[Aslan]

Nobody but a Kobe fan could watch the last three minutes of that game and come away not thinking that Kobe shot the Lakers out of any chance they had of winning the game. His shot selection down the stretch was horrible, committed an offensive foul in an out of control drive to the basket, and I don't recall him making a pass to a teammate in the last couple of minutes of the game. Big game and Kobe came up small at the end of the game.

Did you not watch the entire game? Kobe kept them in the game! Nobody showed any signs of helping him offensively or defensively. He did take bad shots down the stretch but his teammates did not show up to play period. He carried the team all day, had 41 points, but since he took a few bad shots down the stretch that's the ONLY thing you point out. He was making those shots the entire game too. Without Kobe, LA loses by 25+, there's no denying that.