Thunder’s Kevin Durant: Scores 22 in Saturday’s win

The Kobe Bryant farewell tour was put on hold Saturday, possibly because of a dunk.

NOTES: Los Angeles F Kobe Bryant sat out with a sore shoulder.

He downplayed his discomfort after the Lakers lost, 118-78, their worst showing ever in 236 games against the Seattle/Oklahoma City franchise.

Bryant already has received long ovations on road trips this season, particularly in places like NY and Miami where crowds sensed that they might be seeing him as an opponent for the final time.

“Kobe’s fearless”, Scott said.

“Kobe Bryant is one of the greatest players in the history of our game”, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said.

“I think with that, it’s a chicken or the egg argument”, said Mark Medina, Lakers beat writer for the Los Angeles Daily News. “Definitely not scared”, Russell said.

“The key really is loving what you do”, Bryant said. “We didn’t have energy”.

Guard Lou Williams led the Lakers with 20 points. The Thunder are led by Kevin Durant, who has been an annual MVP candidate, much like Bryant was when he was younger.

“I think we were playing too stiff”, said Harden of the team’s recent performances.

Enes Kanter had 19 points and 14 rebounds, and Westbrook had his 18th double-double of the season for Oklahoma City. For the past two years, they have calculated the likelihood the Lakers will strike it rich in the National Basketball Association draft lottery in May. For the season he is averaging 16.7 points on dreary 33.9 percent shooting.

On Saturday, the Lakers trailed by 34 with three minutes left in the second quarter.

More than six months after he crumpled to the floor while trying to make a move against Golden State, Irving will be back in uniform for the Cavs, who aren’t the same team without the 23-year-old. “Nobody wants to get blown out like that”.

Bryant dunked for the first time this season on Friday against the Houston Rockets, but Scott says there’s no way of knowing if that’s when an injury occurred. Trading him for someone that can contribute on both the offensive and the defensive end might build a team that is better able to win games. We won 16 games a year ago. “I can learn from that and respect that”.

“We all know that he’s not what he used to be, but people go and hope he’s going to have a great game”.

“It’s just something that needs a couple days”, he said. Like most games against the Lakers this season, it was an easy win for the Rockets. The Lakers struggled until Gasol arrived via trade in 2008 and they appeared in the next three NBA Finals, winning two.

Bryant offered slightly more detail by revealing they ate at Broadway 10 Bar & Chophouse. Durant will be a free agent next July.

“Being a part of the Olympics is such a lovely experience”, Bryant said. “We talked about a bunch of stuff”. “We haven’t had a doctor or anybody look at him yet”, Lakers coach Byron Scott said. A social-media storm was created after he ate breakfast with Rajon Rondo last December in Boston.