Kobe Bryant and Kevin Durant exchange shoes after game

Anthony, averaging 21.8 points in 28 games, was injured during Monday night’s loss to Orlando.

The biggest reason for the Lakers (5-23) collapsing entailed the Thunder (20-9) completing a 40-4 run midway through the second and third quarters. I just enjoyed it internally.

And to think Bryant’s final road game will be April 11 at Oklahoma City, assuming he’s still standing. I feel like I can read everything.

“I remember when we were losing [in Game 6 in 2008], they played that Journey song [“Don’t Stop Believin'”] and the whole arena started singing that song, and I hated that damn song for two years”.

He had 31 points on respectable 10-for-22 shooting and added five assists in the Lakers’ come-from-way-behind 111-107 victory over the reasonably depleted Denver Nuggets.

Oklahoma City has won 12 of the last 15 meetings with the Lakers, with all three losses coming at Staples Center.

“That third quarter, they just blitzed us, man. They got ahead with their athleticism and their speed and their length, and we we couldn’t get the game under control”, Bryant said, according to the Associated Press.

Last and least on the NBA Christmas schedule is the Los Angeles Clippers playing the Los Angeles Lakers in what has been a very one sided rivalry in recent years, but the Clippers have been so inconsistent this season it’s really hard to tell.

Essentially, Twitter is far more effective to get votes than Instagram, and the Lakers have almost four times as many followers as the Warriors on Twitter. James received the most votes among Eastern Conference players. Serge Ibaka averages 2.3 blocks per game. Oklahoma City continues their torrid pace against Western Conference teams, improving to 14-2 this season against the West.

It appeared early on that the Thunder wouldn’t even let the game get close even for a second, as they built up a 25-to-10 lead in the first quarter, but OKC struggled to maintain a large lead once the second unit checked in for the starters. Bryant completed three pump more fakes before causing Durant to bite on a baseline jumper, allowing Bryant to convert on another three-point play. Point guard Russell Westbrook scored 33 points against the Clippers for his top scoring output of the month.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was named an NBA All-Star on 19 occasions, but Kobe Bryant does have an edge on him in All-Star games as the leading point scorer in the contest’s history.

“It was a great test for me tonight to see if I could play both ends of the floor”, Bryant said. While Julius Randle (ankle) and Nick Young (upset stomach) sat out, the Lakers shot a combined 32 of 89 from the field. Cleveland, plagued by injuries all season, played with a full roster for the first time.