Basketball News:Kobe Bryant hits 40 for the 100th time
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NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Sometimes we see players and forget that they are a legend in the making, a special player that has done it so well for so long that we take it for granted that it is just the way it is done, that it is nothing special at all. There are a handful of players in the league that present such a present even though we will remember and remark about them in the future. Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett, Tim Duncan, Steve Nash, Shaq, and yes, even Allen Iverson.
Kobe went off for 40 points against my Pistons and no it did not hurt your intrepid author, because it is common knowledge that my Pistons play very little defense this year. Ben Wallace is too old and Tayshaun Prince cannot guard everyone. That does not diminish the feat of Kobe Bryant due to the fact that the Pistons are not allowing every team to have a 40 point scorer and most NBA players could not score 40 points in a game no matter what.
Think about it, 100 games of 40 points or more is a whole season plus playoffs of 40+ scoring games. That is truly remarkable and something we will remember and tell our grandsons.
One play in the game epitomizes the constant pressure that Kobe puts on teams. Oh, and a little bit of luck was involved too. Kobe had the ball and Ben Gordon was bodying up on him to discourage him from shooting. Kobe twisted and found himself guarded by Kwame Brown.
Suddenly, inexplicably, he turned his back to avoid the pressure of Detroit’s Kwame Brown and flipped the ball over his head. The ball rose in an arc and then fell through the basket as a sellout crowd of 18,997 roared its approval.
Bryant’s twisting, turning, no-look layup was the most improbable of all the 40 points he scored in the Lakers’ 106-93 victory over the Pistons. It certainly didn’t decide the game, but it was symbolic of his grit while playing with a nagging groin injury.
He simply refused to be denied while recording his 100th career game of 40 or more points. He also would not allow anyone or anything to prevent the Lakers from ending their two-game losing streak.
“It was a lucky shot,” he said
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One of my favorite moves by Kobe is when he jumps over the car. The video is faked, but it is hard to spot. Leave me a comment if you know how he did it, because NBAObsessed is sworn to secrecy.
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