On his way out if the Wells Fargo Center after Tuesday’s game, Kobe Bryant took the back exit through the Sixers’ locker room.
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Scott said it was too many from long distance and repeated a refrain that Bryant would be better taking shots from the post, or near the free-throw line.
Philadelphia also ended a 28-game losing streak, the longest in the history of the four major North American team sports. After getting thoroughly embarrassed by the 0-18 76ers last night, the Lakers bounced back, and forced the Wizards into an incredibly sloppy game.
With the loss, the Lakers fall to 2-15, good enough for the worst record in the Western Conference.
But this was a night when a sold-out crowd of 20,510 fans – 60 per cent wearing Lakers attire – came to witness Bryant’s final game in Philadelphia. “We want a little bit more”.
With the crowd standing and roaring in appreciation, Bryant was lauded as a hometown hero. Their biggest takeaway in the game was facing off against Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant who just announced this season will be his last. “It was really, really special”.
Bryant finished with 20 points on 7-for-25 shooting (4-for-16 on 3-pointers) in 32 minutes, missing eight of his nine shots in the second half.
LeBron James had 24 points for the Cavaliers. Kobe took selfies with fans who might never see him play again, and his presence injected a playoff atmosphere into a city that has lost much of its passion in NBA basketball. “You see him score 81 points, you see him win championships, and I was always rooting for him to win, so it was surreal to see him”. You guys treated one of our legends like s-, and I didn’t really like it. So hopefully, now you can start being nice to him now that he chose to retire after this year.
This is all in spite of Bryant’s struggles on the court and his team’s position as one of the league’s worst. Malone, who died in September at 60, was the NBA Finals MVP in 1983 when he led the Sixers to the title.
The Magic were up by 17 in the third quarter before a Minnesota comeback tied the game with four minutes remaining, but Orlando came through for another victory.
The Philadelphia 76ers won a basketball game.
“You forget that Jahlil hadn’t even been born when Kobe started playing”, said Brown, via Press of Atlantic City. His haul also featured four three-pointers.
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Bryant seemed just as confident that his game will improve in a postgame interview, saying his stamina has steadily increased.
