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NBA Wrap: Kobe drops 52 and Jkidd folds under pressure, Rockets push streak to 15,
Published 3/3/2008 by houroc at SportFiends
Lakers 108 - Mavericks 104 In the first half Kobe Bryant missed 7 of his first 10 free throws. He went on to hit 15 of 15 in the fourth quarter and overtime to lead the Lakers to a 108-104 victory in overtime over the new look Mavs. Kobe finished the game with 52 points after scoring 30 points in the fourth and overtime. The Mavs tried all sorts of different defenses to stop him but none of them worked. “We gave him a single look, then we double-teamed him, then we gave him a triple-team and he split the triple-team and scored,” Johnson said. “We tried to zone him, we ...

Jason Kidd Plays, but Chokes in Crunch Time
Published 3/3/2008 by Brett Edwards at FanHouse
Filed under: Lakers, Mavericks, Western, NBA Videos So the big controversy the last time the Mavericks played a playoff team was, why trade for Jason Kidd if you're going to bench him when the game's on the line? Well, thanks to this highlight from yesterday's overtime loss to the Lakers, we might have ourselves the answer. Now before you start yelling that Kidd at least made the layup and had the opportunity to tie the game at the free throw line, I would submit to you that the play was more the result of the ...