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Kobe And The Lakers Complete An Amazing Game One Comeback
AwfulAnnouncing —
More often than not when a team comes back from 20 down midway through the third quarter you can do a lot of finger pointing on the team that blew the lead. That wasn't the case last night as Kobe grabbed the reins of the Lakers and brought them all the way back to win in an extremely important Game One. Kobe's performance was just downright amazing after a first half that saw him only put up two points on only three shots. The second was a completely different story as he put up 25 points, basically willed his team ...
Above The Rim: The Comeback
Signal to Noise —
(Video from Awful Announcing.)
So, how do you come back from 20 points down to ultimately win? The Lakers stole this one out from the under the Spurs on their home court, thanks to the defense remembering how to play in the second half and Kobe finally getting himself in ...
KOBE BRYANT IS RELATIVELY COMPETENT
With Leather - Sports news and gossip, panda sex, and the occasional Toonces the driving cat Photoshop —
Here are the compiled video highlights of Kobe Bryant's abrupt takeover to fuel the Lakers' Game 1 win in the conference finals. Basketball professor Bethlehem Shoals calls it "the definitive one-man heroics of the 2007-08 post-season." I'm not nearly so deep. I just go straight to the :37 mark and watch Manu Ginobili get humiliated twice on the same play. Then I do it again. Lather, rinse, repeat. Hypothetical question: I have a, uh... "friend"... who hates the Spurs more than war or cancer or even homeless people. Should that friend ...
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Lakers vs. Spurs Preview
ballerblogger.com 5/22/2008 — Kobe has faced the Tim Duncan led and Gregg Popovich coached Spurs defense fives times since 1999. He was the leading scorer in four of those series — and in three of those four matchups — the Lakers advanced.
Lakers-Spurs Game 1: Kobe, better late than never!
thehoopdoctors.com 5/22/2008 — Good review of how even when Kobe doesn't show up for the half, when he puts his mind to it the Lakers are tough to beat.
Also, reviews why that pisses off all coaches, even his own!
LOL.
Bryant Dominates Second Half as Lakers Erase 20 Point Deficit to Edge Spurs
20secondtimeout.blogspot.com 5/22/2008 — Kobe Bryant scored 25 second half points as the Lakers came back from a 65-45 third quarter deficit to beat the Spurs 89-85. Tim Duncan repeatedly trapped Bryant on pick and roll only to see Bryant lob passes over his head to Pau Gasol for easy hoops; in last year's Finals, Duncan played off of the weak-shooting LeBron James and denied him the opportunity to make such passes.
Postcards From LA, Vol. 11: One Lakers Fan Tracks His Team Through the NBA Playoffs
emptythebench.com 5/22/2008 — This is why we watch. When Tim Duncan made a 7-foot hook shot to put the defending champions up by 20 (65-45) with just under 6 minutes to go in the 3rd quarter, all looked lost: the game, the series, and the Lakers season. I felt sick to my stomach. There was no way, no way, that they could possibly squander such a commanding advantage, right? Cue Kobe Bean Bryant.
Bryant Leads Lakers in Comeback Over Spurs —
NBA.com: News 5/22/2008
Kobe Bryant scored all but two of his 27 points after halftime, including a go-ahead, 10-foot jumper in the lane with 23.9 seconds remaining, and the Los Angeles Lakers rallied from a 20-point deficit to beat the San Antonio Spurs 89-85 on Wednesday night
