Steve Blake misses wide open shot, Lakers lose Game 2 to Thunder

[maybeshewill13]

4 possessions in a row! HAHA :biggums:

[DuMa]

lol

[tpols]

Game 2 retard. He choked away game 2.

[Mr. Jabbar]

it was pathetic indeed

[fos]

Two turnovers, an airball, and a brick to finish it out. :banana: :banana: :banana:

[maybeshewill13]

Game 2 retard. He choked away game 2.

Was meant to be 4 possessions, continue being mad though :roll:

[NumberSix]

Not gonna lie, it was pretty bad. LAL had the game locked up and Kobe flat out gave them 2 possessions.

[midatlantic09]

What was Kobe doing on that last Laker possession??? He was going AWAY from the ball!

[midatlantic09]

What was Kobe doing on that last Laker possession??? He was going AWAY from the ball!

[Indian guy]

The most epic CHOKE I have seen all season. The LAKER defense handed the game on a sliver platter to him and he basically built a house the last 5 minutes of the 4th. Let's see if ESPN gives this 10% the attention they did to LeBron's finish last night.

And Kobe fans better prepare themselves for the sh!tting their boy is about to receive after their obnoxious yesterday.

[DirkNowitzki41]

:durantunimpressed: :durantunimpressed: :durantunimpressed: :durantunimpressed: :durantunimpressed:

[rs98762001]

Kobe single-handedly lost them that game.

[I<3NBA]

why, in the name of everything good would Steve Blake take the last shot for the Lakers?













Kobe, y u no demand the fkn ball? you should go in that huddle and tell everyone, "no one takes the last shot but me!"

smh at u Kobe. stop tryin be like Lebron.

[TheBigVeto]

We need a GIF.

[dynasty1978]

No doubt. Kobe Blew It.

[imdaman99]

i think he would have hit that shot at the end to win it, if the ball hadnt gone to blake

[LBJMVP]

wow... kobe blew that one big time.

he single handedly lost them the game :facepalm


worst then lebron last night... i wonder how much attention his choke job gets compared to lebron.

[RazorBaLade]

i witnessed one of my heroes die today

[TheBigVeto]

:hammertime: :hammertime: :hammertime:

[DonDadda59]

Kobe has done wonders for his legacy the last 2 postseasons :oldlol:

[Tarik One]

Discuss

[DTreats]

I'D LOVE TO SEE YOU DO BETTER GOD DAMN IT :cry:


I WANNA SEE YOU NOT TURN IT OVER, god damn show some respect.!!

[BuGzBuNNy]

How did he lose them the game? Not saying he didn't, but I sure didn't see it, someone please explain..

[LABean]

:coleman:

Why you hating, nikka? :no:

I'm jumping on the Heat bandwagon if the Thunder somehow manage to make it to the Finals.

[Celtic_Pride]

:oldlol:

[G-Funk]

KObe gave them game 2 in a silver platter, HE fell apart before our eyes

[truhooper]

:cheers: :roll: :banana:

[Maniak]

He was wide open.

[G-Funk]

How did he lose them the game? Not saying he didn't, but I sure didn't see it, someone please explain..

2 turnovers 1 airball and a brick in a span of 2 minutes up by 5.

[G-Funk]

How did he lose them the game? Not saying he didn't, but I sure didn't see it, someone please explain..

2 turnovers 1 airball and a brick in a span of 2 minutes up by 5.

[Velocirap31]

Kobe lets Steve Blake take the shot because he's too scared to. Running away from the ball on the last play, what a bitch. Haha.

[Upgrayedd]

Was anyone else thinking back to that? I know that was .4 but still.

[Maniak]

I don't get paid 20 million a year to not make mistakes, so no thanks :)

[Jimmy2k8]

Double post

[N0Skillz]

yes

[Noob Saibot]

this is worth a Kobe face.

