This cross-conference match is their first of the season and the two teams are scheduled to meet again next month in the seventh of December. “But my responsibility now is to think outside of what I want”, Bryant said. “We’ve been playing like (crap)”.
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Doc Rivers and Chris Paul both tried to point the finger their direction as culprits for the recent rut. There are certain factors to consider for Bryant as the season progresses and one of them is if he can stay healthy long enough to last this season. If the big guy keeps this up, I am sure that plenty of fans would be excited to see him back in a Lakers uniform next season. “We’re a game below.500”. He went on to say, “You don’t want to be known as soft, you don’t want to be known as a guy who doesn’t play hard and you don’t want to be known as a guy that they can go at every single night”.
With the Warriors chasing history, Scott said he expects the Warriors to be ready. “I woke up like I had a hangover, and I didn’t drink. I thought tonight from an aggressiveness standpoint it was one of his better games”. “We started the game the right way, and that helped”.
The Lakers held the lead at the half and expanded their advantage to as many as seven points in the third quarter.
“Nothing changes. It’s just going out there and doing my job”, Biyombo said. Things are not going well in what may be his final year in the league, and everybody knows it.
Griffin finally scored 30 seconds into the second half and finished with nine points on 4-of-10 shooting in nearly 29 minutes. “Your defense has to go up a level”. The defence, while much improved (they’ve gone from the 23rd ranked team previous year to 11th), has also been inconsistent.
Raptors: G Norman Powell, who played four seasons at UCLA, spent the entire game on the bench in his first visit to Staples Center as a pro. On Thursday night, we witnessed the most recent loss of the Clippers against defending champions – Golden State Warriors (124-117), as 27-year-old shooter Stephen Curry managed to score 40 points, 3-pointers in the 4th quarter boosting his team to take the victory. The Clippers have used six different starting lineups through 13 games. They are the National Basketball Association leaders in point and assists and there offense is almost unstoppable to shut down. Golden State has won 15 straight games to start the season, tying an National Basketball Association record in the process and looking like an unstoppable juggernaut. 500 mark away from home, including impressive road wins over the Mavericks, Thunder and, now, the Clippers.
Also, with being a young player comes untimely forced turnovers and amateurish plays that could hurt the team.
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“It would mean a lot for our confidence”, Lakers forward Nick Young said. “We haven’t put together a full game, 48 minutes”. Officials, the other team get jacked up and you (because of) human nature let down. As the Clippers try to get out of one, the one thing that’s clear is there’s only one way to limit the frustration.
