Catch and shoot from way deep back of the point(27 feet or so). Not a bad look because it was a catch-and-shoot with under 10 seconds remaining. Not a great look, but the offense generated nothing before that and he moved to it off-ball, didn't waste early clock. Didn't go, but it was solid.
Grabbed a defensive board, dribbled over the time line, drove to the right block, backed it up and that jacked the three with about 14 left on the clock. Not a great look. Not the most terrible look, but it didn't really give the offense a chance to do anything, and it was a contested shot.
Basically the same shot as the first one. A little more off-ball movement from OTHER Lakers, then Kobe flashed to the same spot, caught and shot it. This one went. Again, decent look.
Bad look. Air ball with 5 seconds to go on the clock. Again, off-ball, in the post, flashed to the right wing this time, pivoted and took the contested three. I'm not sure I'd call this one chucking because of clock remaining, and because the Lakers had a chance to run their set and no one was able to drive... and the guards up top didn't even try to run PnR. It was a bad look, but it wasn't a forced look, so it's not Kobe's fault.
PnR Kobe quickly turned into a 3 close to the line with about 14 seconds left. Hit it. He actually gave up a lane to the basket that the screen and a post-up on the weakside elbow opened up for him. It was a bad decision; it worked out, but it was the wrong play, and over time, he'll waste possessions doing that, particularly given his personal level of shooting touch from beyond the arc. That's a heat-check 3, really, not something you take while you're actively competing.
Full-court heave. Can't complain, quarter was ending.
Not a bad one. Swung the ball around, moved into the post using the big as a shield, then faded back to the corner as the live dribble brought the ball to him. Pump faked, tried to draw the foul and then took the look. The pump was a good idea, because the D was in his jersey. Shot didn't go. He should have used his dribble to get closer after the pump fake didn't get the call, or passed it to Russell... but there were like 7 seconds left on the clock, so it's an understandable shot. Again, the offense worked a lot without him; there was a strong-side hand-off on the wing, Russell came around for a baseline drive, there was some screening as he slithered out the other side of the paint and he popped it to Kobe. It was a decent set, but the result of it was a contested 3 for Kobe, which wasn't great.
Stuck a three on the left wing out of an inbounds set. Nice and basic. Maybe 12 seconds left on the clock, but it was a clean look and it went.
Really stupid shot. Grabbed a defensive board, advanced it up the floor with a man DISadvantage, and front-rimmed a contested 3 from the right wing. This is the sort of shot about which people complain with Kobe; that was particularly unintelligent on his behalf, and he got lucky that Russell grabbed it, because no one was really in rebounding position when he let fly (Hibbert was still down the court, having been knocked down). Out of this broken set, Russell got the offensive board, drove a little and kicked it to Kobe, who bricked it from the corner, though that was a clean look. (0/2)
PnR mid-clock, goes around the screen for a jacked 3 with maybe 12 seconds remaining, air ball. Pretty bad look, really. We discussed this kind of shot above, it's not the right look with that much time left on the clock, and it was a congested position with two defenders and his own guy near him.
Starts this possession well, actually, looking to post right mid-post. Then he fails, because he grabbed a pass just off of the point, did a sweep fake and took a contested 3 with like 10 left on the clock. It didn't go, no surprise. Sidebar, though, in the broken set following, Kobe grabbed a loose ball and made a nice pass to Lou in the corner, who missed a pretty open 3 with L.A. only down 6. With just under 2 min remaining, that would have been big. They got the ORB, he got a catch-and-shoot 3 at the point with 22 seconds remaining on the clock and let fly. That's not an awful shot; I'm not a big fan of mediocre 3pt shooters taking looks that early, but this one was at least reasonable, because the closest defender was 4 feet away with his hands down. He missed, though. (0/2)
