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Originally Posted by ddpBANG
I'm not going to say it's not impressive, but it is downright greedy. Especially in this day and age. The guy put up almost 50 shots!
Is this going to be the game that sparks the Lakers? I don't think so. The Lakers need to play team ball, not give the ball to Kobe and let him go off ball.
The Lakers are lucky they're getting a couple of days to rest. If not, who knows if Kobe would have enough energy to go next game and score even 10. And how embarrasing would it be if the Lakers score less than 81 next game?
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It's true that he was playing against Toronto, but if I recall correctly Kobe went 28-46 from the field, 7-13 from 3 point land and 18-20 from the line. Those percentages come out to 61% from the field 53% from 3 point land and 90 percent from the line. If a guy can go out and shoot 61% for FG's in a game, then I would let him shoot 75 shots.
Whereas some people look at as ball hogging or whatever, I look at it as a defense that could not stop an elite scorer. If the Toronto coach was smart, he would have put 2 and 3 guys on Kobe and not just 1. Even if they did and Kobe had to pass and give open looks to guys there is no guarantee he would have made it. This was a result of poor defense and not great coaching, but more importantly an offensive explosion from one of the best in the league