I thought the Lakers played well but in the end, the Miami defense shut them down, especially Kobe, they had a guy stay in front of him and closed all the lanes to the basket, so he had nowhere to go. That's the best defense I've seen played on Kobe in a long time. There was a reason he went scoreless. Miami made up it's mind they wouldn't let Kobe beat them. And when someone else got the ball they recovered quickly and made them take tough shots, they let Odom get away a couple of times, abut overall it was their defense and the Lakers weak defense that got them the win.
But while I may not be a Kobe-Laker fan, I think this team has a lot of quickness and if they can get a good defensive mind set they will be dangerous come the playoffs. I don't underrate Kobe or Rudy T like many here do.

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