D’Angelo Russell airballs his Kobe Bryant impression

Fortunately, Minnesota ended up on the positive end of the 123-122 final score.

Lakers fans are present all over the country, with Bryant’s jersey still being one of the league’s top sellers, and he doesn’t want to rob any fans of their chance to say goodbye. “It felt good. It felt close, ‘” Bryant recalled.

“It’s similar” to the break against the Knicks last November, Martin said.

“Having said that, he worked on his game during the summer, he’s a much better shooter, he’s just as competitive”. Everyone will miss him and all we can hope for is that he is thanked at every arena he visits this season.

Scott, a former teammate of Bryant with the Lakers, said there may come a time this season when he and Bryant discuss limiting the 20-year veteran’s playing time, but that moment hasn’t come yet.

Even at 3-19, the Lakers are planning to retain Scott for the duration of the 2015-16 season.

During the last four minutes of the game, the 18,000 fans kept chanting “We want Kobe”, when in all reality, you didn’t want Kobe because your team would’ve most certainly lost.

Though he may not be a high-profile player, he is a valued role player who can do a lot of the intangibles that any National Basketball Association team can surely make do with. However, Randle missed a late-game free throw that would have tied the contest, as he shot an abysmal 6 of 11 from the line. It’s based on where we are as a team. Clarkson is building on his impressive rookie season with 15.2 points per game and a. 470 shooting percentage. “Clearly, whoever doesn’t get in because Kobe does will be upset with it but I definitely think Kobe earned the right to play in the All-Star Game this year”.

“He was where I wanted to be”, Prince said.

Martin scored 17 points in the fourth quarter alone, making four three-point field goals, helping the Wolves erase a five-point deficit with under 10 minutes to play. The forward continued to be effective off the bench, going 6/6 and scoring 13 points in just seven minutes on the floor.

“I didn’t realize [Russell] had that many points until I looked up”, Towns said.

His long 2-pointer earlier in the quarter gave the Lakers their largest lead of the night at 99-94 with 7:26 to play.

Their wishes wouldn’t be granted, but the next Wolves-Lakers games should be entertaining because of the youngsters.

The Lakers held the advantage for a handful of seconds, but Shabazz Muhammad got on the board and answered with a three-point bucket to steal it back. In particular, Lakers rookie D’Angelo Russell had a rare opportunity to shine at the end of a game without fear of Scott pulling him from the game or Bryant barking for the ball-though in reality, Bryant prefers to hiss. “They (Russell and Randle) were playing with good energy and great momentum”.

“He’s going to retire as one of the NBA’s greatest players”, said Silver of Bryant, who recently announced he’ll retire in April.