Hawks prevent comeback by Lakers

The conversation seemed appropriate for a private moment in the coach’s office.

In an interview with ESPN on Friday, Scott revealed the details of that exchange, which he said occurred at the start of the third quarter of the Lakers’ 108-96 loss to the Trail Blazers on Saturday. “I do trust that he’ll get to the point where he’ll make them on a much more consistent basis, but it has just not happened yet”. “I found a man with many other passions”.

“We knew it was going to be a war and we lost the war of rebounding the ball and we lost the war of turnovers”, said Wall.

Scott did not need a hearing aid. The Lakers just might keep their 2016 pick, because it only goes to the 76ers as long as it isn’t a top-3 selection. Just the same, there was a standing ovation for Bryant between the first and second quarters when the public-address announcer thanked him for his 20 years of National Basketball Association service. “I’m not playing next year anyway'”. There were too many factors, not caused by Bryant or Howard, that effected the Lakers that season. But Scott did not feel that way.

The same day, Bryant talked up Iverson during pre-game and post-game interviews, saying the former Sixers guard was the second best competitor he’d ever played against behind Michael Jordan. Someone we all grew up watching, seeing him go from the Afro, to the changing of the number, to all that stuff, 81 points. “Any time you spot a team 33 points off your turnovers, I don’t know how you expect, we are lucky it was a four point game with that, you know. When I was talking to him he said he felt great so I said ‘OK, let’s let it roll a little bit'”. “It was he who helped me become interested in basketball”.

For his part, Bryant is being his usual self and moving on.

“I try to have at least 15 minutes of still time and just kind of sit in my thoughts in the morning and just kind of meditate”. “It was a cool moment“, Wade said. “Everybody’s acting like he’s been out for the last month”. There’s no doubt that this would be a seven game series with some overtime games and a buzzer beater or two. All five starters finished in double figures with Paul Millsap scoring 14 points and Thabo Sefolosha adding 13 points, but as a team, the Hawks shot a miserable 36.7 percent from the field in one of their worst offensive games of the season. Yet, Scott has opted for a bigger lineup by featuring Metta World Peace at backup small forward.

Young didn’t want to escalate anything, saying, “I’m not trying to butt heads in the media”. It’s not going to happen again. “If he throws me in, I’ll be ready”.