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i think because if you get physical kobe goes to the line.
spurs wanted kobe to shoot.
is it just me? but bowen is not as physical to Kobe as he is to other players.
Why is that? Is it because Kobe is really that good? or Bowen and Kobe really just have a level of respect to each other?
i think because if you get physical kobe goes to the line.
spurs wanted kobe to shoot.
and im starting to think that i think the spurs were wrong playing off kobe like that.
kobe really worked on his shooting the past couple of years and he is a very good shooter. i think he is one of the best in the league. its just cause he is KOBE he doesnt get that label.
but i think i would live with kobe at the line all the time. cause that doesnt allow his teammates to get involved as much.
take your chance with kobe at the line. he wont make allllll of them. and he didnt really have to work to hard for his points shooting jumpers all game. he can do that. he likes shooting
no not even that. i dont see bowen pulling all kinds of his dirty tricks on kobe. u know like elbows,kicks,puttinh his feet under kobe's legs etc
i think its respect. they love playing against each other.
kobe is a winner
ray allen, vince carter, steve nash etc. those arent winners
Allowin Bowen go phisical with Kobe = Bowen 20 minutes in the game.
Then who you want to play with?
rip is a winner. but he does this to him.
rip is a winner. but he does this to him.
that picture is a ing joke....thats not even dirty bro be real
What do you mean physical? Bump him, if so Bowen would just pick up fouls.
Grabbing jerseys is dirty.
you must not play basketball...i can live with somebody tuggin on my jersey with their fingers
no its not dirty but ive seen bowen do that to rip more than once. and thats not a natural part of baksteball defense. u do it once in a while sure but bowen is blatant and habitual jersey pulling lover.
my point is bowen seems to keep a certain distance to kobe. i think the fact that they both respect each other works to kobe's advantage.
kobe's a killer. the moment he sees you respect his skills, he'll go for the kill.
thats all im sayin.
Yeah Kobe is the golden boy. If U touch him, he goes to the line. And I love clean plays, even if it means some loss. The strategy is to make Kobe tired but I think Bowen is also tired too and Ime can't help.
bowen's defense on kobe was excellent. And he forced Kobe into help, and he was forced to shoot over it.
kobe just made unbelieveable shots. A couple of those jumpshot/floaters at the top of the lane, when bowen was behind him, were so contested by tim I honestly believed he got a piece of one of them.
Of course not.
People should appreciate what Bowen did against Kobe - particularly when you consider he is 36 or 37 years old. Players ten years younger than him could not have competed and (sort of) limited him like that. Bryant had great numbers this series and was just "on". But the Spurs slowed down the Lakers enough to have a chance and the Spurs played very well defensively, but its the other end of the floor that betrayed them.
Not much you can do against those fall-aways and hang-in-the-air shots that he was pulling off.
he was asked not to foul Bryant at all
Yeah really. With the way Kobe is playing now you are going to have to damn near blow these fools out from start to finish to feel safe.
We could never keep the foot on the gas through the game.
Kobe didn't beat the Spurs.
Bowen's defense on Kobe is exactly what it was supposed to be. Not send him to the FT line over and over again. Make him shoot jumpers and limit his assists.
NZ Spurs is right. Kobe didn't beat us. Our "dry spells" on offense is what beat us. It's great when Spurs are hitting 60+ %, but it sucks when we go on one of our 1 for 15 streaks, with about 4 or 5 dumb turnovers.
But that has plagued this team all season. No reason to expect it wouldn't continue into the playoffs.
The Spurs have shown all year long that they can get a huge lead, and then give it back in a short time. That's why other teams don't get discouraged when they are down double digits. They know eventually the Spurs will go on a dry spell, and let them back in the game.
3 of the 5 games vs Lakers, Spurs had huge double digit leads, and managed to lose 2 of them, and eventually lose the game.
Maybe next year it will get better. Let's hope so.
kobe is that good...there is no other like him in the current nba, and bowen has lost a step....much like every player on the spurs roster except for mighty mouse,horry,finley,barry,fab,manu,duncan,parker,ku rt and.......pop....they lost 2 steps...go spurs go
The elbows and kicks maybe. But he put his feet under Kobe's legs pleanty of times.
The strategy Pop and Bowen used on him was unique. And it could have been a smart move, but making Kobe shoot the ball might not always work. Especially in the playoffs. He is just too good.
Pop is a great coach to think that up by the way. And Bowen is a great defender to stick to the plan all series long.
Seeing the way that Kobe blew up the second Bowen went the bench in game 1 probably had something to do with Bruce looking a little less physical. The drop off between Bowen to Udoka meant that foul trouble for the Bruce would be a nail in the Spurs coffin.
I agree. Kobe went for 39, he might have gone for 59 on a weaker defender.
Bowen and Battier are still the two best in the league at guarding Kobe, but no one shuts him down entirely over the course of a series.
At least he (and some bizarre officiating) kept him off the FT line, that was a smart strategy.
Bowen did what we needed him to do all series. Our offense failed us.
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