Raptors F Carroll out with bruised right knee

“It was fun”, Ross said.

O’Neal added that neither player cared “what anybody says about it, they’re going to do it their way no matter what”. The Raptors guard had a game-high 19 points at halftime.

Chen said they had designed the portrait and drew corresponding lines on the basketball court the day before, first practising on an adjoining court. “Any little thing can set you off. I don’t have a problem with him”. I just learned the game as a competitor and as a true professional.

The team behind the offer is Viola Reggio Calabria – the team where Kobe’s dad, Joe “Jellybean” Bryant, dominated back in 1986-87… once scoring 69 points in one game. Andre Drummond (18 points, 15 rebounds) played 24.

The Los Angeles Clippers beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 110-106 while the Milwaukee Bucks won 90-88 against the Portland Trail Blazers.

“I’m still trying to figure out the aging thing, trying to find consistency”, Bryant said. He also recalled Bryant being so cocky as a breakout player in one of his early All-Star Games that Karl Malone insisted on coming out of the game because he didn’t like playing with the young hot rod.

The Raptors used a 9-0 fourth-quarter run, highlighted by a Biyombo alley-oop dunk, to pull away.

When Lowry and DeRozan hit jumpers, the Raptors led by 13 with two minutes left. Byron Scott has no clue how to help Russell play better or become more consistent. “Couldn’t make a shot, couldn’t get a block (down the stretch)”.

“This change wasn’t so much based on them not performing up to their capability”, Scott said beforehand.

The talkative and very quotable Bryant did a ten-minute press conference in a bright mood after the game in a packed media room, since the press group was far too big for a locker room scrum. When he was on the bench for a stretch during the second quarter, the crowd began to chant, “We want Kobe”. Russell, the second overall pick in this year’s draft, and Randle, the seventh selection in 2014, had previously started every game.

“It’s a unsafe habit”, Raptors coach Dwane Casey said.

Said Detroit coach Stan Van Gundy: “We didn’t rebound the ball even when (Drummond) was out there”. “I felt a lot more comfortable”. People around here jokingly call it the “Pistons sweep” because the team was a Bryant 3-point shot from sweeping the series. “That’s why I made this adjustment tonight”, said the former showtime Laker. “You’ve got to let it go, that’s what I try to do”.

I think Lakers fans have had enough of Byron, i tried to give him the benefit of the doubt… but he’s making it impossible for us support his decisions. Over the past 20 seasons he has only ever played for the Los Angeles Lakers, the team he has supported since childhood. Toronto announced before the game that Carroll will miss an indefinite period of time with a bruised right knee. The Raptors will play the fourth game of their six-game homestand against the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday….