Kobe Bryant's Unecessary Finish

Daniel Stevenson — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:27:22 -0500

The Memphis Grizzlies are struggling to get back to the playoff team they were three seasons ago.

Their team is made up of mostly two or three-year players. They have an assortment of rookies. The only true veterans they have are new to the team and don't get a lot of playing time.

I started to follow the Grizzly organization a year after they moved from Vancouver to Memphis. Even though they have been called 'worst in the West' and 'not NBA-worthy', I am still a proud supporter of the Grizz.

I don't get extremely mad or say the other team sucks when the Grizzlies lose, but when the games ends with an unnecessary slam dunk, that just shows how tacky you really are, I get a little upset.

The Memphis Grizzlies hosted the L.A. Lakers tonight at the FedEx Forum in Memphis. The Grizzlies came into the game with a record of 9-17. The Lakers came in with a record of 22-5.

The Lakers prepared for an easy game, but got a down to the wire game.

The Forum was filled with people to see the return of the former Grizzly Pau Gasol, and also to see him play against his brother Marc Gasol for the first time in a regular season game. The fans came to see the brothers, but saw one of the best games played by the Grizzlies this year and against one of the best teams, too.

The Grizzlies played a fantastic game that was filled with intensity on both sides. Both squads played amazing defense, and their offense wasn't too shabby either.

They unfortunately let Kobe Bryant score above 30 points. The Grizz fell apart at the very end and the Lakers just barely slipped away with a victory.

The Grizzlies started to lose focus and the Lakers took advantage of this well-known quality of the young Memphis Grizzlies. The Lakers went on a big run leading to a score of 103- 96. The Grizzlies inbounded the ball with only seconds left.

They got the ball in and set a pick. The ball was dropped after an ugly hand off. Kobe Bryant picked up the ball and ran toward the other end. There was no one in front of him so he kept on going.

The Lakers had clearly won the well-played game. Now, if he had any kind of character he would have just held the ball and let the clock run out.

But no, he had to show off in front of a disappointed crowd that had maybe thirty Lakers’ fans in the arena that did enjoy that slam-dunk.

This gives me another reason to not like Kobe Bryant.

Now, I ask you: do you think that Kobe really should have rubbed a loss in the face of a team struggling to get 10 wins? I personally don't think he should have done that.

I can't wait until they play them again so we can get some revenge on Kobe.

The Best 5 NBA Moments in 2008

Daniel Stevenson — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 08:00:04 -0500

The NBA is filled with excitement every single season. The NBA is filled with great teams like the Los Angeles Lakers, the Boston Celtics or the San Antonio Spurs. The NBA also has a great amount of amazing players like LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol, Tim Duncan, Paul Pierce and others. My favorite team is the Memphis Grizzlies. My favorite player is Rudy Gay of the Memphis Grizzlies. This slideshow contains what I thought was the five best NBA moments of 2008. It includes things from the All- Star break. It also includes championship moments and big trades. I thought these were the top five moments in year of 2008 for the NBA. There were many other extraordinary moments, but these take the gold for me. I really enjoy watching the many games of the NBA on ESPN and on TNT. I like to watch the San Antonio Spurs and the Boston Celtics. I also like to watch teams like the Atlanta Hawks and the Memphis Grizzlies. I enjoying going to basketball games. I love NBA action so much it is part of my motto of life; Live, sleep, eat , watch NBA basketball. I decided to make one of these slideshows after coming home from a terrific Grizzlies game. The Grizzlies beat the Chicago Bulls. Since I am a Memphis Tiger fan also so I enjoyed seeing Derrick Rose back in the Fedex Forum. That is how I got inspired to create a slideshow.246 I also really enjoy watching the playoffs. I mainly watched the Western Conference because I figured that the Boston Celtics would go all the way to finals. I did watch the Atlanta Hawks- Boston Celtics series and I was really surprised to see the Atlanta Hawks take the Celtics all the way to seven games. I wasn't surprised to see the Los Angeles Lakers compete against the Celtics for the championship, but I did put that in my slideshow. Well that is it, I hope you enjoy my slideshow.

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