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Kobe Bryant's tiebreaking 3-pointer
bounced off every available surface, pinballing around the rim and backboard
while Staples Center held its collective breath.Yet the Lakers and Nets all
seemed to know exactly where the ball would end up.Mostly because they know the
guy who shot it.
Bryant scored 24 points and rattled home
that decisive 3-pointer with 6.8 seconds left, and Los Angeles blew every bit of
a 17-point lead before holding on for a 91-87 victory over New Jersey on Tuesday
night.
"It was just one of those shots, I
guess," Bryant said. "The basketball gods were with us tonight."
That sure didn't appear to be the case
for most of the fourth quarter. Los Angeles led by 12 with 10 minutes left, but
Deron Williams led an 18-6 run for New Jersey, tying it on a 3-pointer with 1:29
to play.
Bryant made a long jumper moments later,
and the Lakers controlled the ball for 52 straight seconds during the final
minute with an offensive rebound and an out-of-bounds deflection. Bryant then
made his third 3-pointer, and Williams missed his own 3-point
attempt.
"I kept telling our guys, if we can just
get it under 10, under eight, under six, we'll have a chance," Nets coach Avery
Johnson said. "Kobe just got free. Everybody in the gym knew who was going to
take the shot."
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