The Heat Get Beat… Again; Kobe Bryant Scores 40… Again
Kobe Bryant (photo. Chris Sembrot)
Kobe Bryant is on another level right now. There’s nothing else that needs to be said after the Mamba dropped 42, his third straight with at least 40, in the Lakers five-point win over Cleveland. His legs look phenomenal. Everything is fluid. He’s rising and hitting like we’re watching a YouTube video from 2004. Some doctor in Germany is due to make a whole lot more money. If you’re an older vet, how do you not investigate to see what Bryant did this summer? … The one bright spot for Cleveland is that Kyrie Irving dropped 21 points. He now has 20-plus points in four consecutive games. Not quite Iverson levels. But it’ll do … San Antonio stayed undefeated at home, beating the Blazers by 16 by completely dominating the final frame despite 29 from LaMarcus Aldridge … Yes, the Sixers won again by 31. But it’s pretty sad when we don’t spend time on the team that’s destroying everyone, and instead are concentrating on an embarrassment. The Wizards are a joke. They are so bad that when some of the Dime crew went out last night in Baltimore, no places were even showing the game. If David Stern is going to do anything, do something about this team. The poor Wizards bloggers on Twitter were going so far as to say they have abusive girlfriends who treat them better than this team. They’re now 1-10 after Philly hit them with a balanced execution (Jodie Meeks led the way with 26) … Detroit blew out Charlotte by 17 behind Jonas Jerebko (22 points, nine rebounds) and Greg Monroe (19 points, nine rebounds). At one point in the first half, Byron Mullens (18 points) caught a half-court alley. This guy has to be the Thunder’s first mistake. Save for rebounding (not even Hitch could help him), he’s everything you’d want out of a young guy. Too bad Scott Brooks wants his big men to fit into a certain type of player. The Thunder should’ve given him some run, and have to be kicking themselves now … George Hill (22 points, five steals) and Indiana survived by five against Toronto as Jamaal Magloire airballed a free throw by literally three feet … Ricky Rubio (12 points, nine assists) was the story at the beginning (He started his first game. We never thought we’d see the day that Luke Ridnour was a starting shooting guard in the NBA.), but it was Kevin Love (34 points, 15 rebounds… 17 of those points in the third quarter) who anchored a seven-point Minnesota win over the Hornets … Samuel Dalembert had his best game in a Houston uniform, going for 21 points and 16 rebounds in the Rockets’ 14-point win over the Kings … Dallas ran all over Milwaukee by 26 as they held the Bucks to 31 points in the second half … Without Steve Nash and Grant Hill, the Suns were beat by New Jersey. Somebody pissed off Deron Williams, who only went for 35 and 14 with six threes, the best game he’s had since leaving Utah. Great news. We were beginning to wonder if he was going to go all year playing like Andre Miller … And this is one of the coolest things we’ve seen: a chase-down block tracker. With video. Awesome … We’re out like the Wizards.
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January 14th, 2012 at 1:40 am
beiber newz says:
kobe bryant is scoring a lot, possibly to make up for the time lost due to the lockout. he feels he can reach the top of the all time scoring list. maybe his motivation is to top shaq. then jordan, but abdul jabbar’s # 1 spot may be greater motivation. however, these points are coming in wins. so there is no reason to criticize. only marvel. you look up “longevity” in the dictionary you see kobe smiling with 5 rings…not too sure it applies to his marriage.
January 14th, 2012 at 2:02 am
Big Island says:
Nah, still a Kobe hater. Sorry Beib.
I hate Paul Pierce more though.
January 14th, 2012 at 2:24 am
beiber newz says:
eh…rome wasn’t built in a day.
January 14th, 2012 at 2:34 am
cdubb says:
No love for Dirk reaching 23k points? C’mon DIME
January 14th, 2012 at 3:17 am
Chicagorilla says:
At one point in the first half, LeBron broke out on the fast break, and Andre Miller was all alone guarding the hoop. While he hacked the hell out of James, we were positive we heard him mumble in his best Danny Glover voice, “I’m too old for this s—” … <—– AWESOME line @Smack writer.
Pat yourself on the back, you did good.
January 14th, 2012 at 3:19 am
beiber newz says:
the ability of kobe bryant just makes me realize how right i was about him before the season. seriously guys, im not trying to pat myself on the back but i didnt jump off the bandwagon, i was here telling everyone how good the lakers still are. all the other fake bandwagoners were quiet the whole time, those haters have to be eating crow now.
unfortunately for a certain canadian he must have nothing to say to me cause the raptors lost again! how much can you suck, wow. im starting to feel bad for you, hopefully stern puts you out of your misery with CONTRACTION!!
