Kobe Bryant
Kobe Bryant
Kobe Bean Bryantis an American retired professional basketball player. He played his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association. He entered the NBA directly from high school and won five NBA championships with the Lakers. Bryant is an 18-time All-Star, 15-time member of the All-NBA Team, and 12-time member of the All-Defensive team. He led the NBA in scoring during two seasons, and ranks third on both the league's all-time regular season scoring and...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth23 August 1978
CityPhiladelphia, PA
CountryUnited States of America
We didn't play very well and we couldn't make shots. We didn't execute.
Yeah, I broke it out. It's fun for us. The guys get hyped about that. That was kind of a backbreaker, so that was the airplane.
We are going from the bottom to the top all together so it's important for us to enjoy the journey, and that is what we are doing right now. We have four days off coming up here, and I would have been sick as a dog if we would have lost this game. I just wanted to step up and inspire us to play well, and it turned into something special.
You look for Tracy and you make sure you take care of him. Tracy has been a good friend of mine for a long, long time, and I look forward to him putting on a good show.
When they double-team me and triple-team me and I swing the ball, we've got to step up and knock those shots down.
Our spacing was good, which made it very difficult to corral me. When they did, we were able to swing the ball and get open opportunities for everybody else.
They got hot in the third quarter. They made a lot of big plays when they missed, and on defense they were scrapping and hustling.
Absolutely. I'd trade it in a heartbeat. It's about getting to that elite level. That's what my career is about.
They execute the same way. It's just that when Steve and Raja Bell come back, they have more waves to throw at you and they do it for 48 minutes.
They executed much better than we did down the stretch and they got big plays when they needed to, and we did not make the stops when we needed to.
They are the best team in the league right now. There's not much more to say about what makes them tough --versatility, execution and understanding of concepts.
Any player that was going to come down the lane at that point in time, I was going to let him know that he just can't walk through there. I think we as a team have to do a better job of establishing that.
This is Generation Next coming up to see the game, appreciate the game and know what it's about.
This is such a challenge for both of us. Phil prepares us so well, and wants us to pay attention to the details. We didn't always do that tonight, but we stayed with the system and found a way.