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Lakers vs. Jazz - Game Recap - March 28, 2016 - ESPN
SALT LAKE CITY -- Rodney Hood will never forget the night Kobe Bryant requested to guard the second-year player because he was virtually unstoppable. That's a huge compliment from the future Hall of Famer.
Hood scored 30 points and the Jazz turned Bryant's last visit to Utah into the worst loss of his career with a 123-75 victory on Monday night that matched the Lakers' largest defeat in franchise history.
"We were just talking a little bit of trash," Hood said. "He was just congratulating me on the season. I just told him he was the greatest of all-time. A guy I've been looking up to since I was a little child. ... It was just a great night tonight.
"Those are memories I'll forever take. Going back to Hawaii (during preseason). Tonight. Every single time I get a chance to play against him, that's something I'll remember after I'm done playing ball."
The Jazz had their biggest offensive night of the season and remained in the No. 7 slot in the Western Conference playoff race, one game ahead of the Houston Rockets.
The 48-point defeat matched the margin in the Lakers' 142-94 loss to the Clippers on March 7, 2014, when Bryant was out with an injury.
Hood scored 30 points and the Jazz turned Bryant's last visit to Utah into the worst loss of his career with a 123-75 victory on Monday night that matched the Lakers' largest defeat in franchise history.
"We were just talking a little bit of trash," Hood said. "He was just congratulating me on the season. I just told him he was the greatest of all-time. A guy I've been looking up to since I was a little child. ... It was just a great night tonight.
"Those are memories I'll forever take. Going back to Hawaii (during preseason). Tonight. Every single time I get a chance to play against him, that's something I'll remember after I'm done playing ball."
The Jazz had their biggest offensive night of the season and remained in the No. 7 slot in the Western Conference playoff race, one game ahead of the Houston Rockets.
The 48-point defeat matched the margin in the Lakers' 142-94 loss to the Clippers on March 7, 2014, when Bryant was out with an injury.