[quote name='longdillon1']Wow.Kobe may be a ball hog but look at his team.I mean the lakers are basically a one man team.Besides to me, ANYBODY in the NBA that can score 81 points should be praised.Not called a ball hog.[/QUOTE]
He is a Ball Hog, though. Anyone he gets the ball and keeps it enough times to make 81 points is a ball hog.
[quote name='RandyTsai']whats up with all the kobe haters? You guys may not like him, but at least give him some credit for scoring 81. He shot over 50 % from 3 and when he drove in the paint they were triple and quadruple teaming him and he still scored.[/QUOTE]
So, were his teammates just standing around doing nothing? Should the game be renamed from "team sport" to "one man show sport"? Anyways, plenty of things to hate Kobe for. His showboating, raping and disregard for his team and coach.
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[quote name='kill3r7']Like him or not, scoring 81 points is not easy. To put it in perspective Jordan, Bird, Magic, Iverson, and Shaq never even scored more then 70. His scoring output has been amazing this season. The last time anyone scored like this was when Pistol Pete played at LSU. [/QUOTE]
However, those guys at least played team ball.
[quote name='kill3r7'] This is the second time this season he's had the opportunity to score 80 or more points if you take into account the Dallas game which he had 63 points prior to the 4th quarter (didn't play in the 4th qt.). The man is on fire and like him or not you must respect what his doing.[/QUOTE]
I don't have to respect anything he does. I can be in awe, or be astonished. However, I have no respect for someone that takes "team" out of the equation, or only utilizes them as people that can toss the ball to him when he misses a shot or someone else misses a shot.