Griffin out for at least two weeks

That was apparent before the Lakers’ 94-84 loss to the Clippers on Friday at a designated road game at Staples Center. They have dropped three in a row, and have fallen behind by at least 20 points in each of their past seven defeats. He then came back into the game, but was clearly not himself, unable to explode off the dribble. “I don’t care if he’s a starter of if they figure out a 13th spot for him”, Rivers said.”[With] what he’s done in his career, he should be on the All-Star team, and I don’t see any debate in that.

Mike Conley gets the next star because, frankly, no other Lakers deserve it. He finished the game with 19 points, five assists, four rebounds, and four steals as he picked apart the Lakers. Nance had 13 in the quarter for the Lakers. He has a record 395 points on Christmas Day.

Bryant was referring to another song continually played at the Garden that series – “I’m Shipping Up to Boston” by a Massachusetts-born punk band. It’s kind of become a part of our family routine. “I thought we played with a lot of passion and a lot of emotion”.

DeMarcus Cousins had 36 points and six rebounds for the Kings.

It signified the bond they built when Barnes played for the Lakers (2010-12). Fans and National Basketball Association analysts were expecting the Lakers rookie core of D’Angelo Russell, Julius Randle, and Jordan Clarkson to play the bulk of the minutes and really get their hands dirty. It is the first game Favors has missed because of an injury this season. But Clippers coach Doc Rivers offers no complaints about Bryant beating out Blake Griffin in the balloting.

He had been sitting too long, coach Bryon Scott said. “But it’s not going to happen…my body won’t let me”.

The Los Angeles Lakers have been a disaster defensively all season, which is both an understatement and the defining characteristic of the 2015-16 season for this team to this point.

The Clippers finally charged ahead 72-64 later in the quarter when Redick buried three consecutive 3-pointers to punctuate an 14-0 run for Los Angeles.

“I have plenty of time off coming up” Bryant said. “So that was encouraging”.

The Lakers shot only 38.1% from the field.

He revealed that he listened daily to Journey’s ubiquitous “Don’t Stop Believin'” for two years after the Lakers were pummeled by the Celtics in the 2008 NBA Finals. That’s how I have confidence out there that I can play at a high level every night.

And besides, the All-Star Game is just an exhibition that really has no impact on the season.

Kobe Bryant and Stephen Curry led the first voting results announced by NBA.com for the 2016 NBA All-Star Game, with Bryant leading the pack by a wide margin.

Bryant, a vocal advocate for the Lakers’ young players, said Nance has been “working on his shot quite a bit”. Oscar Robertson held the previous career record for points on Christmas with 377 before Bryant broke it in 2012. “I hated that song for two years”.

G Chris Paul scored 19 points for the Clippers (18-13), who won their second straight game after losing three in a row.