For Crying out Loud, Kobe did not Suck in Game 3

las night, now, sometimes, its good to hit him in the head… its okay that his shots werent falling, i understand that sometimes the shot clock was winding down.. but i think he shoulda kept driving like he did early in the game…

kobe is the best tough shot maker in the nba, but last night they werent going in the hoop, but he just kept shooting and that pisses me off sometimes…. now, we won, so i dont care, he played good defense, hustle, etc…

im pretty sure he is gonna bounce back next game, im hoping for 40+!!!!!!!!

with whole shot clocks. Thats when he was chucking. The fourth quarter all of the guards refused to show any sort of patience and instead dribbled around and around until they gave it to kobe with 5 secs left. Kobe played well throughout, but he was chucking in the 3rd, when we had the lead. If we had been down, I would’ve let it go, but he was chucking even though we were up by double digits when patience on offense is better than rushed offense.

Kobe is much more than just the shooter that some of my fellow Laker fans want to relegate him to. Yeah his shot didn’t fall last night, but there is no way in hell you can say that Bryant didn’t play well. There is a difference between shooting well and playing well. Kobe definately did the latter. Ray Allen is the type of player that shoots well, but when he is off, he is totally useless.Kobe shut down Rondo and played great help D in the post. If Kobe PLAYS like that throuhout the rest of the series even if he SHOOTS the way he did last night. This series is over in 5.

unfortunately Kobe did not attack as much as he should have in the game and settled for horrible shots that just would not fall. If he attacked more, he could have gotten more FTs and higher percentage looks but he settled too much for 3 pointers and 17 foot jump shots.

However, in the late 3rd and into the 4th quarter, the celtics defense effectively took the ball out of the hands of the bigs and other players as well, and by the time he got the ball there was like 6 or 5 seconds on the shot clock and the shots he took were contested. So yeah he practically turned into a bailout shooter since our offense was not producing anything and to cut him some slack, its tough to produce offense when you have so little time to work with.

Our offense overall was so nauseatingly bad in that second half. Thank goodness for Derek Fisher or else we would be down 2-1.

The more shots you take in a game, the more 2-for-8 stretches mean nothing. How many times this season do you suppose Kobe missed six of eight shots? 50? 60? Maybe sometimes two separate times in one game. The more shots you take, the more your percentages even out to their normal levels.

Besides, if not for Kobe, we wouldn’t have had a 17 pt lead to work with.

the one thing that epitomized kobe’s hustle was when he got the ball from KG’s attempt at rebounding and then right after saved the ball from going out by throwing it to bynum, who converted the three-point play

http://www.ocregister.com/sports/fish-252543—.html

Bryant shot poorly most of the game, yet it was evident to the opposing coach how much better Bryant accepted being a draw-the-defense decoy as the game’s end neared.

"He struggled from the field, but he did make a lot of plays," Doc Rivers said. "I think people fail to realize the reason a lot of the other guys are open is because Kobe Bryant is on the floor."

Even so, Rivers saw what we all saw, saying: "Derek Fisher was the difference in the game."

And then I saw it got moved to Recommended Fanposts. Nicely done.

…but the second best play of the game was when he Rondoed Garnett and through a laser to Andrew for the And-1 as he was falling out of bounds. That kind of heart told me all I needed to know about how much Kobe wanted that game. At least 7-10 of the shots he took were with less than 7 ticks on the shot clock.

I think the thing is, we have ridiculous standards for the guy. 10-29 with the types of shots that guy takes is actually still pretty incredible, but since it’s Kobe, it’s gotta be more like 14-16 of 29. I can’t wait for him to go off. It’s going to happen. :D

Kobe’s block on Perk.

Kobe’s steal from KG and then assist to Bynum.

Kobe’s screens to get Fish open.

Not to mention he shut down Rondo and his line was 29, 7, 4 and 3.

Fish was the player of the game.

But Kobe played well.

He just didn’t shoot well.

he sucked the gravity out of the garden

the reality here is that Kobe spoils people with his play.

If he went 14-28 and didn’t make it to the FT line he would have shot an AMAZING 50%, but still maintained the same point-per-shot efficiency. The reality is you have to consider Kobe’s game in it’s entirety and his impact. Did he shoot too much? Probably. Did he take bad shots? Yes. This was FAR from Kobe’s best game ever, but the reality is it was only a bad game by HIS standards. Everyone expects Kobe to flirt with a triple double, score 30 points on 20 shots, keep his turnovers low, and come up with big defensive plays on a NIGHTLY basis and the reality is that he is going to have off nights even by his standards.

However, 29 points on 29 shots is actually NOT completely terrible and the Lakers managed to get a win despite the rim not loving Kobe on that night. That was largely in part due to Kobe’s other impacts.

cause I’m one who is tired of hearing people complain, like Kobe can’t miss a shot, like Kobe isn’t human, like if they were in Kobe’s position they could do better

I don’t really freaking care what Kobe averages as long as they walk away with the win, W’s are all that matter and Lakers need two more, sure Kobe would love to make all the right plays and all of his shots but Celtics surely want to have some say in that so be cool Laker fans and just appreciate the WINS

kobe had his fingerprints all over that game, and after I watched the replay it became even more apparent

Nice.