:kobe:

[longtime lurker]

This is better than sex for you isn't it? :lol

[Grinder]

That was actually a well designed play. They were doing everything possible to deny Kobe the ball and if he did get it, he would have probably been 30 feet away from the rim and double teamed. Blake had pretty much a wide open look from the short corner. Derek Fisher probably would have drained that.

[Mirko Cro Cop]

No, that was a good play by Blake but he missed. Well no one makes all their shots but Kobe would have had Sefalosha right in his face 2 feet outside of the 3 pt line and would have barely hit the rim...

[midatlantic09]

Ummm...it looked like Kobe ran AWAY from the ball. I don't know what he was trying to do, but he should have gone towards the ball to retreive it and taken his man one on one, not try to loop around and run to the opposite side of the court in an attempt to catch and shoot off of a cross court pass. It was almost like he didn't want the responsibility of taking the last shot.

I blame Kobe for the breakdown of that last play (that resulted in Blake taking a 3 from the corner).

[MK2V1GP]

:lol :roll: :roll: :oldlol: :lol

Oh, this is classic. Typical meltdown and crying.


Carry on!!!!!!!!!!!

[longtime lurker]

That was actually a well designed play. They were doing everything possible to deny Kobe the ball and if he did get it, he would have probably been 30 feet away from the rim and double teamed. Blake had pretty much a wide open look from the short corner.

**** that. I'd rather Kobe shoot over two defenders than Steve Blake taking a wide open 3.

[imdaman99]

yes he should have... he would have made the shot to atone for his crap earlier

[EnoughSaid]

9-0 run to close out the game. :facepalm

[LiLharvard]

I trade you keyon fooling and a box of juigy fruits

[Noob Saibot]

First Mario Chalmers, now Steve Blake, the coaches cant have a bunch of nobodys taking the final shot.

but yea Blake shoulda made that open 3.

[TeamLAC]

This is better than sex for you isn't it? :lol
:roll:

[bmulls]

This is better than sex for you isn't it? :lol

It's pretty close I ain't even gonna lie

[LBJMVP]

i think they were trying to get it to kobe, but then blake was soooo wide open that whoever was inbounding couldn't pass up the oppurtunity.

lakers fan should be happy with the shot they got, to bad it didn't go down.

[Velocirap31]

:lol ISH is great.

[DMAVS41]

Absolutely not. Kobe has a history of missing those shots and was ice cold in crunch time.

Great play by Brown.

Kobe acting like a bitch afterwards just shows he cares more about his glory than winning. Some things never change.

:roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

[Harison]

Kobe has done wonders for his legacy the last 2 postseasons :oldlol:
Kobe cemented himself in Top10, and no choke games (or even series) will change that :durantunimpressed:

That said, I thought Kobe gained some BBIQ in GM7 of the 1st series, but then comes the game like this :facepalm

[Tenchi Ryu]

Hell, both Lebron and Kobe are just looking pitiful right now...
:facepalm :facepalm :facepalm

[I<3NBA]

I'D LOVE TO SEE YOU DO BETTER GOD DAMN IT :cry:


I WANNA SEE YOU NOT TURN IT OVER, god damn show some respect.!!
you're not crying that when it's Lebron choking. stop being hypocritical.

[Kingwillball]

Turnabout is Fair play Laker/KObe stans since all U dudes did was Bash Lebron the past 24hrs KObe will get bashed for the next 24 hrs..

[d.bball.guy]

We know that Lebron is the MVP, but please Kobe, don't try and be like him again. :lol

At least we know they can win with this type of play, excluding Kobe's chokejob

[TheBigVeto]

Kobe is channeling his inner Lebron.

[Whoah10115]

In before thread deleted.





Seriously, this guy posted the exact same thing, under the title, "GTFO OF LA KOBE BRYANT".

[maybeshewill13]

:coleman:

Why you hating, nikka? :no:

I'm jumping on the Heat bandwagon if the Thunder somehow manage to make it to the Finals.

