Kobe Bryant needs to score 38

[no pun intended]

To capture the scoring title. If that means anything to you guys.

Durant (after today): 28.03030303
Bryant (if he scores 38): 28.03389831

[maxhornets]

I really doubt Kobe scores 38...

[Cangri]

I really doubt Kobe scores 38...
He can if he shoots every time

[no pun intended]

I really doubt Kobe scores 38...
Or he might not play since the Clippers are going to lose.

[qrich]

Or he might not play since the Clippers are going to lose.

Clipper win/loss has nothing to do with the Lakers

[Locked_Up_Tonight]

The Lakers don't have anything to play for so two outcomes will occur:

Kobe will be forcefed the ball and get plenty of opportunities to win it a la David Robinson in the early 90's

The Lakers will rest some guys and not care.

[DuMa]

kobe is gonna chuck 45 shots and not play any defense. dream game for him

[jbryan1984]

If he really wants it, he will do it. Its Kobe.

[rodman91]

+25 shots. Regular game for Kobe.He'll try it and he should. Scoring titles aren't MVPs or championships but still great individual accomplishments.

[Heavincent]

kobe is gonna chuck 45 shots and not play any defense. dream game for him

Your trolling is absolutely horrendous.

[Extempo]

Get it Kobe!! I don't care if we lose the game, its meaningless...I just want him to drop 38. He should take every shoot. Bynum/Gasol should sit though.

[lakerspng]

38 points against Sacramento would not be very hard for Kobe to do. Have a feeling he'll give it a run in the first half just to see if his shot is on and if things are going, he'll take it on. if his shot is off, he'll sit most of the second half and not give it a run.

[DTreats]

kobe is gonna chuck 45 shots and not play any defense. dream game for him
If he shoots 45 times he's gonna score 80+ again

[Eat Like A Bosh]

Well with the Clipper's lose, the Lakers have clinched the Division title, so essentially they have nothing left to play for. But even then, Kobe has missed like 7 games, and we don't want a rusty Kobe in the playoffs. It's Sacramento, can't be that hard to score 30+. Go get em Kobe!

[Kblaze8855]

I wont be surprised if Kobe has like 26 in the first half takes 2 shots in the second and lies about not knowing how many he needed when asked at the end why he didnt go for it. One of those things done just to show he doesnt care and just wants an actual title not a scoring one.

[maybeshewill13]

Kobe will get it. I have no doubts. Nothing left to play for, they'll get him the ball and he'll jack those shots up like there's no tomorrow.

Can't say I blame him I guess.. nothing to lose.

[RazorBaLade]

doesnt durant have another game?

[O_City_Thunder]

doesnt durant have another game?
Nope

[lakerspng]

durant is in his last game right now. not sure if he is playing anymore though. it's in the 4th and he has 30.

EDIT: NVM finished with 32 points in 40 minutes.

[The Macho Man]

I hope he goes for it and doesn't settle for 38. Go for 50+

[TOUCH MY BODY]

Rooting for the legend to jack up shots and take the scoring title :pimp:

[Odinn]

Why shouldn't he give it a shot? Just checked the scoring titles history and if I'm not wrong, Kobe will be the 2nd one who gets a scoring title at his 33.

(The first one is Jordan of course btw.)

[lakerspng]

he should go for it and his teammates should help set him up to go for it. Why not. It's an incredible achievement at any age, what to speak of his 16th year in the league.

[Jimmy2k8]

Nothing to lose at this point; might as well gun for 50 + points.

[imdaman99]

i want him to try to get it. but if he is shooting under 30% by halftime, he might give it up.

[bigt]

Only reason you don't go for it is if you want to rest for the playoffs, but Kobe has had a bit of a break with his shin injury. I say jack it up Mamba! I wouldn't blame him for giving it a go. It's a meaningless game otherwise.

I think he should bring back the mask for this game too. Masked Mamba 2012 Scoring champ :cheers: :banana:

[tmacattack33]

He probably won't play much.

The game doesn't mean anything and I bet Mike Brown and their coaches would want to give Ebanks and Barnes a bunch of minutes so they know who to give all of Artest's minutes to in the first 6 games of the playoffs.

[amfirst]

scoring title is not a big deal, but since the game is meaningless mine as well go for it. No one really cares.

