Williams leads Lakers past Pelicans 95-91 to end 4-game skid

“I have to look past tomorrow and Saturday’s game”. Russell was aggressive in limited minutes and finished with 12 points on 6-of-15 shooting.

“Just excise those minutes, play Kobe 25 minutes a game, sit him out during crunch time… let the young kids get the fire minutes late in the game”.

Kobe Bryant has no intention of actually resting his Achilles injury. Despite the loss, the players and the coaches can’t help but feel pleased with how the game was played.

Kobe Bryant insists on playing through a sore right Achilles’ tendon, despite Lakers trainer Gary Vitti wanting to shut him down for a week or two.

“He was fixated in not having a career”.

“I still wish he would lay all those up”, interim coach Luke Walton said of the dunk.

“For someone that age, it was remarkable the skill, the love that he had for the game and the desire to excel”.

Kobe Bryant’s (left) Achilles injury acts up again in the Lakers’ win over the Pelicans. West added to his championship ring cabinet as an executive with the Warriors last spring, but he was once the guy who chose to take a 17-year-old out of Marion High School in Philadelphia. It’s a move that nearly didn’t happen due to Divac’s reluctance to leave Los Angeles. “But, you know, this year, they won’t mind seeing Kobe Bryant in there”. A few days later, West had acquired Shaquille O’Neal, setting the stage for multiple Lakers titles.

James was the leading vote-getter for last year’s game until Stephen Curry (currently second in the National Basketball Association with 1.2 million votes) passed him at the deadline.

Bryant waved, tipped his head and clapped his hands in appreciation.

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“He was incredible. I’ve never, still to this day, ever seen anyone play through the stuff that he’s played through”. “Last night when he was playing and we talked on the sideline he was saying how it was really bothering him. Once the game started, it was a different story”.

“I think when the time came down to it, we didn’t connect and hit shots, and they did”, said Holiday, who made seven of 18 from the floor and missed all four of his 3-point attempts.

Bryant received many a hug at midcourt from the Warriors beforehand. Sometimes he would disappoint me with some of the things he would say, in particular with regards to players who would not play as hard as him.