Kobe Bryant Playoffs Game Log. Kobe Bean Bryant Twitter: kobebryant (Black Mamba, KB24, Vino, Showboat, Little Flying Warrior, The Eighth Man, Lord of the Rings) Position: Shooting Guard and Small Forward Shoots: Right 6-6, 212lb (198cm, 96kg) Born: August 23, 1978 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania us

Aug 15, 2023 · As a rookie, Kobe averaged just 15.5 minutes of playing time per game, but his number was called with Scott out with an injury. Instead of delivering the performance of a lifetime, Bryant fumbled the chance with an airball party that led to a 98-93 loss and elimination from the playoffs.

Feb 20, 2020 · Kobe Bryant’s four airballed shots in a 1997 playoff game were a huge defining moment for the rest of his 20 year NBA career. In his rookie year, Kobe Bryant found himself with the chance to win an elimination game for the Lakers.

Jan 16, 2016 · After averaging only 15.5 minutes off the bench his rookie season, Bryant assumed a lead role because of external circumstances. Byron Scott, the Lakers’ current coach, missed the final NBA...

May 12, 2016 · Once upon a time, one of the greatest clutch players of all-time had one of the least clutch NBA playoff performances of all-time: The day was May 12th of 1997, the event was Game 5 of the Western Conference Semi-finals between the Utah Jazz and the LA Lakers, the player was an 18-year-old rookie named Kobe Bryant and the FAIL was (not one, not ...

Aug 24, 2020 · With the score tied at 89, Kobe Bryant had the ball in his hands in the waning seconds of regulation and airballed a pull-up 14-footer. With 4:39 to play in overtime, he had a wide-open look from beyond the arc on the left wing and whiffed again.

Jan 25, 2022 · Before Kobe Bryant became a legend, he air-balled the Lakers out of the 1997 playoffs. In the fourth quarter and overtime, Kobe put up not one, not two, not three, but four air-balls...

Kobe Bryant numbers for all the statistic categories of the Playoff series he appeared in, with the averages he recorded and data about his playoff rivals and how many series he played, won and lost.

Jan 16, 2016 · Kobe Bryant remembers the infamous 'airball game' his rookie season when the Los Angeles Lakers lost to the Utah Jazz in the 1997 NBA playoffs.

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