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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Wearing short shorts and having Hall of Famer Jerry West in the building didn't do much to help the Los Angeles Lakers revive their storied rivalry with the Boston Celtics.
The Celtics are just too good these days.
With Boston's big three - Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen - leading the way, the Celtics overwhelmed Kobe Bryant and the Lakers 110-91 on Sunday night.
Pierce scored 33, Garnett had 22 points, 12 rebounds and six assists, and Allen scored 19. Even Tony Allen got into the act, chipping in with 16 points while filling in for Rajon Rondo.
Bryant scored 22 for Los Angeles, going just 6-of-25 from the floor. Lamar Odom had 14 points and 10 rebounds.
``They're one of the elite teams. They're at the next level,'' Bryant said. ``They're at the level we're trying to get to, and the challenge is there for us - do we want to stay in this middle pack, or do we want to get to that next level?
``And that requires for us to kind of double the work load.''
The Lakers introduced West as their honorary captain before the game, showed highlights from past players in the storied matchup, and wore throwback, short shorts for the first half.
Boston coach Doc Rivers enjoyed the big screen video.
``I don't know if it spurred anyone on, but I hope it gave everyone a history lesson in some ways. I thought it was a really classy move, and really cool to watch,'' he said.
As for the shorts, which looked particularly outdated in contrast to the Celtics' knee-length attire, Rivers said, ``I think it played in our favor, the atmosphere, because they had to get it from somewhere, and maybe those shorts helped us.''
He smiled and added, ``I told Kobe, the one thing I know from this point on, our generation had better bodies than their generation, because they looked horrible in those shorts.''
Bryant wasn't thrilled about wearing the old-time shorts.
``I don't know what it feels like to wear a thong, but I imagine it feels something like what we had on in the first half,'' he said with a grin. ``I felt violated. I felt naked. It's one thing to see films with guys wearing those things. ... I'd rather stay warm, man.''
look at old white dude on da left
oooh treva u givin me a woody with them short shorts. oops let me hide it
kareem is like oh nigga wtf u wearin them knee pads for with the homo shorts for
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Wearing short shorts and having Hall of Famer Jerry West in the building didn't do much to help the Los Angeles Lakers revive their storied rivalry with the Boston Celtics.
The Celtics are just too good these days.
With Boston's big three - Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen - leading the way, the Celtics overwhelmed Kobe Bryant and the Lakers 110-91 on Sunday night.
Pierce scored 33, Garnett had 22 points, 12 rebounds and six assists, and Allen scored 19. Even Tony Allen got into the act, chipping in with 16 points while filling in for Rajon Rondo.
Bryant scored 22 for Los Angeles, going just 6-of-25 from the floor. Lamar Odom had 14 points and 10 rebounds.
``They're one of the elite teams. They're at the next level,'' Bryant said. ``They're at the level we're trying to get to, and the challenge is there for us - do we want to stay in this middle pack, or do we want to get to that next level?
``And that requires for us to kind of double the work load.''
The Lakers introduced West as their honorary captain before the game, showed highlights from past players in the storied matchup, and wore throwback, short shorts for the first half.
Boston coach Doc Rivers enjoyed the big screen video.
``I don't know if it spurred anyone on, but I hope it gave everyone a history lesson in some ways. I thought it was a really classy move, and really cool to watch,'' he said.
As for the shorts, which looked particularly outdated in contrast to the Celtics' knee-length attire, Rivers said, ``I think it played in our favor, the atmosphere, because they had to get it from somewhere, and maybe those shorts helped us.''
He smiled and added, ``I told Kobe, the one thing I know from this point on, our generation had better bodies than their generation, because they looked horrible in those shorts.''
Bryant wasn't thrilled about wearing the old-time shorts.
``I don't know what it feels like to wear a thong, but I imagine it feels something like what we had on in the first half,'' he said with a grin. ``I felt violated. I felt naked. It's one thing to see films with guys wearing those things. ... I'd rather stay warm, man.''
look at old white dude on da left
oooh treva u givin me a woody with them short shorts. oops let me hide it
kareem is like oh nigga wtf u wearin them knee pads for with the homo shorts for
