add Kobe when needed
May 30, 2009 by James Edwards
Filed under Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers, NBA Playoffs
NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
It is like a secret recipe that is just not a secret anymore. Sort of like adding your favorite condiment to your burger. No matter how badly cooked, just adding a little mustard or hot sauce or whatever you like, will turn it into a great meal.
Watching the Lakers dismantle the Nuggets the other night, the thought struck me that Kobe likes to watch his team play on the court until they need him to turn it up and win the game for them.
Kobe to the rescue
Late in the game the Nuggets flashed Carmelo Anthony down the floor for 3 quick jumpers, one of them a 3, and quickly cut the score from a 20 point Laker lead to a 14 point Laker lead with 6 or 7 minutes to go. Kobe quietly made a stop and go slashing drive to the basket for a layup, a pump fake and go from the left side that ended with a jam, and a fading 3 point shot from the right side to jack the Laker lead back up to 20. It looked effortless.
“He wants to be the best player to ever have played this game,” Lakers guard Derek Fisher(notes) said. “That’s what he works at every day. He feels like however many more years he plays in this league, winning championships is the thing that separates guys within that discussion. When you talk about the best ever, there are three or four guys who always come up because their teams won championships. That’s his No. 1 concern.
Photo source Newscom
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