“I’m not really anxious about it, honestly”, Bryant said.
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Kobe Bryant #24 of the Los Angeles Lakers talks with Head Coach Byron Scott during a 109-102 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers at Staples Center on January 15, 2015 in Los Angeles, California.
According to foxsports.com, the Warriors easily beat the Lakers 111-77 as Kobe Bryant had his worst shooting night ever. “He tells me when he is exhausted and he tells me when he’s not exhausted”. He added, “My shooting will be better”.
“We both have a creative style, where it’s just about a feel when you’re out on the pitch or the court”, Curry said. Maybe it could happen Saturday against the Trail Blazers; he’s averaged 33.1 points in his last seven games in Portland. For us to have to double that output, we’re going to play hard and, hopefully, close in on that record.
A sell-out crowd at the Oracle Arena had come to see the National Basketball Association champions make history and the outcome never looked in doubt from the outset against a Lakers side who slumped to 2-12 with the loss.
He stated, “The one thing I think this team couldn’t do on a daily basis against us that they’re doing against everybody else is go small”.
Coach Byron Scott gave Bryant the day off Wednesday when the rest of the team practiced, but said he has not considered reducing Bryant’s minutes or role on the floor.
After a down season in 35 games previous year – 22.3 points, 37.3 field goal percentage, 29.3 3-point percentage – Bryant has hit unthinkable new lows. I don’t know yet. During a conference call with reporters this week, Curry said that the Warriors now have their sights set on winning 33 games in a row, which is a record the 1971-71 Los Angeles Lakers set.
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“Maybe it is, but my opinion, watching him, I don’t think so”, Scott said. But tonight it was just really pressure. I get it, it’s Kobe, but there’s a tipping point to every scale. “You can’t have so much bravado and enjoy the times and then have times like this and kind of cower away from it. You’ve got to take the lumps as well”. “We’ve got to figure out how to play systematically in a position that’s going to win us ballgames”. With more than four months left in the season, the end could get even uglier.
