Byron Scott Comments on Lakers’ Struggles in Kobe Bryant’s Final Games

April 6th, 2016 by Mike Chiari Leave a reply »

The Los Angeles Lakers are limping to the finish to close the 2015-16 NBA regular season, which doesn't sit well with head coach Byron Scott given the fact it has coincided with Kobe Bryant's last season.

Following the Lakers' 103-81 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Tuesday, Scott lamented his team's effort, according to ESPN.com's Baxter Holmes:

It bothers me that his last five, six, seven, eight games are going to be with the way we're playing as a team. That bothers me, because you're talking about a champion. That bothers me, because he is a champion. And I hate to see him go out this way. Unfortunately this is the way it's going to be.

It bothers the hell out of me that somebody who's given 20 years to this league and has played through broken fingers, come back from the Achilles, come back from the shoulder surgery, and he still goes out there and gives it everything he has, that bothers me.

L.A. sits last in the Western Conference at 16-61, having lost six of its past seven games.

Bryant leads the team with 16.8 points per game in 61 contests, but the 37-year-old has been slowed by naggi ...

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