Throwback: Kobe Bryant 2009 Playoffs West Semis Series Highlights vs Houston Rockets (HD 720)

seven from the free throw line amazing a guy that size is 76 so good from the line Bryant picked up by Shane Bader with nine on the shot clock he makes his first shot well Shane bad is going to try it PS inside and cby Bryant has started two of four Yao now looks at Bryant Yao goes out on Gasol from the two point line didn't have two points Bryant who cuts inside Doug were you talking about that before he lost V Kobe Bryant Bryant on sh there he "Kobe got him back early in the game, that was it tonight for La, the number one seed in the

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cutting inside is Kobe Bryant, he went through our test, flew to Yao and ska and digs up two right there, so Kobe finds his tenth point.

Skola finds his second foul well. It is important that this foul goes to power forward Scola instead of Yao Ming and that's it. There is a Kobe three-pointer that is the first Kobe Brant worries about him because he is not helping. in the leads over Brooks Kobe over Bader now Kobe Bryant is gobbling up has nine Doug's transition defense by the Rockets has been excellent tonight over B is Kobe Bryant saw the screen and Bander faces Yao that's a good shot Kobe Bryant's is difficult he has 21 Farmar for three breaks, the closing well, that's huge because Jordan Farmar and here comes Kobe makes that stop on a dime working on Bader and Shane's momentum carried him and Kobe gets the two open, he has 23 now the problem is that it is starting. to warm up after four of 12, he's now seven of his last 10, so he's coming into that as a two guard.

Kobe has now slid to small forward now that they have a resting guard and Kobe faces Ron and still has a Plenty of time left in this game look at the defenders The defenders took a one point lead 7776 8/19 left The Rockets are on a 19-7 run Kobe pumping at you forcing the issue to get to the free throw line once again Bryant works on Bader and takes him right to the cup and Kobe Bryant are in this

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, this game has not finished, although Kevin, I mean, tomorrow he will have his own sore, he will hold him m and he will land on Kobe with 32 and Brooks' rebound gives Del Lowry that will do it. that will seal a victory for the Houston Rockets by the Rockets to keep them at bay to win the first game and get to the home court it's Kobe Bryan on B and Kobe makes his first shot Kobe on b a Kobe Bryant has started two of two oh , that's a problem Bryan Bay, so Kobe hit a couple of outside bars.

The Lakers started 7- n look at Kobe Bryant. Kobe Bryant started this game four-five with eight points in the first five minutes of this game. I told you what he told me before the game. He was coming out on fire, he is a man of his word, he has made three three long jump shots, a four-of-five layup that is most important, all the guys are involved, they are much more active, you see Shane trying to put a hand on his face, it enriches the deficit. for the Rockets to start Gasol screen this is over both Yao and Bader Kobe Bryant has 10 on the other side on Brooks for two and DK fiser started badly runs into a three oh my goodness we are seeing a special start for Kobe Bryant with 13 points in the first eight minutes of this game, this pace is too fast, you have to notice the rotation change.

Kobe Bryan, who shoots the jump shot. Kobe Bryan just recorded an AAL foul. Here comes Kobe the other way and Von. waer is on him, Kobe's third different defender tonight. Kobe Bryant has a high game to return after about three weeks. Very lucky that H is seriously injured. Here is Shannon Brown, who is losing by odm. The fifth of his Kobe against Bader again. Gasol opens ke po Gasol. Walton tells Kobe, this is already bad, for three Kobe Bryant has scored 21 half points Kobe Bryant Kobe Bryant 10 to 16 Bryant leads Shane Bader, who commits the foul while Kobe looks at Doug Collins and says this guy can't mark me 11 to 17 is Kobe Bryant with a game high of 24 at this time three

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return well in defense here is dad, a clash with Kobe one Kobe Bryant is putting on his show 26 points in 25 minutes a spectacular display and the Lakers fall back by seven points well, Kobe has thrown out the life jacket in consecutive games in this

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, the third game overall, here is a running back on the wing, they will only win eight and then the Lakers must continue to find a way to get others involved that time.

