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He is behind Bryant, the Oklahoma City Thunder’s Kevin Durant, the Los Angeles Clippers’ Blake Griffin and the San Antonio Spurs’ Kawhi Leonard.

Russell Westbrook had a team-leading 33 points, his most in 10 games this month.

Russell Westbrook had 23 points, eight assists and eight rebounds. “There’s never another Magic, there’s never another Bird, there’s never another Michael, now there’s never another me just because we’re just different people”.

A suddenly resurgent Bryant will play for the 16th and final time on Christmas Day as the Clippers look to snap out of a funk with an eighth straight victory over their Staples Center co-tenants.

Bryant later said he was laughing at Durant’s athleticism and lanky, long physique. The Lakers have scored more than 100 points just once during the seven-game losing streak against the Clippers.2.

“I can still play a little bit”, said Bryant, who averaged 15.8 points on 31.3 percent shooting in his first 20 games. “The gates opened up and the horses ran out”, Bryant said.

Bryant’s offense received most of the plaudits, but one of the major reasons the Lakers were able to win a game in which they trailed by as much as 21 points was the collapse of Nuggets’ sixth man Will Barton.

Oklahoma City built a lead as large as 38 points, as it shot 53.7 percent, while holding the Lakers to 36.0 percent.

If progress was measured in point differential, the Lakers improved by exactly five points since getting pummeled by the Thunder last Saturday. “You can train a cat all you want to bark”. “It makes no sense to be yelling at it. It’s as simple as that”. The Thunder travel back home to host the Bulls on Friday.

The biggest reason for the Lakers (5-23) collapsing entailed the Thunder (20-9) completing a 40-4 run midway through the second and third quarters.

Now Bryant turns his attention to one final Christmas showcase, a stage that typically hasn’t gone well for him. “He plays with no fear”. “And I don’t see any debate in that”. He’d be unstoppable in the block, at his size. Bryant noted it was “hard to pick just five”. “The competition. Those guys crossing you up and scoring on you then you coming back and stopping them and stuff like that, that’s the fun stuff”. He’s averaged 27.4 points in his 14 starts on December 25, but the Lakers are 5-9.

Playing without Nick Young (gastroenteritis) and Julius Randle (ankle), the Lakers could not find anybody to complement Bryant’s scoring. The Lakers recalled C Tarik Black and F Ryan Kelly from the D-League’s L.A. Defenders.

The Denver Nuggets controlled the first half of Tuesday’s contest against the Lakers, holding a significant lead at the break.