Clippers Coach Doc Rivers feels for Lakers' Kobe Bryant, to a point

The Lakers flail clumsily for 48 minutes, fumble around and lose, a pattern continually repeating itself in Kobe Bryant's final season.

They trailed the Clippers by 18 points in the first quarter Tuesday, losing a 10th consecutive time to the team Bryant used to pound with ease.

Isn't this a little...