Conley, Green lead Grizzlies past Lakers, 112-96

There’s more than one side to every story, and that axiom felt especially true Monday night, when Kobe Bryant played his final game in Charlotte against the organization that drafted him 13th overall in 1996.

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The two would watch Lakers games together on television whenever they could, and James said Isaiah constantly wore his Bryant jersey to elementary school.

“If it was the other way around, he wouldn’t care if it was your last game”, Thomas said, “so we’ve got to try to get the win and don’t let him have a big game”.

Los Angeles Lakers superstar guard and original franchise player Kobe Bryant is now leading the pack in the first returns of the 2016 NBA All-Star voting.

From GOAT to GOAT Though he wasn’t in attendance, Hornets owner Michael Jordan recorded a congratulatory video message for Bryant, which was played before the game. Coming in at second place is 2015 Most Valuable Player awardee Stephen Curry with 510,202 votes.

While Bryant hasn’t always had a good relationship with his fans, (which led to him being booed while taking the All Star Game MVP in 2002), the star finally got that hometown reception that he was hoping for and enjoyed his visit to Philadelphia.

“It’s not something that I’m absolutely pressing for, but being a part of the Olympics is such a attractive experience”. I just want to say congratulations.

He took away their starting jobs after 20 games, pledged at the time to reevaluate the lineup after another 10, and deferred when that point came and went after Friday’s loss.

Lakers: Were outrebounded 46-41….

The Grizzlies Vince Carter, left, drives past Lakers D’Angelo Russell, center, who is screened by JaMychal Green, right, in the first half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, Dec. 27, 2015, in Memphis, Tenn. Randle’s averages of 10.4 points and 9.7 rebounds off the bench are actually impressive considering the limited playing time, but he has only shot 37.6% since the move while suffering from a severely clogged paint. Marvin Williams had 11 rebounds.

“Kemba was great”, Hornets coach Steve Clifford said.

It really didn’t get much better the rest of the way as Memphis held a double-digit lead from late in the second quarter through the rest of the game. It was Walker’s fifth 30-plus point game of the season. I think it’s the best it’s felt so far. “Man, I wanted to play so bad tonight, and I came this close”, he said, holding two fingers close together. The Los Angeles Lakers are shooting 31.7 percent from beyond the arc and 75.6 percent from the free throw line.

“In the third quarter, having Paul in there just gave us spacing”, Rivers said. Meanwhile, the Lakers were limited to 36 percent in the half and finished the game at 38 percent.