“The practice before, I played probably 40 minutes straight, so my back today was a little tight from all that running”, shared Kobe Bryant, referring to his performance in the preseason match of the Los Angeles Lakers against the Utah Jazz, according to USA Today.
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Still in the preparation stage of the season, both teams are trying to see whether what they’ve practiced during summer can translate to winning games against the opposition. The long time LA Lakers native has been offered to other teams but no one has yet made an offer.
Booker will surely be subject to action from the league following his swing at the former All-Star.
Derrick Favors had 16 points and nine rebounds for the Jazz in the preseason opener for both teams. When Kobe attemped a three pointer it ended up bouncing off and landing right in Gordon Hayward’s arms!
Don’t fret, Lakers fan. He managed to gain five points in the 12 minutes he played. “We play as a team and I have everybody’s back”.
“The score was ugly and nearly irrelevant “ 90-71, Utah “ as the Lakers debuted their hodgepodge of players old and young at the University of Hawaii. While we will never know what words were exchanged between the two, Trevor Booker should have walked away from the situation with Roy Hibbert and his display of fake toughness. The move helped clear the way for Rudy Gobert can start, and it paid off. The Jazz went on to win 21 of their final 32 games.
“I love that”, said head coach Byron Scott.
Hill established himself as the most reliable big on the roster, posting career highs 12.4 points and 7.9 rebounds per game.
“Whenever he’s talking, I try to gather around and listen”, Lakers rookie point guard D’Angelo Russell said.
Out of all players that appeared in 70 or more games for Los Angeles previous year, the only guard to have a free throw rate above 40% was Jeremy Lin.
“As if to demonstrate Randle”s growing importance to the franchise, Bryant reacted strongly when Randle was fouled hard and landed on his back in the third quarter.
Bryant is coming off of another injury plagued season, which brought his total number of games played in the past two years to a dismal 41 games.
Young is 6-inch taller the Williams which makes him very versatile as he can be switched to the small forward position when it is needed, but that fact may not be enough to one up the taller 2015 National Basketball Association Sixth Man of the Year Awardee. “He is expected to appear in Tuesday”s exhibition, a rematch against Utah, Scott said.
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As a team, the Jazz was playing unselfishly, racking up 27 assists, which is also why they were able to send the game to overtime.
