Lakers Open Soft, but Kobe Closes Hard

Written by Gary Lee on 05/20/2009 in News - No comments

It's not over yet!

ESPN – Sure, we’ve seen this before from Kobe Bryant — the 40-point night, the clutch shooting, the takeover mentality, closing like Circuit City. Only this came in a different context. This one, which salvaged a 105-103 victory for the Lakers in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals, followed 94 games that followed a summer of Olympic competition that followed a 103-game season.

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