Golden State Warriors Slay Los Angeles Lakers; Kobe Bryant

Los Angeles Lakers head coach Byron Scott continues to throw logic to the wind when it comes to the struggling Kobe Bryant.

The Los Angeles Lakers met in El Segundo following a long night in Golden State, where the Warriors blew out the Lakers and led by over 40 points at one point. Again, I’m not so much anxious about Kobe. “My shooting will be better”. It will be better. but I could have scored 80 tonight, and it wouldn’t have made a damn difference, you know what I’m saying? “Is it likely? No”, said Walton, whose team plays eight of its next nine games on the road.

“Nobody really talked about the 15-0 until probably last week when we were around 11 or 12 wins. I try to do some fancy things out there with both hands, making crossover moves and kind of having a certain creativity and flair to my game”, Curry said in a conference call with members of the media. For the Warriors to hit 73 wins, they’d have to go 57-9 for the rest of the season, which would certainly be challenging (especially given the fact that the Warriors will travel more than any other team this season).

After the game, Scott insisted he still has “faith” in Bryant, according to ESPN’s Baxter Holmes.

“I’ve seen him play and it’s disgusting”, the anonymous player said.

However, Lakers coach Byron Scott still believes in the 17-time NBA All-Star, who helped the Lakers grab five championships in 2000-2002 and 2009-2010.

Scott was asked if he would reduce Bryant’s playing time. “We’re just looking the next opponent, looking at the game plan”. Kobe Bryant is 37 and has suffered multiple significant injuries during the last three years. “I said because I was pump-faking”.

Unless Los Angeles can figure out a way to slow down guys like Stephen Curry, James Harden, and Russell Westbrook, Kobe’s right – his poor shooting is the least of the Lakers’ problems. Like what Hall of Famer Charles Barkley said in an interview, he knew that he had to retire after he started pump faking rather than taking real shots.

Unless you revel in their misery (which you very well might), the Lakers have been totally grim and unapproachable this season, with perhaps one exception: off-court Kobe.

Earlier in November, Bryant said he was still undecided. “I am concerned about his shooting percentage and shots so far, but so far as knowing him the way I’ve known him and how long he’s played in this league, I’m not anxious about him finding it”.