Kobe hit 40 AGAIN tonight...

[dallaskd]

The game is not even over yet...

[Flight3107]

Kobe is a badass

[Flight3107]

What a dumbass inbounds play

[thispego]

damn,,

[resistanze]

KOBE. Again.

[Flight3107]

The mother fucker does not miss those shots

[dallaskd]

Good game too.

[Borosai]

Nice 3.

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Kobe is Unbelievable. That was Larry Birdesque!

[dallaskd]

Kobe hits a 3...saves Kwame's ass. Might not be enough though...

[JamStone]

That guy is ridiculous

[dallaskd]

Overtime! Kobe does it again..

[dallaskd]

97-97 3:48 left in OT. Kobe has 47

[dallaskd]

49...

[dallaskd]

99-97 Lal
2:55 Ot

[Flight3107]

Maybe he's an alien?

[dallaskd]

kobe has 51.

[dallaskd]

yao with the hook. LA only up by 2. 2:44 left in OT.

[dallaskd]

yao chokes at the line...

[Medvedenko]

Fuck me...taking a lot of shots...but Houstan's D is one of the better in the L...he just keeps fighting. Oh, and lamar on the boards tonight is sick. Kobe has more shot attempts than Yao and McGrady...

[dallaskd]

Lakers-101
Rockets-100

1:40 left.

[Flight3107]

Why is anyone else on the Lakers shooting when Kobe has not missed in the last 30 minutes?


Oh, Kobe scored again..

[dallaskd]

103-100

Kobe has 53!

[dallaskd]

Why is anyone else on the Lakers shooting when Kobe has not missed in the last 30 minutes?


Oh, Kobe scored again..

I know. Why did Walton and Kwame shoot on 2 straight possesions?

[JamStone]

Even if Lakers lose this, Kobe haters can't say shit. Houston is one of the best defensive teams in the league. They are one of the top 10 teams in the league. Shane Battier is one of the better wing defenders in the league. Kobe even scored over Yao. Kobe is just stupid.

[Medvedenko]

Please pull it out.....

[dallaskd]

Kobe has shot the ball 50 times so far!

[dallaskd]

Kobe has shot the ball 50 times so far!

64 times including free throws

[dallaskd]

LA-104
hou-102

51 seconds left

[Medvedenko]

Trust me...the haters will still say shit.

[dallaskd]

OHH.

Rockets-105
Lakers-104

22.3 left in OT....Kobe time...

[Flight3107]

Oh Shit

[Trainwreck2100]

Trust me...the haters will still say shit.


He's raping teams so much, he's gonna have to shell out a matching 4 mil dollar neklace to nessa.


How's that?

[dallaskd]

Kobe:

19-43 FGs
3-8 3pt
12-14 ft
53 pts
2 rbs
2 ast

..but he just traveled with 16.6 left and blew the game.

[Medvedenko]

Was it really a travel?

[Borosai]

Lol...he clearly travelled and is bitching about it, even after the game ended. He ruined a good night for himself.

[dallaskd]

Final:

Houston:107
Los Angeles:104
OT

:lol

[dallaskd]

Lol...he clearly travelled and is bitching about it, even after the game ended. He ruined a good night for himself.

he was the only reason they were in the game in the first place.

[DOMINATOR]

Was it really a travel?
yes it was, he did a jump stop across half court line and then dragged his right foot then moved his left foot.

[dallaskd]

He is still crying to the refs after the game is already over. :lol

it was a travel...clearly

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Kobe was scary. I don't know why he had that mental fart at the end. THat was an easy travel call. He moved both his left and right foot on the pivot.

[Trainwreck2100]

yes it was, he did a jump stop across half court line and then dragged his right foot then moved his left foot.

such an unbiased opinion

[Medvedenko]

Well, at least Denver lost as well....no change in the standings. Still, should have pulled it out. I don't blame Kobe overall, but our team still needs to get healthy.

[spursfaninla]

I for one admire his recent scoring binge, and consider him a great scorer.