I'll be Kobe on the road 20 points tonight Kobe working hard against two three defenders and Shane grabbed his jersey and they'll double with W on loose ball and he's on the Houston Rockets He'll be in a weird test against Kobe Bryant. He's going to be very careful. who doesn't understand anything technical, said: uh, he's going to go here, he's talking to Kobe, wow, here we go, uh-oh, he went straight to Bryant, Ronard's test, remember now the last time they did this. Kobe scored approximately 18 points. In the last four and a half minutes of the game, Ron Orest has become very angry.

I think they kicked Ron Arest out of the game. Oh, Ron Arest said Kobe punched him in the throat. Kobe over Bader and Kobe Bryant has a high game. 35 is going to be a technical foul for Kobe for making fun of Shane. Shot clock at nine that was a deflected pass from Kobby Bryant with Brooks on his tail and Shane pushes him and he just pushed Kobe Bryant who just scored his career-high 37 points off turnovers in the game. Fueling the Lakers' fast break, it's now 19 fast break points for the Lakers, so a lot of them are due to turnovers, and Ming, all on pharma, had seven in the fourth quarter the other night and played a good spot.

Bader watched Kobe pick, drive and put. how the hell did he do that he passed himself over the board that was a planned play Kevin I've seen him do that many times he has 40 RS for ya Yao in Gasol's defense Gasol releases an 8th turnover in this quarter, 20th place for game, Farmon picked up by Brooks toward Walton Landry converges, returning to Houston for games three and four, the Lakers had to win tonight. It would have been difficult to go back two games against Houston and one thing we knew coming in. Kobe Bryant was going to look aggressive from the start and often hit the jump shot and that's a sign of trouble, no matter who's guarding him, when he scores a lot of touchdowns from the perimeter, they have their hands, perimeter guys that now have the responsibility. . to put his body in SC will be Bryant getting the good line that is next to Ming from the dribble when the double came late Brian oh Brian on fire to start he already has 11 points and six in a row now for the save of the Lakers protecting Bader in the other one sounds so strong, comes out with so much energy.

Kobe Bryan hits a triple. He is already 14 and for me that was Bader's mistake. You don't want Bryant to shoot those threes. Bryant exits quickly. Walton will try a three-pointer. pointer that is good Luke Walton game of consecutive jumps for the foul on Luis scen game two and if Yao Ming wants to shoot that jump shot from Soy La Yao Ming pushes the ball, it was certainly emotional to start when he blocked Kobby Bryant with the rejection of Help defense, what a great play by Bryant, not giving up, that's his second blocked shot of the game.

Ryan tries the runner, hard throw, one won't go, the tip of the ball is still alive and he puts it in, I think B him. He's the one who shook his hand, yes, Ryan hesitated in odm completely open three he does it again Lamar owns his second triple of the game excellent bald on Tuesdayt Brian has to go outside to get it he shoots a long triple he's good at the buzzer Kobe Bryant nails the three such a hard shot our test defended it very well and Bryan was still able to knock it down behind Kobe Bryant fic quick catch and shot knocks down the three shot clock at four mounts the drive the ball fake misses and gets the rebound in the next 23 for Kobe Bryant.

Wafer has eight points here in the fourth quarter and has been scoring. Kobe Bryant blocked it and still made it. Bader got a piece and with his strength he backed it up. on Phil Jackson on the bench upset saying it should have been too low an angle, he got it inside eight Kobe Bryant gets fouled by Bader and Bryant kicks it Bryant just gets it out in time and hits it for a three for Kobe Bryant as the shot clock expires lead back to 11 big shot right there as our test forces it up blocked by odm test gets Beyond The Arc making it 8 with 45 seconds left Gul leads and a hard foul when Gul falls with premeditated force where he lined up skola as the waiter pulls him Lowry fouls Bryant with an impressive 14 point win here in Houston 33 more points for Kobe Bryant than after the 40 point effort but that's the key view and the key story for the Houston Rockets B and the