January 14th, 2012 at 3:24 am
Ekstor says:
Dude… I’ve been away for a while and have seen maybe three Dime threads this season. Does “beiber newz” always pat himself on the back in every thread?
January 14th, 2012 at 3:28 am
4m says:
Kobe Bryan scores 40. And half of it belongs to Vanessa. And as long as Lebron gets his numbers, it’s all good to him.
And I don’t get a starting backcourt of Rubio and Ridnour when you can start Wes Johnson at SG and Williams at SF. If TWolves want to push the pace from the start then use Rubio. If they want the calming influence of a veteran, then Ridnour. But Rubio and Ridnour? IDGI.
And Kevin Love needs to bring back his Color Me Badd look. Cause right now, he’s starting to look like Brian Scalabrine when he had facial hair.
January 14th, 2012 at 3:34 am
beebzy says:
LOL another fan!! i swear post number 6 was not me. like i said yesteryday, im changing my name cause thats whats up suggested beebzy. im glad i finally made a friend on dime, so im gonna listen to him and use beebzy from now on. i love you, that’s whats up. you know “whats up”? me, down there. *wink wink*
hey IMPOSTER get out of my life, dont try to trick ppl. i dont even sound like that dumdum, you cant copy me.
January 14th, 2012 at 5:44 am
QQ says:
Thoughts:
1. Kobe doin’ work, but as he sometimes do, messes up the team’s play by being OVERLY ‘hungry’. I mean come on, I’m all for Kobe getting another ring, but it’s overkill sometimes. Props for the 40, though.
2. In an alternate reality, where top 5 players Lebron and Wade and a top 20 Bosh, a literal nobody named Mario Chalmers is the only one doing anything in crunch time… OH SHIT. Fuck that, it’s actually happening in THIS reality??? SHIT.
3. DAMN. Dwight’s 45 and 23 game last night PLUS the win. For a disinterested superstar, he still sure plays interestingly. haha. Props, and please just fucking stay in Orlando (We’re 8-3! Haters see this?).
January 14th, 2012 at 6:22 am
arno says:
The Lakers bench had 4 points and 5 rb in 68 minutes combined. Isn’t it something of an all-time low ?
January 14th, 2012 at 7:20 am
beiber newz says:
I’m not patting myself on the back but before kobe’s run of 40pt games, I was hangin around Staples dress as a hotel maid so kobe could go Denver on my ass.
January 14th, 2012 at 7:21 am
yoda says:
i’m a laker fan and it’s great that kobe had 40 but damn, he sometimes just don’t want to pass the ball. i’ve seen highlights, so many times he had open man but he decided to take tough shot. that of the glass to him self was stupid. he had pau next to him open but kobe rather hit the glass from the 3pt line and tried to get ball trough 3 defenders… it’s hard for rest of the lakers to fight for position when kobe plays like that. what’s the point…
January 14th, 2012 at 9:08 am
SoulChorea says:
Hahha @ Yoda:
I couldn’t believe he tried that off the glass thing. I’ve never seen him fail on that before, and that was a HUGE fail – embarrassing. His teammates must talk about him behind his back; he’s been on 40+ streaks before but this is the most anti-passing that I’ve ever seen him in his whole career, mainly ’cause he had an excuse when it was Kwame and Smush and Chris Mihm. Now he’s got Pau and Andrew and he STILL doesn’t wanna give it up hahah! That’s my boy tho so I ain’t too mad. He’s playing with house money now anyway ’cause he’s on season 16 so he deserves to do whatever the heck he wants to in my book
January 14th, 2012 at 9:14 am
tall order says:
of course bosh is right that wade carries the team in the clutch. THATS WHY BRON WENT TO MIAMI
January 14th, 2012 at 9:17 am
tall order says:
another thought: even if kobe 2002-08 (whatever) was more villified than bron is today, kobe had (and still has) something that bron doesn’t, among both fans and nba players: RESPECT. Thats FAR more important than being popular or liked
January 14th, 2012 at 9:47 am
beiber newz says:
@7
patting myself on the back just means i must be pretty accurate a lot.
on a further note, #6 was actually not me, fortunately, i’m happy the person did not write about little boys.
i’m going back to my GOOD path guys…being a dick was fun while it lasted, but i see how much disruption it caused in smack a few days ago.
it’s just not me. i never like online beef.
sorry to control, sorry to JAY, sorry to 3 stacks, sorry to mt pleasant, sorry to FnF, sorry to big island (even tho i never directly made fun of you), sorry to the readers here.
i’m gonna go back to my passive ways.
if you see any jerk comment like in #6, PLEASEEE know it will not be me.
but lol i must say, SPOT ON JOB imposter…def sounds like something i would say. so to thwart the imposter, no BS posts from me.
i told jay yesterday, straight peace, straight ball talk for me.