I like Lebron. Just giving some payback to the fans (mostly LA) ripping on him yesterday for a much smaller choke-job :lol

[Bladers]

First Mario Chalmers, now Steve Blake, the coaches cant have a bunch of nobodys taking the final shot.

but yea Blake shoulda made that open 3.

The play was designed for Kobe.
Heat's play was designed for chalmers.

Two different thing.

[Noob Saibot]

Lakers miss Derek Fisher.

[macpierce]

I lost faith in humanity tonight...............:cry: :cry: :cry:

because of kobe

[DonDadda59]

No, Blake was WIDE OPEN since Westbrook was checking out the cheerleaders or whatever the hell he was looking at at the opposite basket. World Peace made the right play and Blake had a GREAT look, Kobe was hemmed up at the opposite end of the floor.

Shot just didn't drop, nothing you can do about that. This game's outcome is 10000000% on Kobe's shoulders, no getting around that (especially when he wasted so much time the possession before). Shouldn't have come down to a last second jumper in the first place.

[Charger]

edit

[outbreak]

No you go to the guy with a good look. Blake can shoot it waas just unlucky he missed.

[Anaximandro1]

5:31 Kobe Bryant misses 21-foot two point shot 71-65

4:39 Kobe Bryant misses two point shot 71-68

3:20 Kobe Bryant misses 24-foot three point jumper 73-68

1:47 Kobe Bryant bad pass (Kevin Durant steals) 75-70

1:00 James Harden blocks Kobe Bryant's two point shot 75-72

0:36 Kobe Bryant misses three point jumper 75-74


:kobe:

[Batz]

Lakers miss Derek Fisher.
Not one ****ing bit.

[thelucifer69]

Lakers miss Derek Fisher.

This

[TheBigVeto]

I'D LOVE TO SEE YOU DO BETTER GOD DAMN IT :cry:


I WANNA SEE YOU NOT TURN IT OVER, god damn show some respect.!!

:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

:roll:

U :mad: ? :banana:

[bmulls]

i think they were trying to get it to kobe, but then blake was soooo wide open that whoever was inbounding couldn't pass up the oppurtunity.

lakers fan should be happy with the shot they got, to bad it didn't go down.

I agree with this, they were trying to get it to Kobe but Blake was WIDE open.

The problem with that is he had half a second to realize A) Holy shit I got the ball, B) Westbrook is half a second from being up in my shit, C) There's 5 seconds left oh god I have to shoot, D) Dear god please help

[Kingwillball]

Hell, both Lebron and Kobe are just looking pitiful right now...
:facepalm :facepalm :facepalm


mmm Not Really Lebron didnt choke Nearly as Much as Kobe plus Outplayed Kobe before the Choking.

[stallionaire]

Cmon, I hate Kobe and I would critisize him but... Blake made the big shots last series. BE real.

[oh the horror]

Emotions for me took over initially, but when I cooled off, he was WIDE OPEN.


He took it, missed it. I have no problem with that.

[longtime lurker]

Absolutely not. Kobe has a history of missing those shots and was ice cold in crunch time.

Great play by Brown.

Kobe acting like a bitch afterwards just shows he cares more about his glory than winning. Some things never change.

:roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

:kobe:

[outbreak]

Exactly. Blake had a wide open look, Kobe had defenders following him way outside. They made the right play it just doesn't work all the time.

[G-Funk]

**** the last shot, it shouldn't have come to that. Kobe shit the stick

[DTreats]

I rather have Ray Charles shooting from half court than give a potential game winning shot to Steve Blake:roll:

[BuGzBuNNy]

2 turnovers 1 airball and a brick in a span of 2 minutes up by 5.
The turnover that got KD the ball was terrible. I didn't think the Steve Blake pass was on him. The brick was warranted. Gotta wait to see the airball again, forgot.

[jlip]

I had absolutely no problem with Blake taking the shot. He was wide open.

