Lowry Scores 27, Raptors Beat Lakers 102-93 to End Slide

Serbian rookie centre Boban Marjanovic netted all 18 of his points in 17 second-half minutes, while fellow backup Jonathon Simmons added 15, as the Spurs (18-4) shot a sizzling 62 per cent for their 16th win in the last 18 games.

Ultimately, though, the conversation had to swing to the reality that the Lakers sit at the bottom of the Western Conference with Kobe Bryant’s farewell tour-and not much else-putting fans in the stands because the team has been terrible, and that includes Bryant. I just learned the game as a competitor and as a true professional. He had eight points in the first eight minutes of the game.

Slay said he admires Bryant’s competitiveness.

Ross, playing for injured forward DeMarre Carroll, poured in 13 points to help the Raptors take a 25-22 lead after the first quarter.

Before tip-off, the Lakers announced that Scott had chose to move both D’Angelo Russell and Julius Randle to the bench in favor of starting Larry Nance Jr. and Lou Williams. “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”.

The 37-year-old Bryant finishes his career against Toronto with a total of 891 points scored in 33 games, an average of 27.0 points per game.

Said Randle: “You’re never going to be thrilled about it as a competitor but it’s not in our control”. Carroll is considered one of the toughest players in the league so he is playing through the injury but he has not played at the level the Raptors hoped when they signed him this offseason.

So, Russell and Randle went to the bench. Ersan Ilyasova, who got in foul trouble, played only 13 minutes.

“It’s a little bit of everything to see him walking away from the game, especially someone I idolized and grew up watching”, said DeRozan, raised in the Los Angeles area.

He had a season-high 21 points on two occasions: October 30 at Boston and November 22 at the Los Angeles Clippers.

The Pistons expanded it to 90-65 after three, although Bryant drew another cheer and chant when he made a simple fast-break layup late in the quarter.

Chen said they had designed the portrait and drew corresponding lines on the basketball court the day before, first practising on an adjoining court.

Shaquille O’Neal hopes Kobe Bryant feels happy without basketball: Even as they clashed endlessly over personality and role differences, Shaquille O’Neal forever respected Kobe Bryant’s talent and work ethic. Toronto won the only other meeting of the season between the two teams, 102-91 on November 20. The Lakers will play the sixth game of their eight-game trip when they visit the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday…. “I think the teams that make it are the team that value home winning and just try to find a way to stay afloat on the road”. Raptors centre Lucas Nogueira missed the game due to left ankle sprain.