to play that much in the National Basketball Association and the timing is off, the rhythm is off, things like that”.
Well nearly. Bryant became saddled with season-ending ailments to his left Achilles tendon (April 2013), left knee (Dec. 2013) and right shoulder (Jan. 2015). He can score and teams always want a scorer to come off the bench.
Bryant said the shoulder was troubling him even before he threw down his first dunk of the season against Houston on Thursday – no surprise since he had surgery to fix a torn rotator cuff in the same shoulder earlier this year.
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“It was about me continuing my training and believing my timing will come back and that’s what happened”. Bryant made that official last month when he announced his intention to retire, citing no longer having a desire to to withstand the physical toll and demands a full season takes on his body.