[Grinder]

**** that. I'd rather Kobe shoot over two defenders than Steve Blake taking a wide open 3.


Didn't Blake hit like 5/6 in game 7 against the Nuggets and knock down some clutch 3s in that series?

Westbrook made a huge defensive mistake on that play. Lakers couldn't have asked for a better look.

[longtime lurker]

I rather have Ray Charles shooting from half court than give a potential game winning shot to Steve Blake:roll:

Lmao. No disrespect to Steve Blake, but hell no. He's Steve fvcking Blake. Now if it was Derek Fisher shooting that shot I'd agree, but come on...

[bmulls]

I think Blake wasn't expecting the ball, which in a game winner situation makes a huge difference

[DonDadda59]

Emotions for me took over initially, but when I cooled off, he was WIDE OPEN.


He took it, missed it. I have no problem with that.

This. World Peace made the right read, Blake was wide open and took a good shot, just didn't drop.

Blake is completely blameless here. This is all on Kobe's shoulders.

[tmacattack33]

Umm...yeah, that play was fine. Good call by Artest to pass to Blake. Westbrook was bailed out by Blake otherwise he'd be getting trashed for not guarding anyone on the last play.


But the Kobe trashing is because he gave up the 7 point lead within 2 minutes left all by himself pretty much. Two turnovers and two misses. Ridiculous, LOL.

Oh yeah, and I forgot to mention, 9-25 overall in the game.

[midatlantic09]

What are you guys talking about? That shot Blake took was awful!! Why? Because the Lakers didn't need a 3 and could have gotten something going to the basket. Had they needed a 3, I'd agree that it was a good shot, but they were down by 1.

Bad shot.

[dbugz]

Kobe is ganged-up by 2 defender.

Blake's wideopen on the corner, it was a good decision by Artest too bad Blake missed it.

[RazorBaLade]

I'd rather go out on a kobe miss than a steve blake miss. Thats all I'm saying..

[YAWN]

I think Blake wasn't expecting the ball, which in a game winner situation makes a huge difference

he moved himself into position to be open for it, so I'm pretty sure he was ready to take the shot.

he missed it. but it was a good look. he should shoot anytime he gets a wide open look like that.

[longtime lurker]

I'd rather go out on a kobe miss than a steve blake miss. Thats all I'm saying..

Like seriously. You want the ball in the hands of your best player. I can live with your best player taking the last shot and missing because hey you put the best out there, but your 7th best player?

[therammingman]

I don't blame him but if you are steve blake, how long before you look Kobe in the eye again? Never?

[RazorBaLade]

if im steve blake i sit in the showers and hug it with kobe while we both cry.. no homo

[LOGoods7]

I ain't mad at that shot....I'd take a wide open three over a Kobe iso contested jumper

[50inchvertical]

Kobe didn't even get open though. He was on the opposite side of the floor. If he says something to me and I'm Blake, I say **** you and point out how many turnovers and airballs he had late

[longtime lurker]

Didn't Blake hit like 5/6 in game 7 against the Nuggets and knock down some clutch 3s in that series?

Westbrook made a huge defensive mistake on that play. Lakers couldn't have asked for a better look.

Yes but it's Steve Blake. I don't care what he did against the Nuggets that was last series. Realistically he was what 1 for 3 before that shot? If Fisher is taking that shot and misses no biggie, but game winning shot has that extra pressure that role players aren't used to.

[NumberSix]

I don't blame him but if you are steve blake, how long before you look Kobe in the eye again? Never?
Uhhhhh, Kobe is in no position to judge after the choke job he just had.

[therammingman]

Uhhhhh, Kobe is in no position to judge after the choke job he just had.

lol. u think that's kobe's mindset????

[NumberSix]

lol. u think that's kobe's mindset????
If Kobe has any decency at all, he accepts the responsibility for this loss.

[Velocirap31]

If Kobe would had of hit the game winner, then all would have been forgiven. I hope some of you are kidding when you call him a choker though, I mean one bad game does not make him a choker.