However, I also think it is against the spirit of team play for this guy to do this if he is not shooting a great percentage; what is the point of taking so many shots if you have 4 other guys who have hit a higher percentage of shots in that same game who could be touching the ball?

I hope the Laker's lose tonight (and it looks like they will), because maybe then Kobe (and the lakers) will realize that kobe scoring 40+ a night is not an auto-win. It has to be within the game, with a high efficiency and shooting percentage.

[DOMINATOR]

such an unbiased opinion
what are you talking about i saw the replay and looked real closely. mavs and spurs fans are saying the same thing

[Trainwreck2100]

Well, at least Denver lost as well....no change in the standings. Still, should have pulled it out. I don't blame Kobe overall, but our team still needs to get healthy.

you wanna play the Spurs over Pho?

[dallaskd]

I thought La was gonna win this. Yao, Mcgrady and Alston were hot. Kobe couldnt do it himself. houston deserved it.

kobe:

19-44
3-9
:lol

but he finished with 53...

[Trainwreck2100]

what are you talking about i saw the replay and looked real closely. mavs and spurs fans are saying the same thing

And mavs and spur fans are not biased so it is an unbiased opinion.

[dallaskd]

you wanna play the Spurs over Pho?

I would.

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Kobe's travel was forced by good D, by that immediate trap. The rockets made the smart defensive plays. AND made their free throws. Lamar missed too many!!

[Medvedenko]

I want to play the spurs..the board will be off the hook if we do. Fuck the suns and their bullshit.

[DOMINATOR]

And mavs and spur fans are not biased so it is an unbiased opinion.
uhh cant tell if you are being sarcastic kinda hard to tell over the net.

[dallaskd]

good point.

[lefty]

Kobe ballhogging, Lakers lose

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Yao should get his props. He did a good job in being the rock for his team. He stepped up against Kobe with his quiet 39 .

[mVp]

nice game to watch

[Fillmoe]

im not a kobe hater.... but that was clearly a travel....

[Medvedenko]

Should have hit our freethrows....and the refs made some questionable calls..oh, well, no move in the standings...not too worried. I just hope they move away from Kobeball and play with the team more. Their bench is decimated..no Mo Evans, Radman, cook, that's 3 of our top bench players...no wonder Kobe has to put the scoring on his back.
5-2 over the last 7 games, with Kobe averaging almost 50 per game....yikes

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Kobe 19-44 3-9 3's, 12-14 FT 2 REb 2 Assists 53 pts. L

Yeah, I think he should readjust his approach a bit. But the Houston rockets just beat the Lakers , more than Kobe lost it so...

but Kobe doesn't need to be taking 50 percent of the teams' shots.

[Medvedenko]

Seriously, he needs to blend the facilitator role with the scoring role from now on. It may cause more L's but it will help chemistry. There in a bad spot lately, injuries, poor chemistry and guys playing hurt: Kwame, Luke, and Odom. Oh, and we got guy called Smush running the point...nuff said.

[Fillmoe]

i do agree that 44 shots is way too many.....

[Medvedenko]

They have no bench....after Bynum, they have Shammond, Aaron Mckie and Turiaf...not going to get it done.

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Odom was playing aggressive, I noticed. But he missed some critical game changing freethrows. I notice they're a bit out of sync as far as the other guys go. There's a lot of potential for that mesh of chemistry. Especially with your bigs.

As for Smush :lol...

[Medvedenko]

I know...earlier they had a good grove...the bench with Sasha, Evans, Radman, Turiaf and Bynum, and throw in Kobe, Odom and Walton occasionaly and they played really well. It's too bad we have to see Kobe launch a god awful amount of shots for them to compete lately. It's almost too late for Kobe to be passive... see 7 game losing streak.

[Fabbs]

im not a kobe hater.... but that was clearly a travel....
apparantly 5 steps is travelling, even for Kobe.

