A large majority of basketball fans (60%) have a favorable opinion of Kobe Bryant, though 32% have a negative opinion of him. The Raptors guard had a game-high 19 points at halftime. Lowry leads in three major statistical categories: points (22.0), assists (6.2) and steals (2.7) per game. “A lot of time when you play hard, you make mistakes but you also make up for mistakes just by playing hard”.
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Jordan Clarkson, the most consistent Laker this season, concluded with seven points on 3 of 11 shooting, having one of his worst games of the year.
Slay said he admires Bryant’s competitiveness.
“It felt absolutely awesome. If it is we have the chance to be the team that we think we can be”.
Bryant, who announced his plans to retire after this season, has averaged 27 points in 33 career games against the Raptors.
The Phoenix Suns scored 42 points in an incredible fourth quarter to recover from 78-64 down at one point and beat the Chicago Bulls 103-101. Despite committing four turnovers, Bryant played more efficiently against Toronto after nursing a stomach bug in recent days.
On Monday, Los Angeles Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak granted a phone interview to the LA Times where he asked for his portion of the blame, shared frustrations with the Lakers sitting at the bottom of the Western Conference and admitted that the first quarter of the season had been underwhelming from a development and talent assessment standpoint. “I don’t know where that’s going to take him”.
“I try to have at least 15 minutes of still time and just kind of sit in my thoughts in the morning and just kind of meditate”. I dontknow what his reasons for doing it are, but benching you’re two top picks who have been playing great of late is just stupid. The ravages of time, plus a handful of surgeries, have robbed the 37 year old of his former greatness. “Montreal has a great vibrancy and it is one of the best races of the whole calendar and it has been a very good race for me for many years, so I hope that continues and I hope we keep it. It’s very important for Formula 1 because there are so many good Canadian fans”.
Coach Byron Scott said he wanted more energy from the starters and a better burst to begin games, a constant problem for a team with a 3-18 record. However! The Lakers could still be interested in making a play for the big man. Prior to the nightclub fight, many would have said that Okafor had more trade value then Russell.
“The only thing different is Mike had six [championships], Kobe has five”, O’Neal said. “When you come up and catch and the defense is off, you have to take the shot”.
“This change wasn’t so much based on them not performing up to their capability”, Scott said beforehand. Toronto F DeMarre Carroll (right knee contusion) did not play Monday and was ruled out indefinitely….
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Raptors coach Dwane Casey shared stories of seeing Bryant as a rookie, skinny and eating alone in a corner of the weight room.
