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The win was OKC’s third in a row, all over the two teams in Los Angeles. Kobe Bryant, in his swan song season for the Los Angeles Lakers, is the early leader in voting for the 2016 NBA All-Star game, the NBA announced yesterday. James Harden scored 10 of his game-high 31 points in the fourth quarter to lead the Rockets.

In the Pacific Division, the Clippers have a 16-13 record to stay second in the group behind the Golden State Warriors.

Thunder: It has won 12 of the last 15 meetings with the Lakers, with all three losses coming at Staples Center.

“We’ve had to do that before”, said Paul, who had 23 points and six assists. It’s always nice to get a win against the team you share the city with, anyway. In his 26 minutes, the Thunder outscored the Lakers by 45 points. Their defense generated some easy transition points to set the tone of the game.

“It was like the starting gates opened up and the horses ran out”, Bryant said. “I mean, I’m so used to playing on Christmas”. “Growing up and watching the Bulls and the Knicks and all those great games on Christmas Day, having been a part of this for so many years has been cool”.

However, this time around, Bryant would remain on the bench, though he did manage to stay involved and instruct rookie D’Angelo Russell during timeouts and in between free throws.

The Clippers are 0-4-1 ATS in their last 5 road games and 5-2 ATS in their last 7 games playing on 3 or more days rest.

Trailing by 18 going into the fourth quarter, the Thunder put their best offensive unit on the floor with Durant, Westbrook, Serge Ibaka, center Kanter and guard Anthony Morrow quickly closing the gap to 12 with 6:59 left in the game. He finished with a 6-10 record in his Christmas career after making four of 10 shots Friday and adding three assists.

The Clippers missed 15 of their first 18 shots in the final period. He had been sitting too long, Scott said. The Lakers have scored more than 100 points just once during the seven-game losing streak against the Clippers.2. “So that was encouraging”. “[It happens] every year with the amount of talent that we have”. Paul Pierce and Austin Rivers are questionable.

“It was fun”, Durant said. “I’ve never played in a Christmas Day game”.

It’s not surprising that fans want to see one of the best basketball players of all time get one final All-Star appearance during his farewell season.

Both teams will wear new, special Christmas uniforms. The Thunder led by 38 at one point, and actually the Lakers were up by 3 at one point in this one, until giving up a huge, game-changing run.

Blake Griffin told the media that he thinks it has to do with Bryant’s legacy and that he would be OK if Bryant were to make the All-Star and he did not, because of the longtime Laker career.