Lakers lose in Kobe Bryant’s last Christmas game

The miscues came in all shapes and sizes.

Rivers said he was fine with Bryant’s selection even if it meant the exclusion of a more deserving player such as Clippers center DeAndre Jordan, who ranked 12th among West frontcourt players with 49,696 votes.

The Clippers grabbed a 60-44 lead at the half, outshooting the Lakers 51.1 percent to 41.7 percent.

It’s also an uninspiring way to begin the 2nd 5-game road trip of the season.

Clippers defeat Lakers, Kobe Bryant finishes 6-10 in Christmas games – The Lakers were defeated by the Clippers an eighth straight time, 94-84, in a designated Lakers home game at Staples Center.

The Lakers dropped to 5-25 on the year, while the Clippers improved to 17-13 and snapped a three-game losing streak.

Chris Paul was superb, going for 23 points on 11-of-19 shooting to go along with six assists and five boards.

“So, I think we should cherish that every time we see them, every time you’re around them”, Rivers said. The Lakers scoring on themselves isn’t so much surprising as it was an inevitability that we can now saw we live in a world where it has happened.

It does not appear Scott feels that way.

“Bryant”™s name was chanted late in the game but, symbolic of the times, he stayed on the bench while the second-stringers tried to cap a comeback from a 28-point deficit. Scott also kept his praise toward Russell fairly limited. “He had some really good moments and then some moments defensively where he was not out there”.

In honor of the holiday film that sees a man imagine what the world would be like without him in it, let’s imagine a world where a few things went differently for the Clippers.

“I must truly say it’s an honor just to be able to match up with one of the great players of this generation”, Pierce said.

Russell did that without Bryant. Bryant, who has a record 395 points on Christmas Day, played 26 minutes in his NBA-record 16th Christmas Day game and scored 12 points for the Lakers, reports Xinhua. “I was hurting all night, but I still felt like I played well and played a solid all-around game for the minutes that I was in there”. “I thought that was kind of indicative of how this season has gone”, Scott said. James received the most votes among Eastern Conference players. “If not, he’ll destroy you”.

The Clippers took an 85-57 lead into the fourth, and both coaches rested all of their starters until the Lakers started to make a move led by Russell, Julius Randle and Marcelo Huertas.