[rfoster24]

He probably won't play much.

The game doesn't mean anything and I bet Mike Brown and their coaches would want to give Ebanks and Barnes a bunch of minutes so they know who to give all of Artest's minutes to in the first 6 games of the playoffs.

Good point, whether or not Kobe gets the scoring title is up to Mike Brown. Because if he plays full minutes, my money's on Kobe getting it.

[NumberSix]

It'd be hilarious if Sacramento decided to cockblock him and just load up on him all night. Mike Brown might even take him out out of fear of injury.

[NLZ]

Well with the Clipper's lose, the Lakers have clinched the Division title, so essentially they have nothing left to play for. But even then, Kobe has missed like 7 games, and we don't want a rusty Kobe in the playoffs. It's Sacramento, can't be that hard to score 30+. Go get em Kobe!
OKC clinched title a while ago, Durant still been playing...

[YAWN]

He probably won't play much.

The game doesn't mean anything and I bet Mike Brown and their coaches would want to give Ebanks and Barnes a bunch of minutes so they know who to give all of Artest's minutes to in the first 6 games of the playoffs.
Barnes got hurt in the last game, I think they'll probably rest him against the Kings.

I get the feeling Kobe is only going to play 2 quarters tomorrow, if at all.

[d.bball.guy]

Just get it, win or lose. I doubt he gets another MVP so why not go for the scoring title? Would be better if he does it efficiently.

[Whoah10115]

I wont be surprised if Kobe has like 26 in the first half takes 2 shots in the second and lies about not knowing how many he needed when asked at the end why he didnt go for it. One of those things done just to show he doesnt care and just wants an actual title not a scoring one.



Kobe 's always been that way...a lot of times it's cool as hell...sometimes, it makes you hate him.

[lilgodfather1]

I hope Kobe sits out so it gives the Kings a chance to win it. If the Kings win, Cavs lose, and NOH wins Cavs get sole possession of 3rd. IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.

[nashwade]

it's just too contrived. I dont see kobe going for it

[amfirst]

Obviously Kobe doesn't care about it. End thread.

http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/220631/Kobe_Downplays_Significance_Of_Scoring_Title

[AlphaWolf24]

I hope he gets 40....I want to laugh at all the MAD haterz here if he goes for it...


please Kobe .....make em' mad again.

[305Baller]

Kobe has got to do this... it's Kobe

[madmax]

Over/under 40 bricks a game?:lol

[Scholar]

I'd like to see him drop 38+ and get that scoring title. It'd be a shame for him to not do so. He's so close to winning it. Might as well be the winner than the runner-up.

[LakersReign]

Over/under 40 bricks a game?:lol

0/200

[Kobe 4 The Win]

I'd go for it if I were him. He was number 1 in PPG all year, why not finish the damn thing off? Durant would do the same thing if he got the last shot at it in a meaningless game. I don't understand people that act like it would be some kind of a crime if he went after it. Hell, Robinson scored 71 in the last game of the 1994 season to take the title. What's the big deal?

[Zackmorris]

Just get it over with Kobe. Go do it.

[All Net]

You really think Kobe cares about the scoring title?

[Clippersfan86]

I'll be watching this legend go for it. I really want him to finish the season by scoring 60. Just to prove he's still the most deadly scorer in the NBA despite being 33 years old with like 16 or 17 seasons on his legs.

[bigt]

You really think Kobe cares about the scoring title?

Honestly I think he does. He is all about winning, and the scoring title is just yet another thing to win, another trophy to add to his accolades. There are people out there like Kobe who just have to win anything they can get their hands on.

[Clippersfan86]

Honestly I think he does. He is all about winning, and the scoring title is just yet another thing to win, another trophy to add to his accolades. There are people out there like Kobe who just have to win anything they can get their hands on.

See 2011 all star game. :oldlol:

[MontaEllis24]

TBH as a fan would love for kobe to gun it for the title scenario was perfectly set would be a waste but its always a lose/lose sitch for kobe he wins the title people would say he chucked his way he doest go for the title theyd say he was scared. Might as well gun it at least somethin to watch.

