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Los Angeles Lakers – Jeremy Lin Breaks Out, Kobe Bryant Terrible as Always
The return of Kobe Bryant did show a less selfish version of himself but not necessarily a better one, ruining it for Jeremy Lin, Nick Young and his teammates as the Los Angeles Lakers lost for the third straight time and sixth in seven games, this time to the red hot Phoenix Suns.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Jeremy Lin Doesn’t Profit From Kobe Bryant Missing Another Game
The absence of Kobe Bryant was a trick that worked just once. Sitting out for a second straight game, not playing didn’t inspire the Los Angeles Lakers, Jeremy Lin and Nick Young among them, to do very well in a 20 point loss to the Chicago Bulls, bringing this team back to the ground and reality about who they are and their place in this league.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Nick Young Stands Up for Jeremy Lin & Others Against Kobe Bryant
While Nick Young isn’t always the most efficient of players, his style and personality stand as a complete contrast to what Kobe Bryant brings to the Los Angeles Lakers which might eventually help players like Jeremy Lin and others struggling to bring their best to the floor to change this team’s fortune after a terrible start.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Kobe Bryant Rests, Jeremy Lin & Everyone Else Are Happy
Without Kobe Bryant, the Los Angeles Lakers caused the biggest upset of the season by beating the Golden State Warriors 115-105, led by Nick Young and surprisingly Ronnie Price, although Jeremy Lin was yet another one of the players who felt like the restraints have come off.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Kobe Bryant Terrible Again, Jeremy Lin Ignored Again
The joke that is Kobe Bryant in the 2014-2015 NBA season continues to set new records (or depths) of bad taste with a catastrophic and selfish performance, costing the Los Angeles Lakers the game against the Sacramento Kings. Jeremy Lin, left to fend for shots and possessions between the all mighty dictator and Nick Young, can’t really succeed in what Byron Scott is giving him.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Kobe Bryant Stopped Shooting, Jeremy Lin & Nick Young Looked Great
It wasn’t Kobe Bryant dissing his teammates in practice that made the Los Angeles Lakers beat the San Antonio Spurs 112-110. It was him stopping to shoot the ball or even touching it, while Nick Young had a huge game including the game winning shot while Jeremy Lin looked like a happy basketball player again.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Kobe Bryant Isn’t Making Jeremy Lin Better With ‘Tough Love’
Too much practice isn’t for Kobe Bryant these days. His body can’t take the punishment of both scrimmaging and playing in games. So his attempt to make the Los Angeles Lakers better while personally laying into Jeremy Lin by giving him a dose of ‘tough love’ isn’t really going to make the team better.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Jeremy Lin Stuck Between Kobe Bryant & Nick Young
The dream escape from James Harden, Kevin McHale and the Houston Rockets is turning into a nightmare for Jeremy Lin, with new villains in the form of Byron Scott, Kobe Bryant and Nick Young to make his Los Angeles Lakers experience get worse by the minute.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Jeremy Lin Blamed by Byron Scott Through Benching
The Los Angeles Lakers didn’t get any better by changing the lineup and sending Jeremy Lin to the bench. They lost 104-87 to the New Orleans Pelicans as Kobe Bryant and Nick Young continue their experiment in who can take more bad shots per minute each game, and Byron Scott looking more clueless by the minute.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Jeremy Lin & Kobe Bryant Make the Offense Look Great
While Kobe Bryant had the wrong kind of triple double in a game he didn’t really try to force himself on the offense, Jeremy Lin played the facilitator perfectly, providing the kind of ball movement and ball handling the Los Angeles Lakers needed in their 106-96 win over the Detroit Pistons.