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Lakers’ Kobe Bryant, D’Angelo Russell questionable Tuesday vs. Golden State

Kobe Bryant heads back up court after making a shot against Boston on Dec. 30.

Kobe Bryant heads back up court after making a shot against Boston on Dec. 30.

(Winslow Townson / Associated Press)
By Mike Bresnahan
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Two Lakers are questionable tonight against the Golden State Warriors: Kobe Bryant and D’Angelo Russell.

Bryant has missed the last two games because of a sore shoulder. Russell has been bothered by a sore throat and will see a doctor this afternoon.

Neither participated in the team’s Tuesday morning shoot-around, though Russell showed up before being sent home.

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“If he feels as bad as he looked, there’s probably no way he’s going to play,” Lakers Coach Byron Scott said. “He looked bad.”

Bryant would be replaced by rookie Anthony Brown. Scott wasn’t sure which player would replace Russell.

The Lakers lost to Golden State, 111-77, in their only other meeting this season. Bryant made just one of 14 shots in that game.

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Mike Bresnahan

Mike Bresnahan previously covered the Lakers for the Los Angeles Times. He started the beat in 2004, a month after Shaquille O’Neal was traded, and covered several seasons of mediocrity before the Lakers won back-to-back championships in 2009 and 2010. Now they’re back to mediocrity. Bresnahan is from Los Angeles, started with The Times after graduating the University of Wisconsin in 1994, and has also covered the L.A. Kings, pro beach volleyball and numerous colleges and high schools. He left The Times in 2016.

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