[mavsfan1000]

Yeah Kobe needs to learn the difference between being a facilitator and being passive. Learn from Richard Hamilton on how to move without the ball. Kobe had a respectful game but took too many shots to make his point total. Therefore the lakers lose.

[Flopper]

Kobe was the reason Lakers even managed to get it to OT.

[mavsfan1000]

Kobe was the reason Lakers even managed to get it to OT.
He was also the reason the lakers got down by so much. I believe he he was 1-11 in the second half before he got on fire.

[midgetonadonkey]

Did Kobe end up averaging 40 for the month?

[itzsoweezee]

kobe also shot the lakers out of the game in the beginning. at one point he had 33 points on 33 shots. it's great for him that he made up for his bad play later, but let's not ignore the boneheaded way he was playing for the first 40 minutes of the game.

[Kori Ellis]

Did Kobe end up averaging 40 for the month?

By my calculations, it looks like 40.4 ppg for March.

[Cry Havoc]

Kobe:

19-44 FGs
3-8 3pt
12-14 ft
53 pts
2 rbs
2 ast

..but he just traveled with 16.6 left and blew the game.

Wow, so he shot the ball 44 times to get 53 points, meaning he shot 43% for the game and did little else? (2 boards 2 assists)

Correct me if I'm wrong, but when you shoot under your team's average fg% for the season and put up a relentless barrage of shots, getting to 50 is a hell of a lot less impressive, especially when you play poorly at the end and finish up losing anyway.

This scoring binge he's on is quite remarkable -- shooting 43% on any given night to get to 50 points is not something spectacular. There ARE a lot of players in the NBA right now that could hit 50 almost nightly with 44 shots.

Go ahead. Praise him. Latch yourself to his jock. 43% sucks for a shooting guard. Though I guess when you never shoot over 47% in a season it is pretty good. :lol

*note* Dallas, this comment wasn't specifically directed at you. Just all the "Kobe is better than MJ" fans out there who are under 20 years old.

[aaronstampler]

Let's see, Kobe takes 44 shots in 48 minutes and the two teams combine for 8 bench points. Looks like a couple of first round exits to me.

[Kori Ellis]

Wow, so he shot the ball 44 times to get 53 points, meaning he shot 43% for the game and did little else? (2 boards 2 assists)

Correct me if I'm wrong, but when you shoot under your team's average fg% for the season and put up a relentless barrage of shots, getting to 50 is a hell of a lot less impressive, especially when you play poorly at the end and finish up losing anyway.

This scoring binge he's on is quite remarkable -- shooting 43% on any given night to get to 50 points is not something spectacular. There ARE a lot of players in the NBA right now that could hit 50 almost nightly with 44 shots.

Go ahead. Praise him. Latch yourself to his jock. 43% sucks for a shooting guard. Though I guess when you never shoot over 47% in a season it is pretty good. :lol

Tonight, his game wasn't impressive. In the streak, it was - he was upwards of 50%.

[Cry Havoc]

Tonight, his game wasn't impressive. In the streak, it was - he was upwards of 50%.

Jordan averaged 53.8% for a season, which means he was shooting what when he was hot? 60%? 62%? :blah

[monosylab1k]

Kobe's absolutely incredible. There's no denying it - he's the most talented player in the NBA by a wide margin. Lebron is a distant 2nd in my opinion.

But it doesn't mean he deserves MVP this year (though he should definitely get serious consideration now), and it doesn't even come close to meaning that he's better than Jordan.

[Kori Ellis]

Jordan averaged 53.8% for a season, which means he was shooting what when he was hot? 60%? 62%? :blah

I wasn't comparing him to Jordan, dumbass.

But if you can't appreciate the guy, that's on you.

It's not like he's doing nothing else, he's averaging 6rpg and 5 apg too.

[hitmanyr2k]

Kobe's flop into T-Mac while shooting the three was LA's downfall. There was no reason to pull such a stupid tactic. T-Mac was building another wing on Staples with his bricks and to foul him on a 3 point attempt like that was just plain stupid. If Kobe had just played straight up defense instead of trying to bait the officials into a call on Yao the Lakers most likely have the "W".

