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hamahakkimies sanoi:
Totta tuokin, mutta kyllä tällaisissa tilanteissa pyritään myös rakentamaan sellaista dramaattista tarinankaarta.
[quote author="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/04/27/SP311J80UN.DTL"]
You really have to laugh at the prospect of an NBA lockout. The playoffs' first-round action has never carried such wide-ranging suspense, and the cast of heroic characters seems endless. How remarkable, in this theater of the intrigue, that Kobe Bryant continues to rise above them all. Game 5 was a made-for-Hollywood drama in Lakerland, where the series stood 2-2 and New Orleans' Chris Paul had the look of an all-conquering villain. The Lakers had been disjointed, even downright soft, throughout the series.
Bryant took the floor on a badly sprained ankle and seemed only a marginal participant over the first hour or so. Cue up the all-time playoff reel, the one featuring Elgin Baylor, Julius Erving, Michael Jordan and all the rest.
With a pair of stunning dunks that electrified the Staples Center and probably left a permanent imprint on the series, Bryant showed once again why he's the toughest, most single-minded competitor in the league.
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[quote author="http://www.latimes.com/sports/basketball/nba/lakers/la-sp-plaschke-lakers-20110427,0,236876,full.column"]
The injured ankle that Kobe Bryant refused to show doctors was put on display for the New Orleans Hornets on Tuesday night, and now they know. It's swollen with sorcery. It's twisted with drama. It's black and blue and Kobe all over. Bryant was too injured to lead the Lakers to Game 5 survival? He suckered the Hornets into believing it just long enough to dunk on their glistening heads, shoot over their weary arms and pass around their knocking knees.
Two days ago, after apparently spraining his left ankle in the final minutes of the Game 4 loss in New Orleans, Bryant acted as if he couldn't walk. On Tuesday, after a slow start, he literally flew, scoring 19 points with four assists in leading the Lakers to a 106-90 victory and three-games-to-two lead.
'We're not all built the same way,' Bryant said with a sly smile. 'It's the beauty of modern medicine.'[/quote]
[quote author="http://www.dailynews.com/sports/ci_17932884"]
There is no hiding in an NBA game, and you just knew the Hornets would go right at Kobe to see for themselves how seriously he was hurt, how well he could move and defend. And they did, Ariza blowing by him for an early layup. It wouldn't take long for Kobe the asset or Kobe the liability to be revealed. 'He'll k now if he's hurting the team -- he'll know,' Magic Johnson said. And whether or not Kobe was doing further damage, he'd figure that out too. 'He'll know if he's hurting his body,' Magic said. 'But right now he feels good, and if he feels good you've got to go with that. Until something on the floor happens to say otherwise.' The bottom line is, the Lakers needed him out there. They will deal with any ramifications later. Besides, do you really think anyone was going to actually stand in his way?
'His greatness is he has a high tolerance for pain. His greatness is he'll fight through things,' Magic said. 'When you're a competitor you fight through things. He knows this is an important game, that we have to go up 3-2.' He played, and they did.[/quote]
[quote author="hamahakkimies"]"Bitch, please."[/quote]