A video featuring Warriors executive and former Lakers general manager Jerry West flashed on the scoreboard.
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Forward Danilo Gallinari scored 28 points and had a key steal in the final 10 seconds Wednesday, and the Denver Nuggets handed the Golden State Warriors a rare defeat, 112-110. But the toll of playing their fifth game in seven days was evident in the number of missed shots and inability to put away the Lakers until the final minute of the third quarter. Roy Hibbert averages 1.7 blocks per game.
Though the Lakers said doctors have given Bryant medical clearance to play, Scott reported that head athletic trainer Gary Vitti has suggested Bryant should sit out one or two weeks. To have that appreciation from them tonight was pretty awesome. They shot just 37 percent as a team from the field and Paul Millsap (20 points) was the only player to score in double figures.
Curry had a hoop and two assists in a 13-2, quarter-closing run as the Warriors won for the third time this season in games that immediately followed a loss.
Los Angeles Lakers’ Kobe Bryant listens to a question from a reporter during a media conference prior to an NBA basketball game against the Golden State Warriors, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016, in Oakland, Calif. His only 2-point hoop came on his second dunk of the season. “They bring it every night, so I’ve got to do it every night”.
Ramon Sessions had 15 points for the Wizards, who blew a 19-point lead in the first half and trailed 74-71 entering the final period before pulling ahead of the turnover-plagued Bucks. Washington turned 27 Milwaukee turnovers into 36 points as the Wizards improved to 3-0 against the Bucks this season.
Golden State played without versatile forward Draymond Green, who missed his first game of the season as a scheduled day of rest.
“Maybe next time”, Curry said. It would be wrong to call that one of their trademark third quarter beatdowns as it wasn’t particularly spectacular and really wasn’t necessarily the small ball squad that did the bulk of the damage as they had Andrew Bogut or Festus Ezeli on the floor for most of that time. I had my run.
Curry’s fourth three-pointer of the game pulled the Warriors within 104-100 with 1 minute, 44 seconds remaining, but Will Barton, who scored 21 points for Denver, responded with a three-pointer of his own. D’Angelo Russell, Jordan Clarkson, Anthony Brown, Julius Randle and Tarik Black were able to match Golden State’s bench throughout most of the second quarter.
Harrison Barnes added 18 points and Klay Thompson had 17 for the Warriors.
Bryant said, however, he would continue to measure the pain in his Achilles’ and did not rule out sitting at some point.
Few players in any sport receive the kind of applause Bryant got.
“Guys are exhausted”, Walton said.
However, on paper the Warriors looked better than the Nuggets.
It’s a battle between Pacific Division rivals as the Golden State Warriors host the Los Angeles Lakers at the ORACLE Arena in the regular season of the National Basketball Association. Bryant and Warriors interim coach Luke Walton won two championships (2009 and 2010) as Lakers teammates….
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With the game going nowhere, the crowd began a chant of “Kobe!”
