Toronto Raptors vs Los Angeles Clippers National Basketball Association Prediction

Lakers: First-round draft pick Larry Nance Jr. made his Staples Center debut in the first half and immediately energized the Lakers with six points in his first 5 minutes, including an alley-oop conversion from Bryant.

During Valanciunas 2012-2013 rookie season, the same injury sidelined him for 18 games.

In their previous five losses, the Clippers were outscored by 35 points combined in the third period.

Knicks: Langston Galloway, who leads the league in 3-point percentage, went 2 of 4 from beyond the arc.

As we all know, Kobe Bryant is coming of three straight season ending injuries and Byron Scott was adamant about Kobe having a minutes restriction of about 30-32 minutes a game. 500 more than three games into the season since 2011-12, the season Chris Paul was acquired.

He also continues to mismanage minutes of an aging Bryant, and fails to develop the team’s young talents in D’Angelo Russell and Julius Randle. Keep in mind that Russell is only 19 years old. “I thought it really hurt us”. But at the rate the Lakers are playing and how Scott has obviously turned to him to somehow bail the team out, Kobe could end up pushing himself to the extreme once more. “Sometimes that might be a little harsh, but as I told the guys last week, the National Basketball Association stands for ‘No Boys Allowed.’ It’s a man’s game”. “And that’s all a part of growing up”. “Defensively, we have to have better starts”.

The Los Angeles Clippers head to the Mile High City where they will take on the Denver Nuggets on Tuesday at 9:00 PM EST as they look to avoid a four-game losing streak.

On multiple occasions before and during this season, Kobe Bryant has said how his role now is to defer to the Los Angeles Lakers’ promising young players to help develop them. “If there is a silver lining, it’s that we didn’t play terrible in the third quarter”. Metta World Peace hit a huge 3-pointer that cut Toronto’s lead to 6 with 4 minutes remaining. This will be a great game to see where they are at, especially against a tough Western Conference opponent.

Roscoe Whalan:Well, you’re a lot more positive than many of us folks over in Clipper Land.

Things got worse for Lob City in the second quarter as they only scored five points in the first five minutes, finishing the quarter with just 11 points and trailing by 29 points at the half. On Thursday night, his former Bruins teammates named him honorary captain before beating Pepperdine 81-67 at Pauley Pavilion…. Both numbers are career highs. Los Angeles is one of the most disciplined teams in the league with an assist-to-turnover ratio of 1.70.