[d.bball.guy]

Good play by Blake. He saw that Westbrook was sleeping so he was wide open. Kobe was so far on that play that if MWP passes it, instant TO. Kobe better bounce back.

[vinsane01]

Kobe has no reason to be angry since Blake was wiiide open. Good decision by Metta passing to blake. Good on blake for not hesitating to shoot a wide open shot. And let's not forget the previous plays which led the lakers to that precarious situation after leading by 7 pts with under a 2 minutes left.

[widowmaker]

Blake should've threw it in to Bynum. He had Perkins sealed for the easy lay up.

[midatlantic09]

Kobe didn't even get open though. He was on the opposite side of the floor. If he says something to me and I'm Blake, I say **** you and point out how many turnovers and airballs he had late

THIS^^^

[PickernRoller]

If Kobe has any decency at all, he accepts the responsibility for this loss.

A team loss foremost but yeah he blew it with the turnovers. We are not going to beat this team with a 75pt game...our bench sucks too bad and Brown needs to do things better offensively, drawing up plays. The triangle should be back....pick n roll ain't gonna cut it with Blake and Sessions. They have proven they are scrubs. The "Kobe" closing every single game thing ain't gonna work anymore on a continual basis and this has happened before. Not in the same fashion, not the same scenario but very similar. So although this is the playoffs, it's not something I wouldn't say wasn't coming, we were due for this for a long time......how much longer can you milk a guy in his 16 yrs in the NBA. He's old and sloppy....time to wake up and do things better rather than Kobe Kobe Kobe.

[DMAVS41]

Game 2 retard. He choked away game 2.

Still think he dominated the 4th qtr? Retard?:wtf:

[Doranku]

Steve Blake may very well be the worst acquisition in franchise history. I don't care how open he is, you just don't pass a player of his pathetic caliber the ball in that situation.

[RaininTwos]

Poetic justice:roll: :roll:

[stolper]

Anybody see Mike Brown's clipboard for a split second coming out of the timeout before that last play? Mike Brown marked the exact spot that Steve Blake would be. I think Blake was actually option #2 after Kobe. That was the correct play. Shot just didn't go in. It happens.

[tpols]

Still think he dominated the 4th qtr? Retard?:wtf:
lol:oldlol:

That might've been my worst comment ever. And a HUGE jinx. Right after I said that 2 missed shots and 3 giveaways for the comeback.

[TheBigVeto]

If Kobe has any decency at all, he accepts the responsibility for this loss.

But he doesn't. So he's gonna blame Blake.

[RazorBaLade]

But he doesn't. So he's gonna blame Blake.

hes not blaming blake at all. i dont think he has anything against blake.

[Myth]

Laker fans: Blake saved your asses in a game 7 just a few nights ago. Give a role player a break for sucking in a less significant game.

[chazzy]

I don't have a problem with that Blake shot. He got a good look and Kobe wasn't in a good spot.

[DMAVS41]

lol:oldlol:

That might've been my worst comment ever. And a HUGE jinx. Right after I said that 2 missed shots and 3 giveaways for the comeback.

Haha. I know. It was such a jinx. Right after I commented on your post all hell broke loose.

I am sorry you guys lost. I want this series to go 7. Just so crazy. They did the exact same thing to the Mavs. We were up 7 with a few minutes left and Dirk turned it over a couple times and we missed some shots and they made everything. And it changed the whole series. We blew game 1 and then had a 50/50 chance in game 2. Losing both ended the series. There is a fine line between winning and losing. We got swept, but we also could have easily been up 2-0.

Hopefully the Lakers come out better than the Mavs did in game 3. I bet you guys do. I don't know how good this Thunder team actually is, but I do know two things. The Mavs sucked this year...and the Lakers are much better than the Mavs.

So hopefully the Lakers can get the next 2 and we see a great series.

Also, hopefully Ibaka and Collison aren't allowed to maul Gasol all game. I'm getting sick of watching that shit.

