April 27, 2011
Check out the nasty facial jam Kobe served up in last night's victory in game 5 vs. The Hornets. A lot of concern was raised over Bryant's sprained ankle, but he came out and put our worries to rest.
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Kobe had this to say about the moment: "I just had a lane to the basket. It looked like he was going to challenge me at the rim, and I accepted the challenge," Bryant said. "It's [was] a message for us that this is important. It's time to raise up and do what we've got to do. They know I save those. I don't have [many] of those left."
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April 26, 2011
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April 26, 2011
Despite a nasty ankle injury, Kobe Bryant is absolutely determined to play in game 5.
“I should play,” Bryant said to reporters after Game 4. “It’s going to take a lot to stop me from playing. I’m concerned, as I am about any injury, but I’ve played through so many of them it kind of becomes old hat for me.”
The official report is Kobe has a "sprained left ankle."
While there has been much speculation on the severity of it, Kobe is reported to be focused on playing in game 5.
According to Phil Jackson at Monday’s Practice, Kobe Bryant will play in Game 5 on Tuesday night despite not undergoing tests on it (X-Ray or MRI).
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April 26, 2011
There is no question Kobe Bryant is one of the best scorers in the history of the game. Achieving his 80th career 30-point game in the series with the Hornets,
Mark Medina took a closer look at what it would take for Kobe to become the all-time leading playoff scorer:
His 5,203 career playoff points mean he’s only 46 points shy of surpassing Shaquille O’Neal‘s third-place mark (5,248), a record that likely will be broken before the Lakers-Hornets series ends. Bryant also trails (Kareem) Abdul-Jabbar (5,762) and (Michael) Jordan (5,987). I find the following scenario highly unlikely, but should the Lakers sweep their way through the 2011 NBA Finals and were Bryant to maintain his current 35.33-points-a-game average, he will have finished with 494 playoff points this season, increasing his total to 5,697. Should the Lakers go through seven games in every playoff series this season while Bryant maintains his 35.33 average, he would finish with 875 points this season, increasing his total to 6,078.
Those satisfy the short and long scenarios but don’t include the possibility that Bryant may have games where he facilitates and other games where he has 40-plus points — or series that last five or six games. But the numbers make it clear that it’s likely Bryant will surpass both Shaq and Abdul-Jabbar on the scoring list this postseason. It’s unlikely he’ll eclipse Jordan; I’m still uncertain they could beat Oklahoma City in a Western Conference Finals matchup, but Bryant will surely take the throne over Jordan in next year’s playoffs. It’s not the main motivation for Bryant right now, but it’s a carrot he’s certainly aware he could pursue.
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