Lakers’ star Kobe Bryant misses game against Thunder with injured right shoulder

Kevin Durant had 22 points and eight rebounds, Enes Kanter had 19 points and 14 rebounds and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Los Angeles Lakers 118-78 on Saturday for their eighth consecutive home victory. “But my body knows it’s time to say goodbye”, wrote Bryant, the third-leading scorer in National Basketball Association history. “No matter who it is”. I think the game will be easier for him now.

Durant is 10 years Bryant’s junior but has won twice as many scoring titles – four to two – and is almost halfway to his point total of 32,866, which ranks third all-time behind Karl Malone and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Julius Randle struggled against OKC, going 1 for 7 with 2 points but getting 7 rebounds in 26 minutes. He said he would play Tuesday at Denver. We didn’t come to compete. Louis Williams led the way for the Lakers with 20 points.

“It would be great, but at the same time I’ve played in a lot of them, so it’s always great to have the younger guys step up and get their opportunities as well”, Bryant said to ESPN.

I understand this is what the Rockets do, but after the first or second time that doesn’t work, how about running a play instead and not just taking a quick three?

Kobe Bryant may not have made the difference.

The Lakers followed up their fourth victory of the season – beating Milwaukee by 18 points, their largest margin of victory in two seasons – with their 14th loss in 16 games. This is a perspective that might anger many in Los Angeles, and those folks should have an extra incentive to vote Bryant in as a starter. Oklahoma City was their landing spot, and Byron Scott was their head coach.

Carmelo Anthony led the Knicks with 27 points.

“That’s a dream”, Durant said. Durant appeared eager to score anytime he touched the ball. “But you to make it hard for him”.

Oklahoma City rested its starters in the fourth quarter and the Lakers were unable to do anything against the Thunder reserves.

After all, LA lost by 40 points when the final buzzer sounded. However, like Reggie Miller said in last night’s broadcast, the rumors surrounding Howard this season will only become a distraction to the team moving forward. “You have to tip your hat off to them”. Losing on a consistent basis every night.

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There were even a few moments where Kobe looked a little bit like his old self.

Lakers: Scott coached the then-New Orleans Hornets (now Pelicans) during their two-season stay in Oklahoma City (2005-06 and 2006-07) and said he has fond memories of that time…. “All we have is right shoulder sore”. “I don’t know where it came from, but it was there”.

“When he threw it down, the only thing I thought was ‘Wow this is pretty good, ‘” Scott said. “That was the first I heard of it.”… The Los Angeles Lakers guard is only averaging nine points this season. “We need to do a better job there”. “I just hope he doesn’t ask for his autograph”, Scott said of Brown guarding Thunder F Kevin Durant.