Kobe Bryant scored 29 points, making him the fifth player in NBA history to score 30,000, and the Los Angeles Lakers snapped a two-game skid with a 103-87 victory over the New Orleans Hornets on Wednesday night.
Dec 062012
Dec 062012
(Reuters) – Los Angeles Lakers shooting guard Kobe Bryant become the youngest player to score 30,000 NBA career points during his team’s 103-87 road win against the New Orleans Hornets on Wednesday. Needing 13 more points to hit that mark before the start of the game, Bryant scored his 13th and 14th points on a short floating jumper with just over a minute remaining before half-time. …
Dec 052012
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Kobe Bryant scored 29 points, making him the fifth player in NBA history to score 30,000, and the Los Angeles Lakers snapped a two-game skid with a 103-87 victory over the New Orleans Hornets on Wednesday night.
Dec 052012
NEW ORLEANS — Kobe Bryant scored 29 points to become the youngest player in NBA history to reach 30,000 points in a career, and the road-challenged Los Angeles Lakers earned a 103-87 victory over the New Orleans Hornets on Wednesday night at the New Orleans Arena.
Dec 052012
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Kobe Bryant scored 29 points, making him the fifth player in NBA history to score 30,000, and the Los Angeles Lakers snapped a two-game skid with a 103-87 victory over the New Orleans Hornets on Wednesday night.
Dec 052012
Dec 5 (Reuters) – Los Angeles Lakers shooting guard Kobe Bryant become the youngest player to score 30,000 NBA career points during the first half of Wednesday’s game against the New Orleans Hornets. Needing 13 more points to hit that mark before the start of the game, Bryant scored his 13th and 14th points on a short jumper with just over a minute remaining before half-time. …
Dec 052012
NBA Commissioner David Stern addressed the media on Wednesday and discussed the New Orleans Hornets’ potential name change, Kobe Bryant’s pursuit of 30,000 points, the $250,000 fine against the San Antonio Spurs and much more.
Dec 052012
It has been speculated about for some months on the TrueHoop Network blog that has long been called Hornets247 (but is now considering new avian-type names).
Reportedly the New Orleans Hornets will indeed change their name to the Pelicans.
Pelicans. It’s not a normal kind of a name for an NBA team. It’s not tough-sounding. It’s very specific. It will be taken as ironic.
And maybe for all of that … it’s awesome?
Immediately the TrueHoop Network’s back channels were alive with pressing issues and less pressing puns.
Dec 052012
It has been speculated about for some months on the TrueHoop Network blog that has long been called Hornets247 (but is now considering new avian-type names).
Reportedly the New Orleans Hornets will indeed change their name to the Pelicans.
Pelicans. It’s not a normal kind of a name for an NBA team. It’s not tough-sounding. It’s very specific. It will be taken as ironic.
And maybe for all of that … it’s awesome?
Immediately the TrueHoop Network’s back channels were alive with pressing issues and less pressing puns.
Dec 012012
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Kevin Durant scored 20 points, Russell Westbrook added 18 points and 10 assists, and the Oklahoma City Thunder won their fifth straight game, 100-79 over the struggling New Orleans Hornets on Saturday night.