January 14th, 2012 at 11:15 am
IGP says:
have ya’ll heard of the movie Contraband? Is it good? Why do I want to see it so bad today?
January 14th, 2012 at 11:55 am
beiber newz says:
real interview
GQ: When was the last time you cried?
Chris Bosh: The NBA Finals. Everybody saw that. Everybody made a big deal out of it, and that’s what bothered me the most. It’s like, “Dude, if you’ve never cried over basketball as a grown man, you’re lying. I don’t care what you’re saying, you’re lying.” I lost at the ultimate level, you know? If the guys don’t understand that, they’re either lying or they don’t have a pulse.
GQ: Crying is a mark of a competitor?
Chris Bosh: Yeah. I hate to lose. When I was a kid, I used to cry every time I lost a game, up until, like, the 8th grade. I used to go ballistic. I used to go crazy. If I cried it’d be like, “Ah, Chris is crying again… damn it… come on, get in the car.” All that over one game. I hated to lose.
GQ: So how’d you play for the Raptors then? You must’ve been crying every day.
Chris Bosh: [laughs] I had gotten rid of the crying when I got to high school, though it happened again when I was a junior. We lost in the state championship. It was kind of the same situation, camera in my face, and then that’s when I realized it was over I had my moment. But we won the next year, then the other people cried. [laughs]
January 14th, 2012 at 12:28 pm
Bear says:
When the chinese league finishes in March does Denver resign Wilson Chandler? They have a good balance with playing time at the moment, Al Harrington and Rudy Fernadez are playing better than i’ve seen. They both look so comfortable. I love Wilson Chandler’s game, and know that he’s a restricted free agent, but will he go somewhere else or will Denver let him for that fact?
To be honest i’d love to see him at the Wolves (I know they have young swing-men already but i think he’d do amazing under Adelman’s tutorship
January 14th, 2012 at 12:31 pm
Bear says:
Kobe is definitely not passing when he could, but as long as he doesn’t burn out and the Lakers keep winning, I don’t see the problem.
On a side note, Vince played nice last night in limited mins for the Mavs and if they can keep it balanced like this, they could have a better chance at defending.
January 14th, 2012 at 1:01 pm
beiber newz says:
oh i forgot to say sorry to en fuego, sorry bud.
the imposter is at it again, he is posting normal things so i cant even tell what i did say and didnt say. its nice to have fans though, even if they try to copy and exploit my “homo boy lust.” at least make it believable LOL. i hope i havent been such a dick that ppl accept the imposter as me. haters might WANT to believe i like little boys.
but like i said, im going back to passive. imposter, if you want to use my name, go ahead. im returning to my roots, im just gonna spread my cheeks and take it because im the better person.
January 14th, 2012 at 1:03 pm
beiber newz says:
if michael jordan was doing what kobe’s doing now, it’d just be “the coolest thing that legends do” everybody would be smiling and jocking mj. kobe does it, and we are concerned about him burning himself out…or isolating teammates. umm..if i were the coach of an all world talent, i wouldn’t waste it. kobe doing him, and i appreciate watching that talent. 50 years from now, the people who truly appreciate the greats will look back and see the truth. once in a lifetime talent shouldn’t get wasted, they are winning games, kobe seems fine, and his teammates seem to still be getting their usual statistics. yes, they could be getting more, but no one is named bryant on the lakers besides kobe, and no one can do what he can do even in the entire league. i think we should all back off of kobe and just appreciate how dominant the guy looks. he is leaving the fans with amazing footage, amazing history and the sooner we lose a grip on criticism, the sooner everyone’s eyes will realize that someone with kobe’s abilities may never be born again. let’s admire what he can do, instead of what we think he should be doing. the man is unfathomably good.
this was just a public service announcement.
January 14th, 2012 at 1:37 pm
heh8meN1 says:
Kobe’s shovel is sharp, and his pick is sharp, and his WILL is outstanding. Sorry h8ters, in 2012:
The RESOLUTION WILL be Televised.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shszVjdi0dM
January 14th, 2012 at 1:58 pm
beiber newz says:
dammit post 23 wasnt me!
i cant BELIEVE this imposter, he is pretending to be ME now and saying you’ll lend me my own name but you cant fool anyone i USE CAPS when i post hahahah you idiot can’t you even be an IMPOSTER correctly?? you need to work on your impostering skills cause being a rapper for real only helps and INCREASES my homo BOY lust. try to respond to that LOGIC!! i just PROVED it!!
wow. think about that.
