Lakers Win, Kobe Injured Again

BY CLINTON GOLDIE, FreshSportsDaily.com Lakers Beat Writer

The Los Angeles Lakers have been riding the Kobe wave for as long as I can remember. What is the difference between Kobe and the rest of the NBA players? The difference is that Kobe is playing with a fractured finger, no feeling in his shooting arm and hand, and a bad back. Yet Kobe found a way to stop ROY candidate Tyreke Evens from even putting up a shot at the end of regulation. Then Kobe hit two three pointers in 2OT to put the Lakers up by six. Kobe takes a charge at full speed and still has the presence to hold his injured arm up as he is falling. While Tyreke Evens maybe the ROY candidate, he met his match against the 2008 MVP and possibly 2010 MVP in Kobe "The Black Mamba" Bryant.

As this game went into overtime, all I could think about was who is going to take over? Was there another person that was going to step up besides Kobe? As much as you want to see it happen or don't want to see it happen, it's going to happen. Kobe is going to come in and drain 30 foot three pointers in double overtime with no feeling in his hand. It's better described as no feeling in his heart. Kobe lives to crush an opponent on their floor. You're setting up yourself for a heartbreaker if you keep this guy close in the game.



Even when the Lakers were down by 7 with less than two minutes left, Sacramento fans were left uneasy as a young team try to fend for themselves against a much more experienced Lakers team. You could see that as Kings coach Paul Westphal paced up and down the sidelines, while Phil Jackson sat and let Kobe unfold the situation.



How does one gain experience in winning when Kobe's in the league? You get traded to the Lakers like Ron Artest did and say  "I love Kobe." We love you Ron Ron, get better!