Whenever he’s needed, Kobe knows how to deliver
January 4th, 2010 by Raymond Perez in News
After a long stretch during which the Lakers had not played particularly well, where some end-game and at-the-buzzer heroics by Kobe Bryant kept their record top-heavy in the win column, this game was a wall-to-wall blowout. And it was Kobe who lit the fuse.
Indeed, the Mavs had won a tough game the previous night in Sacramento, while the Lakers were still enjoying the residual thrill of Kobe’s dramatic game-winning triple against the Kings two nights ago.
L.A. was up and raring to go, while Dallas was weary and ready to go home. It was only fitting then, that this was a backwards game for Kobe.
Bryant’s modus operandi has been to be a facilitator in the first quarter, look for just enough shots in the second quarter to keep the defense honest, fire away after the intermission and then simply take over the game in the final 12 minute
NBA.COM – Lakers, Spurs dominated the decade that was
December 21st, 2009 by Allan Toscano in Articles
Posted Dec 21 2009 8:40AM
Do you realize that all of these “Best of the Decade” lists and shows that you are reading and watching are a year premature?
A decade doesn’t start with Year One. After 12 months, you finish Year One. That means you don’t finish 10 years, or a decade, until Year Ten is over. The Oughts Decade runs from 2001-2010, not 2000-2009. So all of these lists should be running in December, 2010.
SAN ANTONIO SPURS
Owner Peter Holt, President of Sports Franchises R.C. Buford, Head Coach/President of Spurs Basketball Gregg Popovich
All you need to know about how the San Antonio Spurs do business can be found in their media guide. The players, and their biographies, come first. Then you get the owner and front office bios. That is not the norm; almost every other team puts its owner or ownership group front and center. But the Spurs are different. They’ve been different all decade, and that’s why they’re the gold standard in the NBA.
Yes, San Antonio was extremely lucky to win the Tim Duncan Lottery in 1997. But having a superstar is not enough to win four championships in 10 years, as the Spurs have done. Their ability to procure top-notch talent without having other high draft picks, develop that talent and keep that talent without breaking the bank of a medium-sized revenue team puts them head and shoulders above all other teams.
Many will give the Lakers the title of Best in the Decade, and Los Angeles would be a worthy choice. The Lakers took the first three titles of the decade, and if Shaq and Kobe hadn’t gone all Days of Our Lives on everybody, they may have won five or six straight. But they did, and the Lakers didn’t. Los Angeles has been to more Finals this decade than San Antonio, and with Bryant and Pau Gasol leading the way, the Lakers could be the team of the 10s. But Los Angeles also had three middling seasons after trading O’Neal to Miami, including a 34-48 disaster in 2004-05.
ESPN.COM – Kobe Bryant in a nutshell
December 17th, 2009 by Raymond Perez in NewsKobe Bryant fans, stat geeks and referee conspiracy theorists — everyone got what they wanted from last night’s Lakers win over the Bucks. 
Kobe Bryant fans
That’s what he does, right? That game-winner over Charlie Bell is precisely the reason that Kobe Bryant wins all kinds of surveys as most feared player in the NBA.
He knows who’s going to be defending him. He knows where he wants to get on the court. He knows what he wants to do when he gets there. He knows how to account for his injured finger. He has practiced everything.
Other players are bigger and stronger. But nobody knows more, prepares better or better embodies sheer professionalism. Any success he has is well deserved.
Think back through his career. How many times have you seen him hit game-winners? 30? 40? A thousand? We can all remember plenty of them. And that’s why he has the best selling jersey in the world.
Last night’s shot gave Kobe Bryant fans precisely the evidence they need to prove, yet again, that this guy is the absolute best.
Who would question them?
Kobe adds chapter to legacy, nails OT buzzer-beater
December 17th, 2009 by Allan Toscano in News By Rick Braun, for NBA.com
Posted Thursday December 17, 2009 12:59AM
MILWAUKEE (NBA.com exclusive) — Kobe Bryant with the ball in his hands and a chance to win the game is dangerous. Bryant getting two such chances is as good as a sure thing. 
The Los Angeles Lakers superstar capped a 39-point night with a turnaround 15-footer from left of the free throw line at the overtime buzzer Wednesday night, lifting his team to a 107-106 victory over a game Milwaukee Bucks squad.
Bryant missed a similar shot at the regulation buzzer, allowing the Bucks to reach overtime with the game tied at 95.
He was only half-joking when he said making the overtime shot was a given.
“Especially because I missed the first one,” said Bryant, who scored 42 the night before and was playing his third game with a broken index finger on his right hand. “I had a really good look at that first one, and I wanted to go right back to that same spot and get the same look.”
He did exactly that as the Lakers elected to take the ball fullcourt after a timeout with 5.4 seconds left that followed a Michael Redd miss.
The Bucks’ Charlie Bell hounded Bryant the entire distance, but Milwaukee did not send a double-team to get the ball out of Bryant’s hands.
“I think [Lakers coach] Phil [Jackson] caught them off guard by having us take the ball fullcourt,” Bryant said. “I think that threw them for a loop. They probably were expecting us, with 5 seconds, to take the ball at halfcourt, and then they could kind of smother me. But coming from that distance, it’s tough.”
TRKB – Kobe’s show in Chicago
December 15th, 2009 by Allan Toscano in NewsBY Allan Toscano, TRKB Owner
JOAO PESSOA- Kobe Bryant started hot today against the Chicago Bulls, getting 20 points in the first quarter only.
When I clicked on the site of the NBA and saw that we were down by 10, I couldn’t believe it the first time, then I turned my TV on and started to watch the game. Kobe just keeps on impressing me, 31 years old and playing like a 20 year old kid, with a mentality of a 30 year old veteran.
Not much of a dificult game here, the Bulls played great basketball, but we were better in the 2nd and 4th quarter, Lamar Odom once again being a key to winning this game, such as Artest and Gasol.
Even with a broken shooting index finger, Kobe Bryant delivers an incredible shooting night, scoring 42 points.
Made me mad with 2 consecutive turnovers at the end of the game, but that shot with his left hand made me go insane.
Nice job by Kobe and the Lakesr today.
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