Kobe helps Lakers snap four-game losing run

Bryant notched up 17 points during Lakers’ victory over the Pistons, where he could play only 36 minutes.

Forward Kobe Bryant compiled 17 points, nine assists and eight rebounds as the Los Angeles Lakers snapped a four-game losing skid with a 97-85 victory over the Detroit Pistons at Staples Center. It was the fourth time in five games that L.A.’s opponent has shot 40.0 percent or lower, and Detroit was the second consecutive team to miss 20 of 27 threes against the Lakers.

Frank covers sports and political issues for Stabley Times. However, he has also scored in single-digits on numerous occasions, and is shooting less than 43 percent from the field and 57 percent from the free-throw line. Aldridge says it was Bryant who took things back to basketball.

“Every loss that we’ve incurred, especially the last couple, guys have been really, really upset in the locker room and they’ve come out and played even harder”, Scott said.

The Phoenix Suns have exactly what the Los Angeles Lakers crave, two versatile and creative point guards in their starting backcourt. That includes 18 points and 16 rebounds during Friday’s 90-82 win over the Los Angeles Lakers.

Deron Williams had 13 points and Dwight Powell collected 10 points and 12 rebounds for Dallas. Absolutely. No one is untouchable at this point and they could talk with Bryant and find out that dealing him is exactly what the star wants at this stage of his career.

“Right now, I’m barely standing up”, Bryant said after scoring 17 points against Detroit, per Baxter Holmes of ESPN.com.

Then again, they aren’t exactly playing Golden State, the Clippers and Oklahoma City.

“Look, if you would have told me [Pachulia] would have been available in a trade for what we got for him, I would have been all over that”, Carlisle said before Saturday’s game against the Houston Rockets. “But that’s how they’ve got to get a few experience”. In the third game of the season he had 22 points, 15 rebounds, four assists and four steals.

Coach Byron Scott will wait until Monday to decide whether Bryant will play at Phoenix that night.

On defense, the Lakers aren’t any good though they’re ranked better on D than on O. Huertas, Bryant and the kids – Larry Nance Jr., Julius Randle and Clarkson and Russell – are net negatives. He made sure to savour a spirited match-up with the player he affectionately calls his “big brother” – spending much of the game in a physical battle with Bryant on both sides of the floor.

Before the terrorist attacks in Paris, the Lakers had already planned a first-half tribute to Stone, Skarlatos and Sadler, who was wearing a Lakers T-shirt when the trio helped subdue a gunman in August.