BEAT LA: LAKERS LOSE TO PHILLY

the WIN-less 76ers get off the snide and get their first win of the season...

(courtesy NBA_ 76ers)

     

The emotions and energy were high Tuesday (12/1/15) Night as Kobe Bryant returned to his Philadelphia roots in the first "away" game of his farewell tour.

Kobe came out on fire in the first:



Kobe looked good;  REALLY good to start.  But, Vintage Kobe waned and when it was ALL over, the 76ers "BEAT LA."

There was no Dr. J in uniform, although there was a Julius (Randle) of a different ilk.  There was no MO (Cheeks) but momentum played in favor of the Lakers led by Kobe Bryant.  With an 8 Point halftime lead the Lakers were looking to keep Philly in the "L" column but the "MO" was shifting by then and the Lakers ended up producing the same amount of points in the second half as they did in quarter one (33).  But there was no THIRTY-THREE (Kareem) and No Magic like there was in 1982:  The Lakers took home the Larry O'Brien Trophy then in a four games to two NBA Finals match-up of  these two franchises. 

Perhaps this was poetic justice from years gone by.  It was in the Eastern Conference Finals between the Boston Celtics and the 76ers, at Boston Garden, where the Celtics' Fans began the now infamous (and extremely obnoxious) chant of, "Beat LA!"



There were some bright moments beyond the Mamba ripping his first threes of the game.  D'Angelo Russell despite what "numbers" might indicate is improving and steadfastly maturing.  He is handling the rock extremely well and finding guys with crisp and needle-threading precision:




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