Kobe Bryant Misses Third Straight Game
- Updated: December 26, 2014
(AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
The Los Angeles Lakers’ Kobe Bryant will miss tonight’s game due to continued soreness. The Lakers will take on the Dallas Mavericks tonight in Texas.
ESPN.com predicts the 36 year-old will return to the lineup in time for the team’s next game. Byron Scott said he expects Kobe “feels pretty good about going Sunday night against Phoenix.”
“If he had felt good he would have gone last night and tonight as well,” Scott said before the Lakers faced the Mavericks, who beat them 140-106 last month in Dallas. “Just didn’t feel good last night and back-to-back 24 hours, not going to feel a whole lot better. I think he feels pretty good about going for Sunday’s game.”
Scott said a reduction in Bryant’s minutes was likely a consideration when he returns. He’s averaging a team-high 35.5 minutes, about 3 fewer per game than his past two full seasons in 2011-2012 and 2012-13.
Scott admits that their original agreement of a 30-40 minute game might need to be rethought. Kobe is currently average 35.5 minutes a game
“We both thought that 30-40 minute mark was pretty good,” Scott said. “Obviously we’re going to have to adjust that a little bit. But this is new for both of us.”
We will have to wait and see how a Kobe-less Lakers team will fare against Rondo and the Dallas Mavericks tonight. The previous two games have yielded very different results, one can only wait.
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