[JamStone]

Kobe should learn from T-Mac on how to shoot a high percentage ... T-Mac was 7-24 (29%) to get his 30 points.

Stop hating on the guy. He was incredible last night. He went on a personal 10-12 point run to get the Lakers back in the game and hit that ridiculous 3-pointer to tie it after that Kwame Brown miss. It wasn't like his teammates were on fire. They weren't Kobe may have shot 43% from the field, but the rest of the team shot 38% from the field.

[Fabbs]

Part of being a great player is accepting your shortcomings.
After his 5 step travel he looks at the ref like it was the most ridiculous call ever. Kobmes sense of entitlement is gagging.

After the final horn he did his stupid leer at the ref, as if it was the ref who cost the mighty Kobe his chance to be the hero. Lame.

"I think he did travel," Jackson said. "They made the correct call. But a lot of times they don't make that call in that situation.'

Said Bryant: "They can make that call any time of the day."
^^^ Is this the Kobester owning up or is he being sarcastic?

Beyond his pamperedness he is incredible on some of those 3s. No way would i have let him have that final attempt. Foul before the shot all the way.

[Cry Havoc]

I wasn't comparing him to Jordan, dumbass.

But if you can't appreciate the guy, that's on you.

It's not like he's doing nothing else, he's averaging 6rpg and 5 apg too.

Chill. I wasn't aiming my comments directly at you, either. I wasn't even attempting to argue with you. To be honest, I'm just sick of hearing about Kobe, how he's better than Jordan, how the Lakers have no shot unless he gets 50 a game, etc.

I appreciate his game to an extent. What he's doing is amazing. I just think it's a travesty that this little scoring binge has everyone putting him in the same category as the GoaT.

[Cry Havoc]

Kobe should learn from T-Mac on how to shoot a high percentage ... T-Mac was 7-24 (29%) to get his 30 points.

Stop hating on the guy. He was incredible last night. He went on a personal 10-12 point run to get the Lakers back in the game and hit that ridiculous 3-pointer to tie it after that Kwame Brown miss. It wasn't like his teammates were on fire. They weren't Kobe may have shot 43% from the field, but the rest of the team shot 38% from the field.

What T-Mac did was unimpressive, but then again T-Mac didn't bestow it upon himself to take 50% of his team's shots.

In regards to the second comment, why yes, his teammates did shoot a poor percentage. Do you know how many of them took more than 9 shots besides Kobe? Zero.

I don't know if you've ever played basketball, but when you shoot 9 or fewer times in a game, it's extremely hard to find your rhythm, especially if you're a very good player like Odom who's used to getting more touches.

Perhaps the most telling stat: Despite the fact that he had the ball nearly the entire game, Kobe didn't even take the most free throws: Yao did, then T-Mac. Who else? 9 shot man Lamar Odom. Kobe shot poorly -and- didn't make an effort to get to the line. Just a horrible game in my opinion on his part, yet we have another thread mostly praising how dominant he was, in a loss.

I KNOW some of you on these boards have played ball with a guy who thinks he needs to score every trip down the court. It isn't fun, it even makes you forget about the desire to win, at times. It's hard to make a good effort when you know you're just essentially watching offensive possessions. Luke took 6 shots tonight -- how is his confidence going to be come playoff time with that kind of opportunity?

Kobe's an incredible player, and what he's doing hasn't been done in a long, long time. But he's so good that his teammates are becoming spectators on the court, and (IMO) that can never be a good thing for a team, ever.

[ponky]

yes kobe traveled, no tmac shouldn't have gone to the line to shoot those 3 fts, not when a moving screen should've been called on yao before the foul on tmac by kobe

kobe's performance last night was much more impressive than tmac's...yao was great as well

kobe haters are hilarious when they try to *reason* and *argue* why his stats shouldn't be lauded

[mavsfan1000]

Kobe and T-Mac were off last night. Kobe though caught on fire just in time to take it to overtime. Otherwise it was a bad game for Kobe as he shot the lakers into a double digit deficit. 19-43 is respectable but I wouldn't say it was great. What Jordan did that was so great is he constantly shot at a high percentage. Also he was tenacious on defense. Kobe is not that way.

