L.A. CONFIDENTIAL.Byline: -- Ross Siler There's nothing more demoralizing de·mor·al·ize tr.v. de·mor·al·ized, de·mor·al·iz·ing, de·mor·al·iz·es 1. To undermine the confidence or morale of; dishearten: an inconsistent policy that demoralized the staff. to another team than when Kobe Bryant Kobe Bean Bryant (born July 23 1978) is an American All-Star shooting guard in the National Basketball Association (NBA) who plays for the Los Angeles Lakers. goes on one of his scoring binges and nothing more energizing energizing, adj giving energy to; revitalizing; rejuvenating. to the Lakers See Lake poets . Yet Bryant has made a point of getting his teammates involved at the expense of his own offense all season. Bryant had 22 points in the first quarter Friday but he pointed out that it made little difference on the scoreboard. The Lakers led just 34-30 after the quarter and didn't start pulling away from the Celtics until they started trapping and coming up with steals on defense. "I did my part there in the first quarter," Bryant said, "but the thing that we have to take away from this is that I can come out and have a 22-point quarter or a 30-point quarter, if we're not stopping anybody, that's not going to do anything." |
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