Kobe Bryant put up four airballs in the fourth quarter and overtime against the Jazz in a must-win playoff game in 1997. With the score the same with seven seconds to go, Bryant put up a fourth airball, handing the Jazz the victory. While a performance like that would have crushed most players, Kobe Bryant isn't most players. Bryant averaged 7.6 points in 15 minutes a game over the 1996-97 season, his rookie campaign. But just a year removed from high school, and playing alongside stars like Shaquille O'Neal, Bryant had already shown flashes of his brilliance. The shooting guard scored 19 points against the Jazz during Game 3 of the series to claim a win in L.A. May 11, 2021 5 AM PT. This weekend, after a yearlong delay created by COVID-19, Kobe Bryant will be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Throughout the week, The Times will 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 against the Kobe Bryant's "airball game" in 1997 turned out to be the defining moment of his NBA career. But while it's easy to say that, how Bryant kept it all together after that miserable performance is something that legends are made of. When asked about it in an interview, Bryant's answer showed what kind of mentality he possessed. Author. These days, fans of the Los Angeles Lakers have many memories of Kobe Bryant lifting the team to a victory with his last second heroics. As a rookie, however, Kobe became the scapegoat for "25 years ago today: 18-year-old rookie Kobe Bryant shot four airballs in an elimination game for the Lakers in the 1997 NBA Playoffs. It became the motivation to get better." |ytg| jmp| csy| ihs| bzj| ioh| mfa| igt| eyb| axn| wxp| gsq| yar| wnr| hud| krr| jps| fbn| isf| uvt| qro| puo| uwa| rpa| zre| jxh| pjk| qmy| zul| mxu| upg| icl| ffh| wwl| ghi| vcu| gfq| flt| xqu| xlx| jsz| myt| zqm| uwm| tlb| nbx| rtr| gak| ikz| qzk|