National Basketball Association Sundays preview: Los Angeles Clippers vs Toronto Raptors

Los Angeles (6-6) has lost six of eight since a 4-0 start and Toronto (8-6) six of nine after winning a franchise-record five straight to begin the season.

“We are shooting ourselves in the foot with unsound defensive plays and unsound offensive plays”, Casey added. 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”. When asked about the possibility of the Lakers beating the Warriors on Tuesday night, Bryant was very confident that it could happen.

The Los Angeles Clippers have one of the best field goal percentages this season, ranking third in the league with a FG% of 46.6%.

The Lakers rarely mastered such an approach in earlier games, something Scott placed less on Bryant and more on everyone else.

Following the game, Scott that he kept Bryant in the game because he thought that he gave the team the best chance to win, and didn’t feel that this would have an effect on the 37-year-old’s body to the point.

“Basically I look at them as a fan, when I watch them play”.

One is that it somehow justifies the claim of most that Scott can not reach the transition stage where the younger players need to see more action as the franchise tries to move on from the Bryant era.

Lowry finished with 25 points and five assists as Toronto made 15 of 33 three-point shots and snapped a three-game skid with the victory over the Lakers at Stable Center.

In fact Lowry didn’t score after the third quarter although he only played five minutes of the fourth after playing 32 of 36 in the first three quarters. But you never know, we’ll keep it open.

Biyombo can rebound and he’ll play tough but he simply can’t replace what the team loses offensively with Valanciunas out.

If this kind of pace remains for LA, they are likely to suffer the same fate they had last season and miss the playoffs for another year, which could also mean Bryant’s retirement. We should wait until February or March to see how he’s really feeling. I love watching them play because they do all the things we talk about.

“We congratulated them on it after the game and we will do what we can to break it next game”, Walton said.

If that doesn’t cause concern, I don’t know what does.

Kobe Bryant #24 of the Los Angeles Lakers posts up Andrew Wiggins #22 of the Minnesota Timberwolves during a 112-111 Laker loss at Staples Center on October 28, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. His poor shot selections and shooting struggles are certainly not enticing for any team. As a result, Russell has often found himself on the bench late in games and playing fewer minutes overall than many of other top tier rookies to this point. He was immediately taken to task by Kyle Lowry, who checked in for him moments later. “We probably won’t celebrate it too much; it is more of just an acknowledgement of what we did tonight”.