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

yes kobe traveled, no tmac shouldn't have gone to the line to shoot those 3 fts, not when a moving screen should've been called on yao before the foul on tmac by kobe

kobe's performance last night was much more impressive than tmac's...yao was great as well

kobe haters are hilarious when they try to *reason* and *argue* why his stats shouldn't be lauded

Yao's screen wasn't too bad as any other screen. Running into a seven foot six guy is bound to make you bounce a little. Kobe was looking for the bail out, and shouldn't have let Tmac draw contact from Kobe.
Kobe's arms were draped all over Tmac expecting a call to go his way, he shouldn't have expected the call to go his way.

and he definitely shouldn't have protested the travel call, which was about 4, 5 steps. Not just three.


I don't think you have to be a kobe hater to discount his performance from last night.

He didn't need to take 50 percent of the team's shots.

It was a subpar effort on his part. 43 percent to get to 50 isn't that impressive. The other times, at and above 50 percent, give him the damn ball.

Tmac was taking shitty shots, but he also got 9 assists, even if he wasn't at ALL on. He was still looking for his open teammates. And easier baskets.

And Yao got enough touches. He still distributed the ball. Kobe didn't do that last night. Lamar (the second scorer) was playing aggressive, and he got nine shots as said above. All I saw last night, was a man thirsty for his. 2 rebounds, 2 assists??!

You can be a LAKER FAN and still kind of shake your head at his performance, from last night.

Try to not knock some posters next time, always assuming it's just plain hating, when sometimes if you look at the actual stats from this game alone, as something not to be "lauded" . Tonight's game has no bearing on his past 50 point games. Individually, it wasn't his most impressive 50 point game.

[Roxsfan]

Lol...he clearly travelled and is bitching about it, even after the game ended. He ruined a good night for himself.


+1

[Roxsfan]

Kobe's flop into T-Mac while shooting the three was LA's downfall. There was no reason to pull such a stupid tactic. T-Mac was building another wing on Staples with his bricks and to foul him on a 3 point attempt like that was just plain stupid. If Kobe had just played straight up defense instead of trying to bait the officials into a call on Yao the Lakers most likely have the "W".


If this, if that. if is worth shiitt.

Had the last rebound of regulation NOT been a LONG one, the Roxs would have won in regulation, not OT. :ihit

[Roxsfan]

Let's see, Kobe takes 44 shots in 48 minutes and the two teams combine for 8 bench points. Looks like a couple of first round exits to me.

Please. One of our key bench players dnp. Luther head.

I guess you think the jizz are going to beat the roxs in the playoffs :rolleyes . Tune in Sunday to get your answer.

[Roxsfan]

yes kobe traveled, no tmac shouldn't have gone to the line to shoot those 3 fts, not when a moving screen should've been called on yao before the foul on tmac by kobe

kobe's performance last night was much more impressive than tmac's...yao was great as well

kobe haters are hilarious when they try to *reason* and *argue* why his stats shouldn't be lauded

That was perfectly executed screen by Yao. Kobe performs well stat-wise b/c his team sux. They are D-league at best w/o him. T-Mac is a great facilitator and he helped bring a W to his team. What did Kobe do, oh yeah...they lost.

[DOMINATOR]

Roxsfan nice 4 posts in a row lol... there is an edit button and a quote button.
Lakers arent that bad... walton and odom are great role players their biggest weakness is their bench. Kobe is the only reason the game went to OT so dont sell him short at all.

[NBA Junkie]

Kobe was the reason Lakers even managed to get it to OT.

And, Kobe was the reason they lost in OT. Not only did he clearly travel, he committed the foul on T-Mac's three-point attempt when the Lakers were up 104-100.

Justice has been served. :smokin