Kobe Bryant re-entered the Curtis Jackson Zone on Friday night, cracking 50 again when he gave the Rockets 53 points, albeit in an overtime loss. The Lakers were down by 12 with four minutes to go in regulation when Kobe took over. He scored 17 in that final stretch, and with L.A. down three in […]

The Warriors are like a better version of the Bobcats. You know how Charlotte — in between making a legitimate run at Greg Oden/Kevin Durant — has managed to consistently knock off some of the better teams in the League? Golden State is doing the same thing, having beat the Mavs a couple weeks ago […]

Good for the Raptors, beating Miami to take over third place in the East. If the playoffs started today, Toronto would have homecourt over the Heat in the first round. But do you realize that the Raps are only seven games over .500? That’s good enough for third in the East? Wow … Wanna know […]

After the Grizzlies let Kobe stamp 60 on their foreheads last week, good for them to man-up on Tuesday and not get embarrassed again. (Besides, that 18-54 record is embarrassing enough.) And not only did Memphis relatively lock Kobe down, holding him to 23 points on 7-for-26 shooting, they beat the streaking Lakers on the […]

Where does Rasheed Wallace’s shot from last night rank in the greatest buzzer-beaters of all-time? If you missed it, the Nuggets were up by three with 1.5 seconds left and Marcus Camby was inbounding the ball on Denver’s end. Tayshaun Prince got a hand on the pass, Rasheed grabs it and throws up a 60-footer […]

He didn’t extend the 50-point streak to five, but Kobe still dropped 43 on the Warriors, and the Lakers kept their win streak going at five. Wilt has the record for consecutive 50-point games with seven, and Kobe was asked after the game if he was disappointed he didn’t get there. “What? No! I’ve always […]

With Kobe on this streak of 50-point games — and hate all you want, but dropping 50 in four straight times, plus two 60s, is something we might not see again for years — the standards for what it takes to stand out are all out of whack. Take Vince Carter, for example. Last night […]

Did you think Kobe wasn’t gonna keep track of his numbers in New Orleans last night? Gunning for his fourth straight 50-point game, Mamba was blatantly going for his. One time he had Luke Walton ahead of him on a 2-on-1 break, but looked him off and took the foul instead … Even if it […]