January 14th, 2012 at 2:29 pm
beiber newz says:
@ tall order…
i figured that lebron went to miami because he and wade were not only at the top of their games, but were cool peoples. plus miami created the cap room, cleveland was dumb and figured lebron wouldn’t do em dirty, didn’t clear cap room, didnt trade for amare and let lebron run rampant for so long leading up to his extension that had he came back i think they woulda put the cuffs on him. he abused mike brown and management becuz they didn’t want him to leave that bad, they let him do whatever. if he came back to sign a 6 yr deal, cleveland would have nipped all that childish shit in the butt. lebron had to amscray.
i think both he and wade had an intramural basketball way of thinking, the mentality of, “i want to go where my friend is and he being one of the best don’t hurt”.
January 14th, 2012 at 3:57 pm
UncheckedAggression says:
I’ve been outta the country doing field work for over a month, but occasionally I was able to read (but not comment on) Smack.
The comments have gotten so much worse since BN got started. The guy is fucking clueless, makes almost no good points, and comments so often that it turns people away. I started ignoring him a while ago and I’m glad to see that some of you are doing the same. If you do it enough, he’ll go away.
For one, I can’t wait until he leaves. He hasn’t added anything positive here and I’m pretty sick of all the BS that goes along with him.
Anyway, I’ve missed a lot of games. If someone can give me a quick rundown of how they think the Kings are doing (except BN), it would be greatly appreciated. I’m gonna get league pass soon so I can catch up. A little frustrated with Cousins, to say the least.
January 14th, 2012 at 4:09 pm
beiber newz says:
the kings won’t make the playoffs
fired their coach
tyreke has played well under new coach
cousins still has attitude problem
fridette is not playing exceptional ball
john salmons is a bust
cousins looks like he will be dominant in a few years
chuck hayes is injured for an extended period
they need to draft well to make a playoff push next season
perry jones will be a perfect candidate for them.
January 14th, 2012 at 4:14 pm
Ron the Artest says:
I enjoy reading the smack comments, but Beiber Newz makes it downright painful. We don’t really care about your Kobe lust boy. Just STFU!
January 14th, 2012 at 4:21 pm
Steve Nash says:
Going to see Aquile Carr today play at Jersey City Armory… should be a great game!
January 14th, 2012 at 4:37 pm
Mt. Pleasant says:
@ QQ
Maybe Chalmers should get be getting crunchtime touches for Miami.
He was pretty clutch at Kansas.
January 14th, 2012 at 6:12 pm
JBaller says:
That DEN vs MIA game was awesome. I live in the CO Rockies so they are my local team and this is the most fun they’ve been to watch ever. Even more fun than the team that got to the conference finals two years ago. They are close to or better than MIA in a bunch of categories but the two teams are exactly opposite in composition. All-stars vs no stars, but DEN whooped them last night. DEN leads the league in assists, gets a bunch of guys in double figures every night, and plays team defense. I can’t wait to see them at the Pepsi center on St. Paddy’s day vs the Celts.
GO NUGGETS!
January 14th, 2012 at 6:42 pm
beiber newz says:
kinda disappointed carmelo won’t be playing in tonight’s game against the thunder.
really wanted to see him go head to head with kevin durant.
i hope they have them on the schedule again at some point this season. that ankle injury must be painful because i know a competitor like melo is salivating to play against a player many seem to think is better at his position.
i still give melo the edge. that’s just my opinion. and i thought that even when he was in a denver uni.
January 14th, 2012 at 6:53 pm
Sonic Reducer says:
Heeey… 3 good smacks in a row! Is Austin writing them again cause that’s what it feels like- sweet!
January 14th, 2012 at 9:09 pm
beiber newz says:
watching this knicks-thnder game. and just wowww, harden flexes way too excessively. he feeling himself too often. too much theatrics from him. almost clownish. i noticed before but maybe it’s cause of the way this game is going. it’s very chippy. guys are gnawing at each other. it’s getting quite scrappy. but still, who gassed james harden head? let’s see if he does all that when he has to guard kobe bryant.
January 14th, 2012 at 10:09 pm
beiber newz says:
LOL… i’m watching baron davis’ face on the knicks’ bench
kinda looks like in his head he telling himself, maybe i shuda went to the lakers….
this game was a wash from jump.
can’t wait til ny finds their cohesion.
#keepthefaith