Lowry leads Raptors in win over Lakers

Raptors head coach Dwane Casey recalled the Bryant of that vintage as “this little skinny kid eating out of Styrofoam …”

L.A. erased a 10-point halftime deficit and entered the fourth quarter tied at 71 in the Raptors’ eventual 102-93 win. Bismack Biyombo enjoyed perhaps his finest game as a Raptor, scoring 15 points and pulling down 13 rebounds.

“It’s a unsafe habit”. “We can’t let him do it tonight, but it was death when he got down there”. Defensively, collectively, we’ve all got to get better.

The Lakers dropped to 3-17 on the season last night thanks to the Pistons who poured in 65 points in the first half to win by 111-91.

I mean, you can say that starting the actual game is a bit overrated as long as your getting significant minutes and I do buy that. “I felt a lot more comfortable”.

The Lakers, playing the fifth of eight straight road games, were tied at 78 with 7:25 to play in the fourth quarter, but the Raptors pulled away.

In what was nearly certainly his last National Basketball Association appearance in Canada, Kobe Bryant shot 8 of 16 for 21 points as the Raptors swept the season series from the Lakers for the first time.

Kobe’s weird farewell tour hits Toronto: DeMar DeRozan had just learned of Kobe Bryant’s intention to play out this season and call it a career as he sat by his locker following last Sunday’s game and wondered aloud: have we ever witnessed anything quite like what we were about to witness?

“Twenty-three points off our turnovers compared to six off theirs, it’s a big difference”.

Asked what he would remember most about playing here, Bryant, who in 2004 lost the NBA Finals to the Pistons in five games concluding here, cited public-address announcer John Mason.

The 37-year-old, who first made his debut way back in 1996, has announced that this will be his final season in the National Basketball Association.

Casey would’ve preferred the pro-Bryant crowd to send some cheers Toronto’s way. “That’s my dawg. That’s my boy, man. It’s great to see him out here, see him play in person, meet him in person, shake his hand”. There have been rumors that the Philadelphia 76ers, which by the way are the worst team in the league right now, want to get the point guard out of Ohio State in a trade involving Jahlil Okafor, the number 3 pick in the draft.

Drummond had his 12th game of at least 15 points and 15 rebounds. Lowry leads in three major statistical categories: points (22.0), assists (6.2) and steals (2.7) per game.

Surprisingly, Bryant’s best days on the Lakers’ trip has coincided on the second night of a back-to-back. “But in the first 20 games, it’s tough to find consistent results to feel good about”.

“Honestly, if that was what was in the cards for me, then so be it. All I can do is just try”, said Bryant.

While the Lakers can potentially add to their young core, the team must prepare for the end of the Byron Scott era, hopefully.