Los Angeles Lakers Getting the Best of Kobe Bryant, Which Isn’t

Moreover, the Lakers managed to beat Detroit Pistons on Sunday night, but Bryant was seen dealing with serious pain after the game.

After dropping yet another game at the hands of the Mavericks, 90-82, Scott was expectedly disappointed yet again and one of the key players in the Lakers fold right now noticed – Kobe Bryant.

The Lakers were without All-Star guard Kobe Bryant, who was kept back in Los Angeles to rest rather than having to play on back-to-back nights.

Fisher said he planned to wear No. 4 as a rookie with the Lakers in 1996, but when Scott made a decision to return as a player, Fisher switched to No. 2.

What became clear Sunday is that any promises regarding Bryant’s minutes continue to be about as reliable as Bryant’s body.

This is what a retirement season feels like, although you never know with Bryant. When the buzzer sounded, purple and gold streamers fell from the rafters, which hasn’t happened lately and won’t happen too much more this season. He wants to go out being treated as an enemy on the road that gets each team’s best shot. Following Finals MVP Kobe Bryant – who averaged 32.4 points, 5.6 rebounds and 7.4 assists that series – L.A. took the Magic down in five games for the first of back-to-back titles. Lopez played a few possessions with only one sneaker after it fell off while he was playing defense and play didn’t stop to give him a chance to get it back…. But one of the league’s worst defensive teams, L.A. quickly lost the lead as Dallas closed out the first quarter on a 22-5 run. He’s taking back-to-backs off anyway; why not play him for only 40-50 games and let him average 20-25 minutes a game? Bryant has two days to recover before coming in to practice on Thursday and playing a game on Friday.

Another of the train heros, Anthony Sadler, was thrilled to meet Lakers star Bryant. “Milwaukee had signed [Greg] Monroe and I think they were looking at financial considerations, so we were fortunate”. The 37-year-old was 6 of 19 from the field and is hitting 33.6 percent for the season, but he also had nine assists and eight rebounds.

That all starts with head coach Byron Scott giving D’Angelo Russell an opportunity to play when it really matters. The Lakers, finally, flashed a signal on Sunday. The last five games were against Brooklyn, New York, Miami, Orlando and Dallas, teams with a combined 21-26 record before Saturday.

Bryant realizing that he could not shoot his way through a basketball game took him 27 games and a mental and physical breakdown in Sacramento in 2014-15. He’s also gone from 13.1 shots per game on 45.8 percent shooting in those years to 16.8 and 49.7 this season.