LAKERS NOTEBOOK: KOBE IMPATIENT AS HE PRACTICES USING LEFT HAND.Byline: Howard Howard, English noble family. Landowners in Norfolk from the 13th cent., the Howards obtained the duchy of Norfolk through the marriage of Sir Robert Howard to Margaret Mowbray, daughter of Thomas Mowbray, 1st duke of Norfolk. Beck Daily News Staff Writer 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. looked so comfortable and fluid pushing up one-handed - left-handed left-handed adj. Using the left hand more skillfully or easily than the right. - free throws, one wondered why he needs to spend three more weeks in street clothes. Swishing shot after shot before the Lakers' home opener Wednesday night, Bryant looked like he could play, well, with one hand tied in a cast. With any luck, Bryant might shed that cast from his broken right hand soon, though he probably won't play for another couple of weeks. He is scheduled to visit team orthopedist orthopedist /or·tho·pe·dist/ (-pe´dist) an orthopedic surgeon. or·tho·pe·dist or or·tho·pae·dist n. A specialist in orthopedics. Dr. Stephen Lombardo today for another round of X-rays. ``It's feeling good,'' Bryant said. ``Hopefully I can get (the cast) off tomorrow and get some kind of splint splint, rigid or semiflexible device for the immobilization of displaced or fractured parts of the body. Most commonly employed for fractures of bones, a splint may be a first-aid measure that allows the patient to be moved without displacing the injured part, or it . That's a possibility. We'll wait to see what the X-rays say.'' Not that a broken bone in his shooting hand has kept Bryant from playing basketball daily. ``I'm playing a lot,'' he said. ``I just can't get out there and play with the rest of the guys. But other stuff I can pretty much do. I've got gyms around the corner from my house, so I just go there and shoot around a little bit.'' All with his left hand, of course, which could make him quite the ambidextrous ambidextrous /am·bi·dex·trous/ (am?bi-dek´strus) able to use either hand with equal dexterity. am·bi·dex·trous adj. Able to use both hands with equal facility. threat when he returns. ``My left is very good,'' he said. ``It's very, very good, actually. I don't have a choice because I want to play.'' Bryant figures to miss 10 more games, which projects to a Nov. 24 return to face the Utah Jazz at Staples Center This article has multiple issues: * Its neutrality is disputed. * It may contain original research or unverifiable claims. * It does not cite any references or sources. . The waiting is the hardest part. ``It's tough,'' he said, ``It's hard to sit there and watch the guys play and practice.'' Bryant is finding ways to let out the frustration - ``running, watching the game, cursing at referees through the television.'' Practice makes . . .: As it turns out, Derek Fisher's game-clinching 3-pointer in the last minute of Tuesday's game at Utah wasn't just another chance occurrence. Fisher said he had prepared for that exact shot, from the corner, before tipoff. ``We talked about the way that John Stockton This article is about the professional basketball player. For the U.S. Senator from New Jersey, see John P. Stockton. John Houston Stockton (born March 26, 1962) is a retired American professional basketball player who spent his entire career (1984–2003) as a . . . likes to sit back in Shaquille (O'Neal's) lap sometimes in the corner,'' Fisher said. ``Just looking at tape from the (exhibition against Utah) last week, I knew at some point in the game I would get that type of look. ``Actually, before the game, I took a lot of those shots. I just had a feeling that during the game I would have some opportunity to take that look. I definitely didn't know it would come in that situation, but it came when it came and I feel very, very comfortable jumping up and taking that shot.'' |
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