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get on the board soon the Lakers well he takes so many tough shots and that was one of the ones coming when Bryant KN you play the game the best you can and then RI with the result calls Bryant makes a triple Bryant pass Gasol and P Gasol puts it up Friday night the shot clock is running out with his hand on his face Bryant puts him in something incredible, you can't play better defense than Shane Fat finishes from playing against Kobe BR, so there was a direct line to the basket. arza good looking for three PS down he just continues an Offensive Force that hasn't been done Tran H another pullup you want to close this half you don't want all that work to be done out of nowhere it will be Brian oh Brian has been excellent now, six of 10 shots from the field, he has 13 of his 35, since there are two and a half minutes left to make difficult shots here surrounded by the Houston Rockets defense and what he had to settle for again tonight is two points. jumpers these are Big Time shots that Big Time makes, but they are exactly the type of shots the Houston Rockets want him to make, they don't want him to shoot layups, free throws or three point shots, they can live with that type of shot .

We give Bryan credit, that's the steel crossover of his, the left-handed drive and he puts it in a sensational Kobe Bryant move, we have to have a multi-effort vtic that is a three-pointer. Lakers would like to see Bryan out to Farmar, Farmar sets him up and takes him down with excellent individual play also this conference semi-final, all tied at two games apiece Ruth Le GS the votes here at Staples Oh Fisher shot wow here we go uhoh k Bryant is putting on his show The Rockets are knocking the Lakers out of the Toyota Center for me and the

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I'm not, you know, a big proponent of losing by 30 points, losing by one point and what's the difference and all that kind of stuff, a loss is a loss, you know, it's not going to carry over. for the next game it's not going to last, you know, in the

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, loss is a loss. Being is tied to the pick and roll with over there, so Bam started with Doug this game two and two with four offensively and here's Kobe Bryant and watch out. for him, he had 15 on Bader, a foul called on Shane Bader sa with the leading block in scol and right to the right goes Kobe Bryant Kobe Bryant has eight points to start the game and the Lakers have a two-point lead in addition to their eight points. has two layups and two Kobe has started this game four of five the first player in double figures for the Rockets Lakers tonight that doesn't surprise me, you knew Kobe Bryant was going to come out tonight like he did in the second game when they After losing the first game, everyone was talking about the bad game he had in the first game, he recovered with his fantastic adier and lifts him up defensively.

Kobe Kobe Bryant got 12, look at all those turnovers, you get the ball in the open court and that's where the Lakers by Hayes in the pow rack Gasol with 11 foul points on Shane bandier knocked down another Houston turnover Walton put in the hand that's eight turnovers for Houston is Bryant in bandier Kobe Bryant has added 15 points all the things we talked about our test with the two with an acrobatic shot and Kobe Bryant with the game's highest 17 points I'll tell you about those plays like this always Kobe on Bader with three Kobe Bryant has scored 20 points on 12 shots nine nothing Los Angeles run while we close this first half a break wandering around W fman watching ska in the first quarter Kobe sandwich on skoa behind him was Bader Kobe Bryant with 22 SS Trevor arza shot clock down to six they get close to that game and uh lack of energy as Kobe Bryant hits another jumper, but they're back tonight and according to our CIO Jeff Paris, the Lakers have up three games to two over the Houston Rockets, inexcusable attention to detail, R, the starting shot, Bryan Scola, by the way, because of the way he's averaging the series. up B A just makes it blocked by Bri and a 24 second violation Fisher if you have people that want to protect the basket you have a chance if you don't you have no chance Kobe Bryant nice aggressive move right there in a lak uniform or in a su top B thought he got hit, it's about being completely outplayed and not accepting the challenge when Bryant knocks down the shot, you have a Houston, Kobe Bry knocks it down, but Mr.

Dwight Howard had a great game after Bryan blocked him very very well and gave a good spark to La Brian with a quick spark there palar had eight points in that short time Jeff I am very surprised we have seen that throughout the playoffs no Kobe just told himthat it was PL and that's exactly what happened they let him start P too tight is something that the NBA constantly monitors and addresses that Bryan throws it because it seems that in these playoffs Bader tries to protect Bryant again to open goal for three hits again. How about Trevor Arza from three-point range in the playoffs at 53? % ARA will try another test of three may have gotten a part returns to Kobe Bryant in his hands and a block calls Scola who will be his third Bader right above him Bryant scores the three-pointer and it's a six-point game this is the closest who have been there since the first minutes, the great Andrew B scores big, leaving Chuck Hayes and forcing Skola to enter T.

