Kobe is back in. Andrew with the nice off. board, Kobe gets the dunk! Andrew got called with the reach. Andrew bit on that Shaq pump fake.
Farmar with the nice stroke on the trey! Diaw with the nice move on the other end to tie it back up...bleh.
Pau is back in. Jordan nails the three. Raja got called for the foul away from the ball. Timeout. Tie game. 39-39
Kobe fouled by Grant on the drive. Nails them both. Nice D by the Lakers. Turnover by Phoenix. Kobe misses the bank. Amare got blocked/stripped by Kobe. VLAD WITH A THREE!!!!
Kobe misses a jumper, but looked like he got hit on the arm. Shaq fouled by Pau. And 1 for Shaq. Kobe missed a layup. Forced it. Fish nails the jumper. Pau misses the jumper. Kobe with the great layup. HALFTIME. We're up 50-44.
50-44 going in to the break. The defense has played mostly well, but Kobe needs to get going. He was only 4/12 in that first half, so that needs to go up. Bynum also needs to be careful when he's playing defense, we don't need him picking up a quick, cheap 4th foul when the 3rd quarter starts.
The backcourt has been really frustrating tonight. I hope they pick it up in the second half. Overall, I'm impressed with us defensively, but hopefully the offense will pick up soon.
The only person that really impressed me on offense in the first half was Radman. It was great to see him come out and knock down 3 triples. Other than him though, the offense hasn't been that great. And I agree....TNT halftime crew > any other halftime crew.
only thing I don't like about kb's game is that he is a volume shooter especially on regular and off shooting nights. The only times I see him not shoot too much is when he is on fire and gets a lot if ft's...
The tidbit they showed was him talking about Steph. I'm gonna watch it. Also that gymnastic archer person, impressive.
Andrew with the dunk! Pau got the steal off the Nash pass, Kobe hammers it home! Vlad got called for the foul on his one man press.