Kobe scores 22, leads Lakers’ 113-95 rout of Milwaukee

Lakers star Kobe Bryant, playing in his final season, showed flashes of past glory with 22 points and six assists while playing 27 minutes.

Young said he knew wearing them on the court would cause a stir and smiled broadly when told that his Instagram post of a picture of the shoes already had more than 30,000 likes during the game. “For the KOBE 11, we worked to flawless Flyknit for basketball”, 17-time All-Star Bryant said via Nike news release.

The 6 foot 6 player was ranked by the ESPN in 2007 as the second greatest shooting guard of all-time time next to Michael Jordan. The Lakers had a season-high 26 assists and produced seven double-digit scorers for the first time this year.

Early in the second quarter, the Bucks were trying to tip a ball forward to initiate a fast break, but Russell was able to interfere, maintain possession, and stay in bounds.

Jason Kidd on D’Angelo Russell: “For a young player he is playing at a very high level”.

On something of a farewell tour around the National Basketball Association, Kobe continues to push his body, his brain and every one of the instincts he honed in the course of his career and demands that his footwear match his endless quest for perfection. I think the game will be easier for him now.

“I think the legacy for the Kobe shoe would be first and foremost about true performance, lightweight, responsive and… the essence of simplicity”. Yet the Lakers’ eight-game road trip beginning next week is nearly certain to begin a prolonged goodbye to Bryant, one of the NBA’s most popular and most divisive players. They’re ‘ready to move on from him’.

James, who finished with 24 points, had six during that run and also capped a 10-3 fourth-quarter spurt that made things comfortable for Cleveland. The assault case against Bryant was dropped in September 2004, but his acknowledged poor behavior affected his reputation and endorsement deals for years. The Lakers struggled until Gasol arrived via trade in 2008 and they appeared in the next three NBA Finals, winning two.