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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; (GVK/Bauer-Griffin/Getty Images)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Los Angeles Lakers weren't very good this year. In fact, this is the worst they've been since moving to L.A.\u00A0It seems like that's been a\u00A0tough pill to swallow for Kobe Bryant, because rather that grit his teeth through one last\u00A0game (which the Lakers won), Kobe and his family jumped on a plane for France before the team's final contest.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Lakers officials said there were unaware the Bryant had left the country when contacted by the\u00A0&lt;em&gt;Los Angeles Times&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Kobe himself later took to Twitter to weigh in on the teams sub-par season, which saw him on the floor for just six games.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;S*** season. Flush it. Forget it #amnesia Next Season will be epic #blackout#bussfam&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2014 Kobe Bryant (@kobebryant) April 16, 2014&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We're assuming this tweet was not endorsed by Lakers HQ.\n[Deadspin]&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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