[Sakkreth]

Ohh damn chuck fest incoming :facepalm

[miller-time]

I'll be watching this legend go for it. I really want him to finish the season by scoring 60. Just to prove he's still the most deadly scorer in the NBA despite being 33 years old with like 16 or 17 seasons on his legs.

so if he doesn't make 60 does that prove he isn't the most deadly scorer in the nba?

[ILLsmak]

It'd be hilarious if Sacramento decided to cockblock him and just load up on him all night. Mike Brown might even take him out out of fear of injury.


Yeah, that'd be supa trolling, but funny. Because that game doesn't matter and if Kobe starts gunning they're like NO.

Kobe will have like 35 assists but still lose the scoring title. lol, it would be hilarious, on that note, if he somehow set the NBA assist record during that game.

But more than likely they'll just play normal and Kobe will get 40.

-Smak

[Optimus Prime]

:kobe: 38? Did I hear someone say take 38 shots? You got it!:kobe::bowdown:

[HylianNightmare]

i don't care if the lakers lose the game, and they obviously just bring the ball up every possession and give it to kobe, i wanna see him in full chuck mode, the d fense will tighten up on him hopefully trying to stop him from getting it so i'd love to see kobe just have a game to just shoot

[ILLsmak]

Two possible bad outcomes:

One would be that he goes all out and doesn't get it. Super embarrassing.

The other would be that he gets injured trying to do shit he shouldn't be doing.

I really think Kobe should just let it slide.

But I'm not like Kobe. When I ball, I want to psychologically dominate the opponent. I don't care about stats.

-Smak

[Droid101]

Here is what will or should happen:

Lakers sit all their starters except Kobe. Trot out a lineup of Jordan Hill, Troy Murphy, Ebanks, Kobe, Steve Blake.

Kobe shoots a lot in the first. If he's hot, just go for it. If not, sit him the rest of the game.

Done and done.

[Crown&Coke]

If Kobe wins the scoring title, he would be the oldest player since MJ to do it.

MJ won it at 33, 34 and 35

Kobe is slightly older than MJ at 33 years.

Kobe will be going up against Marcus Thornton and Tyreke Evans. I'm pretty sure Kobe can drop 30 on these cats. If he wanted to, he can drop 40 on them cats.

Do I want him to do it? **** it, why not. Get it Kobe

[Clippersfan86]

so if he doesn't make 60 does that prove he isn't the most deadly scorer in the nba?

I still think he is. I mean drop 60 because it will be funny for haters to change their tune to "Kobe's still the best scorer!"

[Flagrant 2]

Kobe went on 710 ESPN and said he doesn't care about the scoring title and everybody knows that he can score.

Tonight's game should be interesting. I hope he goes for it.

[6JamesIsKing]

Kobe is shooting the ball more than 40 times.

I wouldn't even be surprised to see the shot attempts reach 50+.

[DMV2]

Kobe said the scoring title doesn't mean anything to him, so I doubt he plays more than 2 quarters.

[6JamesIsKing]

Kobe said the scoring title doesn't mean anything to him, so I doubt he plays more than 2 quarters.

haha that's funny. So why is he playing if it doesn't mean anything to him?

Isn't Mike Brown sitting Gasol and Bynum? Why isn't sitting Kobrick Bryant?

[Flagrant 2]

haha that's funny. So why is he playing if it doesn't mean anything to him?

Isn't Mike Brown sitting Gasol and Bynum? Why isn't sitting Kobrick Bryant?
To get into playoff shape? He did miss some significant time w/ his shin injury. I'm hoping he plays to go for the scoring title.

Also, Mike Brown isn't sitting Gasol and Bynum. Gasol and Bynum both decided they want to rest. Coach is leaving it up to the players to decide and I'm not surprised Kobe isn't sitting. Dude earns every cent he is paid.

[Deuce Bigalow]

haha that's funny. So why is he playing if it doesn't mean anything to him?

Isn't Mike Brown sitting Gasol and Bynum? Why isn't sitting Kobrick Bryant?
How many rings does Lebrick got? How many Kobe got?

[6JamesIsKing]

How many rings does Lebrick got? How many Kobe got?

Why do Faker fans always bring up rings?

Who was even talking about Lebron James is this thread?

[Deuce Bigalow]

Why do Faker fans always bring up rings?

Who was even talking about Lebron James is this thread?
let me help you out

Kobe - 5
Lebron - 0.000000000000000

:sleeping