No Hate Between Dwight Howard And Kobe Bryant

One player who has been tied up with the circus is Kobe Bryant who is set to retire after this season.

At practice yesterday before the game versus Minnesota, D’Angelo Russell was working out with a Lakers assistant coach, when the recently benched rookie made a decision to have some fun and do a Kobe Bryant impression.

LaMarcus Aldridge finished with 24 points and 11 rebounds and Patty Mills scored 22 points, leading the Spurs to a 109-87 victory in the first meeting between the rivals this season.

“It was great for both of us (to see the young players step up)”, Bryant said of himself and Garnett, 39. The legendary guard voluntarily spent the entire fourth quarter and overtime on the bench as Russell and second-year forward Julius Randle rallied Los Angeles from a six-point deficit with 2:17 left to force extra time. “Maybe they’ll hug each other and say, ‘Hey, let’s let bygones be bygones, ‘ and go on about their separate ways”.

Silver is right about Bryant’s role in popularizing the game outside the U.S. He is still a huge star in China, as he proved this past summer when he drew a massive crowd. But Martin hit a 3 and Andrew Wiggins scored on a runner with 55 seconds left in the extra period.

The Lakers’ poor offensive execution led to another loss despite one of Kobe Bryant’s best games of the season.

San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich signals his players during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Los Angeles Lakers, Friday, Dec. 11, 2015, in San Antonio. “He probably would have made it”.

“We’ve come a long way”, interim coach J.B. Bickerstaff said.

A lot of time has passed since Bryant and Howard were teammates and the “Black Mamba” insists to media that the “issues they had weren’t personal”.

Russell and Towns, who grew close in high school and pre-draft workouts, exchanged baskets at the end of regulation. The Kobe Bryant farewell tour racked up stops and tributes along the way, but the Lakers as a team only racked up losses as a whole. “Still have to evolve on that end of the floor more”.

Last season, at the start of the year when two played against each other.

Randle added 20 points and 12 rebounds, his sixth double-double in seven games, and the Lakers shot a season-high 51.6 percent with Bryant on the court for just 25 minutes.

Bryant said it was his call to exit stage right and insisted it wasn’t hard for him to watch the conclusion. “Not even an inkling”. “He just hasn’t played well the last couple of games”, Scott said. “My responsibility when Dwight and I played together was to get him to play his best basketball”, Bryant said. “It’s your first (last-second) shot but it won’t be your last”. Seeing Kobe make a highlight could be nice, but is it worth seeing if it comes as a package with a 2-of-12 shooting performance and a benching in the fourth quarter? The Spurs responded by finishing the quarter with 12 straight points, highlighted by two Mills’ 3-pointers and a back-door layup from Manu Ginobili courtesy of a pass from Boris Diaw.

Martin said following the game that he will get the wrist checked out Thursday morning.