Ryan's triple team escapes, gets up and commits the foul. Kobe Bryant lifts it up, putting it at 23 for Kobe Bryan, Someone has to stop the bleeding from the active hands, make the steal and then the offensive rebound and putback. It's an excellent job, making sure to execute on both ends throughout the first half. Bryant gets hit and is taken down where he will go back to the line. The side makes it. They saw Farmar hurry up. Arza appears with an offensive board. The shot clock did not reset. Farmar will try three. That's good. Nordon. Farmar plays hard.

Bench 11 points in 10 minutes when the drive tried to go back he tipped it for gou the Rockets wanted offensive interference at first glance it looked like the ball could have cleared the cylinder oh give credit to Kobe Bryant so apparently no one the Rockets have gotten from his power forward tonight as Bryant hits it in a crazy drive and the Houston Rockets another tremendous performance in game seven at home on Sunday the beauty of the game lies not in the individual but in the team how else to explain these underrated Houston Rockets and With few staff are there plenty today?

Without their big man, the Rockets are one win away from shocking the basketball world, we are learning about the goal, now you know, now that Yao is out, we have to find a way to win now, Kobe Bryant's Lakers face the adversity and a potentially historic surprise that I enjoy. Game 7 made me a little nervous, who's going to advance, who's going home, Rockets, Lakers, the deciding Game 7 is next on ABC. The defense of the host of the NBA Finals has been up and down in this series, as Kobe Bryant drives and the first field goal of The game, the SE hit, the bad help, is that the scoreboard was able to reach the cup too easily, but the Lakers put their stamp on it in game seven to start.

Andrew Bam's size made the difference here in the first few minutes, arza by three fiser later. a two point shot for fiser who in this series is shooting just 29% from the field, in fact Jordan Farmar has been playing more minutes in this series, that's the kind of defense you force Chuck Hayes to beat you while Fisher knocks another one down and watches. To me, there's a big difference: A transition jumper that's open and, like you said, caused Mark to be out of good defense versus most of the shots he's taken so far in this series isn't big enough. when Bryant stops and hits him on Brooks.

Not big enough Bryant goes to Bader and commits the foul. What is your next game? Brooks drives into a slam by arza. 21 Flags a team as a blocking foul. He calls Bren Barry. A team to do it and you can ignore it, but there are Other things that are unacceptable not playing with energy and passion they ran well, look, it's a Kobe Bryant three from the center and I thought it was a rare mistake on Shane's part in the defensive side, coming to help when Chuck had Cassol pretty well in hand, Ryan only three. For n from the field, I don't think many thought that with that number of Kobe Bryant's shots they would be up by 21 skola, double kick.

Brooks goes back inside and B tries to fight for the green screen. Kobe Bryant was shot. will not go and will return to the line that are four fouls now on Shane B Kobe Bryant a two point lead to 22 6 and a half remaining in the third there is still plenty of time for the Rockets to start putting the game skola on the drive blocked by briyan and grabs him scull thought they fouled him while they survived against a tough Houston Rockets team and now advance to the Western Conference Finals a dominant win here in game 7 KOB your team has been criticized throughout this series because of some inconsistencies in terms of effort and focus nowadays a different competitive spirit on the defensive side of the court why you just picked up you know the playoff series you would love to get opportunities back uh we Obviously we didn't play as well on the road as we wanted out of the third game and uh we just had to come home, you know, put the last game behind us and perform well.

Andrew Rham had the best game of his postseason when he plays in At that level, how difficult is it for the Lakers to be good? It's tough, you know, he's very active defensively, him and his friend, both of them, you know, that's something we talked about what they would do. You know they do a better job in this game just being more active defensively and uh they provided. a big spark for us, but I ask you to change the subject quickly, what is the first thing that comes to mind when you think about the game against the Denver Nuggets?

You know, another physical series, so you know we've got our hands full with them, you know? We know they're rested, we know they're ready, you know, I know Melo and CH, those guys will be ready, but now we'll be all smiles, congratulations Mike.