81 points

Kobe Bryant just scored 81 points.


QuDdUs must be jerking off right now

I hate the dude but thats unreal.  To shoot that many shots in the 60% range, wow.

How many assists?

:rolleyes:

Originally posted by (e)
How many assists?

:rolleyes:

Good Question!

A:  Assists = 2.  And the Lakers only won by 18 points.

http://www.nba.com/games/20060122/TORLAL/boxscore.html

This kind of performance makes me want to vomit.  It\'s a TEAM game, not a hot dog exhibition.

wade > kobe

e and coredweller did either of you see the game?  I\'m guessing a big fat NO.  They were passing the ball around and he was making a lot of the shots.  If you asked the team if his performance pissed them off they\'d all say no and that opinion probably matters a little more than yours.  If the player is hot get him the ball, especially when he\'s shooting 60% as opposed to a couple forwards shooting 1 for 5 and 1 for 7.

All that matters is the team winning that game.  Don\'t even try to bring up other games with how Kobe plays because thats not this game and it has no relevance.

I agree with Bozco.  I think Kobe is a selfish player, but if he shoots 60%, including 7-13 from 3, there\'s no way you can fault him for taking enough shots to score 81.  It\'d be different if he were shooting 40% or something, but at 60%, that\'s just a flat out amazing game.

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wow...

that is pretty impressive, but must be demoralizing to his teammates....

Kobe had 78 attempted shots.  The rest of the team in total attempted 60 shots

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I don\'t understand the problem with Kobe attempting 78 shots.

Yeah, it\'s a team game... but he was on. He won\'t score 81 every night.

Especially when he ACTUALLY attemped 46 shots.  He went 28-46 from the field including 7-13 from 3, and 18-20 from the line.  Oh, and the rest of the team was 14-42.  If Kobe is shooting 61%, and the rest of the team is shooting 33%, what\'s the problem with him scoring 81?  Especially when the team as a whole scored 122 points.

Originally posted by Bozco
e and coredweller did either of you see the game?  I\'m guessing a big fat NO.  They were passing the ball around and he was making a lot of the shots.  If you asked the team if his performance pissed them off they\'d all say no and that opinion probably matters a little more than yours.  If the player is hot get him the ball, especially when he\'s shooting 60% as opposed to a couple forwards shooting 1 for 5 and 1 for 7.

All that matters is the team winning that game.  Don\'t even try to bring up other games with how Kobe plays because thats not this game and it has no relevance.

No, I don\'t watch a Laker game unless I have to.  BTW, do you think any of the noname players on that team are going to say a word against Kobe, even if they hate his ass?  LOL!  It\'s funny how you try to convince me to ignore the Lakers\' other games this season simply because they won this particular game.

I agree the win is all that matters.  Good for them that they won a game.  Unfortunately their record is 22-19, which puts them in 7th place in the West.  A team that has one selfish superstar backed up by a cast scrubs is not a formula for consistent success in the NBA.  This game could have easily ended with Kobe scoring a high number of points, and the Lakers losing, as has happened many times in the past.  Of course they\'re going to win occasionally.  The goal is to win consistently.

To increase his team\'s success, Bryant should distribute the ball and get several players hot, not constantly try to carry every game on his back.

Just in case you were wondering, Wilt scored 100, and I guarentee you he took a majority of the shots and didn\'t have a lot of assist.  So by your logic, Wilt is a selfish player too.

Sometimes you have to be selfish if its whats best for the team.  You can\'t be thinking in your head, "well, I already scored 40 points, I\'m going to take myself out of the game."

No, to quote Herm Edwards, "you play to win the game."  And if Kobe\'s points are whats winning them games, they they should stand by it.

Hell yes Wilt Chamberlain was a selfish player.

I\'m not saying Bryant should have made a conscious decision to stop shooting when he was hitting his shots.  I\'m saying he should change his whole philosophy and attitude toward the game every time he plays, not just when they\'re winning.

He\'s a ballhog when he\'s hitting shots and his team is winning.  He\'s a ballhog when he\'s missing shots and his team is losing.  He\'s a ballhog ALL the time, and if he changed that, the Lakers would win consistently.  Take a look at the Lakers of the 80\'s and ask yourself how they differ from this team.  Magic Johnson was the master of the assist.  He knew that if he could get other players on his team hitting their shots, no opponent could stop them.  You can double team one player, but you can\'t double team 3 or 4 players.

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It\'s basketball, he doesn\'t even count.