Quote from OPTIONAL777:
Kobe says he can score at will, that no one can stop him. I guess he didn't have the will to score, rigth?. As Barkey said later that evening, Kobe could have just jumped into Bowen and got 3 free throws. Kobe could have driven to the lane. Why should he care if he gets criticized? It is not like that ever stopped his selfish ass from going one on one.
Well, I still think Kobe made the right play - and Kobe had repeatedly NOT gotten that kind of call. The refs weren't calling Bowen - there was one play TNT showed several times, the one with about 2 minutes left. You think Kobe should depend on the refs to bail him out on a desperation 3-pointer with time running out to decide a playoff game... in SA? Maybe if Bowen emerged from the play with a big piece of Kobe's forearm...
Kobe's decision was not the problem. And if you didn't hate Kobe so much, you'd admit that Kobe was the chief reason the Lakers were even in it, and that your favorite Duncan came very close to booting another one.