Clippers hold off Lakers 94-84 in Bryant’s last Xmas game

“He (Kobe) has been good the last 10 games or so”.

“What?” Rivers said loudly Friday, prompting laughter from reporters.

“I was telling Metta when I was on the bench and Paul was running down, I said, ‘You know, Metta, I’m so damn happy we won that 2010 Finals, dude, because I’d be sick as s– sitting here right now [if we didn’t]”, Bryant said, “He felt the same way”.

Lakers Coach Byron Scott was taken aback when he heard the distance between Bryant and other players.

The Clippers either led or were tied for nearly all of a 42-minute stretch before Russell Westbrook’s go-ahead 3 with 48 seconds left.

“Kevin Eastman used to run a camp – a Nike skills camp – the first year they did the skills academy and I remember him telling stories about Kobe, just about his work ethic and things like that”, Griffin said.

His 17 All-Star selections is second behind the 19 appearances by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the legendary Lakers centre.

Right now, the best explanation as to why Bryant is getting so many votes is because it is his last season, and national fans want to see him play the game as much as they can before he calls it a career.

And who says the 37-year-old Kobe can no longer beat a double-team? However not even Santa might deliver in that gift, with the Clippers limping to a 94-84 win over the opposite L.A. team. Sure, he’s shooting a percentage (.344) that resembles a typo. We’re way beyond that.

Everything else is particularly silenced when those fans make themselves heard in the resounding way they just did.

“Magic [Johnson] was on, Michael [Jordan] was on with the Wizards”. It was truth in advertising for two players on a team with zero championships, but they seemed to be having fun with it.

Stokes has appeared in two games with Memphis this season and in two different stints with Sioux Falls, he is averaging 18.1 points and 8.9 rebounds.

Did that 2010 title mean more than any other for Bryant?

In the closing minutes Friday, the Lakers having cut into what was once a 28-point deficit, the fans chanted for Bryant’s return despite the fact he hadn’t been on the court for any of the comeback. Please see our terms of service for more information.

Pierce, 38, hasn’t made a decision about whether he will continue to play next season. But then heeding them is sometimes the only answer.