The new Kobe? Before the last game, he must have been shown the stats where if he shoots less than 20 times, Lakers are 12-3...
The Kobe that plays when his teammates are playing well. If they start missing shots, he'll start chucking.
Westbrook didn't deserve a tech there. let him talk and tell him to walk away. Earl Clark made a beautiful cut on a Kobe drive. So instead of Kobe taking a bad forced layup, he swung it to Clark for a dunk
If you watch the Lakers from about 6:45 left in the 4th until this commerical break, this is what everyone expected from them all year
They started the season calling that tight, but more and more they let them complain. I know different refs, but KG was doing more reactionary/complaining and same with Wade and neither got a tech
^ It's usally when your throw a fist or jump up and down. You usually are allowed to talk to the refs which is what Westbrook did.
So obviously the biggest thing for LA is playing like this consistently. They need to get one fire to make a run at the playoffs
KD is pissed off right now. So on the same day, the sub .500 Celtics and Lakers knock off the East and West favorites Heat and Thunder
Kobe en fuego 14/14/9 21/14/9 (back to back games one short of a triple double) 6/6/5 so far tonight. http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-kobe-bryant-tiger-woods-20130129,0,7993127.story
Kobe 14/11/8 Set a personal best for assists in a three game stretch (39). Lakers made 39 FGs, and had 34 assists. Amazing. Earl Clark had a double double. Dwight only had 4 rebounds somehow (fewest rebounds ever for him in a 20+ point game. He scored 24).