[Mr. Jabbar]

Laker fans: Blake saved your asses in a game 7 just a few nights ago. Give a role player a break for sucking in a less significant game.

Blake isn't supossed to make those shots anyway, im far more pissed with sessions which has turned up to be a complete no show, absolutely frightened out there. I mean, even for average to low expectations on him, has not live up to them...

[tpols]

So hopefully the Lakers can get the next 2 and we see a great series.

Also, hopefully Ibaka and Collison aren't allowed to maul Gasol all game. I'm getting sick of watching that shit.
There in LA now so Gasol should be able to freely move a little better. Kobe losing this one for the team might help relieve some pressure off everyone else hopefully seeing that he is not perfect by any means and they are just as capable of coming through in tight moments.

[ClutchOver9000]

I had no issue w/ Blake's 3, he was wide open. The game shouldn't even of come down to that final Blake shot. If you wanna look for blame, blame Kobe for gifting the Thunder 2 critical possessions that eventually won them the game.

[SpaceJammeR]

funny how lebron and kobe ended up in the same position. i wonder what kobe fan says now?

[Mr. Jabbar]

funny how lebron and kobe ended up in the same position. i wonder what kobe fan says now?

are you serious? its all over the board :facepalm

[LakersReign]

funny how lebron and kobe ended up in the same position. i wonder what kobe fan says now?

Haters are so blind with their own stupidity, it's pathetic. The biggest difference is, Kobe would've taken the shot, if he had gotten the ball. Whereas Lebron....well....you know.......

[SunsCaptain]

Did OP or admin change thread name just interested?

I forgot what the original was but when i saw the thread title had been changed I found it interesting the post itself had not....

along with the fact lots of threads have been deleted.

I myself havent posted any thread nor posted in a lot but I have been reading...and some dissapear or are renamed....weird....on a night a certain player doesnt do well...

[SunsCaptain]

:coleman:

[RazorBaLade]

I had no issue w/ Blake's 3, he was wide open. The game shouldn't even of come down to that final Blake shot. If you wanna look for blame, blame Kobe for gifting the Thunder 2 critical possessions that eventually won them the game.

yep.

my blame

95% Kobe
5% metta world peace

I find it inexcusable how selfish he was. Like I'm not about to make a big deal over mettas 5%, but I think they should be mentioned. He was soooooooo selfish. The bench came out at start of 4th and he never gave it to pau and just took 4 HORRIBLE shots and missed em all.

Hey I just realized, metta and kobe played basically the same way.. one took over the first 2 min the other took over the last 2 min. rofl. I cannot believe this

[MMM]

i'm far from a kobe fan but i find it funny that people are criticizing him for chucking down the stretch and being scared of taking the last shot. Frankly speaking kobe/lebron fans need to grow the **** up and quit all the back in forth but I guess it would be considered boring to just talk about real basketball.

[SunsCaptain]

i'm far from a kobe fan but i find it funny that people are criticizing him for chucking down the stretch and being scared of taking the last shot. Frankly speaking kobe/lebron fans need to grow the **** up and quit all the back in forth but I guess it would be considered boring to just talk about real basketball.

Well you posted in this thread?

Not a "real" basketball thread.

[ronniec]

Steve Blake was just the scapegoat... poor guy.
The last 2 minutes of the game was the reason why they lost, the whole team lost it, not one single player.
Kobe was terrible in that 2 minutes span, that's true though.

[Eat Like A Bosh]

No way, if he attempted to pass it to Kobe, it was going to be stolen again. That wasn't a bad attempt, Blake just couldn't hit.


Absolutely not. Kobe has a history of missing those shots and was ice cold in crunch time.

Great play by Brown.

Kobe acting like a bitch afterwards just shows he cares more about his glory than winning. Some things never change.

:roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:
Wtf? They lost, Kobe choked away the game, and Blake missed, of course he's going to be pissed. However, if Blake hit that shot, and Kobe's still pissed, then he cares more about glory than winning.