Kobe Bryant To Sit Out Against Suns

The match is on November 13, 2015 at 8:30 PM ET.

Seraphin came off the Knicks’ bench in the third quarter and scored six key points to help NY to a 68-65 lead.

It made sense that Detroit was a exhausted team after blowing a 17-point lead in a 101-96 Saturday loss to the Clippers.

Through it all, Kobe Bryant is experiencing the most fatiguing part of his career this season – and for obvious reasons. The Lakers led by as many as five points in the first quarter, but Phoenix took a three-point lead before the end of the first first period. Oddsmakers have set the Over/Under (O/U) at 203 points. Teams really have to fight for open three-pointers against the Lakers, who have one of the best opponent three-point field goal percentages in the league at.310.

Knicks: Calderon came into the game shooting 25 percent for the season…. 500 over six straight games in western conference arenas is not bad at all.

Fun is not something the Lakers have had much of this season.

The total has gone UNDER in 5 of the LA Lakers last 5 games.

The total has gone UNDER in 8 of the LA Lakers last 10 games when playing Detroit. While in Phoenix, time permitting, the Lakers could view Camelback Mountain, for a challenging hike on Cholla trail, also a visit to see the preserved Victorian-style homes in Heritage Square. The Lakers also had the edge in free throws, making 12 of 18 attempts to only two of three for the Pistons. Chandler entered the game averaging 7.2 points per game and 10.2 rebounds per game but was scoreless with nine rebounds over 22 minutes.

Reserve guard Spencer Dinwiddie contributed 17 points for Detroit (5-5). Bryant turned the ball over four times and while Los Angeles’ defense was in proper shape, Kobe’s was not. G P.J. Tucker scored 11 points, his 100th career game with 10-plus points.

Los Angeles registered their second win of the season on Sunday. The Pistons are 1-3 in the former situation, and the Lakers are 1-3 in the latter.

The Lakers have a defensive rating of 106.9 (ranked 28th), while the Pistons rank 21st for their offensive rating of 99.4. The first is turnovers – Boston is forcing turnovers on 19.4 percent of opponent possessions, the highest rate in the National Basketball Association.

The goal for the Lakers is to make sure Kobe makes it through the entire season healthy and sitting him out in games is going towards that goal. While the Lakers stayed close for a second straight contest, they once again struggled down the stretch in what might have been Bryant’s final game at American Airlines Center.

Rajon Rondo had 7 points, 14 assists and 7 rebounds. “If you look at the stat sheet, the guy ends up with 17 and 17, but he only had four offensive rebounds, so we held him under his season average”.