Kobe exits vs. Pelicans with sore right Achilles
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant left Tuesday’s 95-91 win over the New Orleans Pelicans with a sore right Achilles. He did not return.
In 16 minutes against the Pelicans, Bryant finished with seven points on 3-of-9 shooting, including 0-of-5 from 3-point range, to go with three rebounds and an assist.
The 37-year-old Bryant, who plans to retire after this season, his 20th in the NBA, missed the Lakers’ previous game — a loss to the Utah Jazz on Sunday — because of the same injury.
Bryant has also been dealing with a sore right shoulder, the same shoulder he had surgically repaired after he tore his rotator cuff in January 2015. Because of soreness in that shoulder, Bryant missed three consecutive games earlier this month against the Philadelphia 76ers, Phoenix Suns and Golden State Warriors.
Lakers coach Byron Scott recently said that Bryant strained his Achilles on Friday during the fourth quarter of the Lakers’ loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Bryant ruptured his left Achilles in April 2013.
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