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 Posted: Sat 6:05, 28 May 2011 Post subject: Kobe Bryant's postgame shooting doesn't impress Ph |
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Kobe Bryant Jersey's postgame shooting doesn't impress Phil Jackson
Reporting from Dallas
Not everybody seemed to approve of Kobe Bryant Jersey's personal overtime session after the Lakers lost to the Miami Heat.
Many media members were riveted as Kobe Bryant Jersey's 75-minute shooting bonanza unfolded in front of them, and Kobe Bryant Jersey's teammates spoke semi-reverently of it a day later, but Lakers Coach Phil Jackson apparently thought Kobe Bryant Jersey overexerted himself.
Jackson has pointedly tried to limit Kobe Bryant Jersey's playing time this season to an average of 33.8 minutes a game, his fewest since 1997-98. So it made sense he wouldn't like the impromptu but intense postgame shooting workout after Kobe Bryant Jersey played almost 40 minutes in the Lakers' 94-88 loss Thursday.
"I don't want to think about it. I really don't. I mean, whatever," Jackson said flatly on Friday. "He felt the time to improve his shot was right away so he went back at it."
Was it too much? Jackson replied "Next" and turned away when a reporter posed the question.
Jackson historically doesn't like postgame regimens. He criticized Ron Artest earlier this season when the Lakers forward began riding a stationary bike for up to half an hour right after games in which he played sparingly.
Needless to say, Kobe Bryant Jersey did not practice Friday. He could be seen at the far end of the practice court at American Airlines Center, straddling a padded trainer's table and playing with his phone. He had the hood of a gray sweatshirt pulled over his head and didn't stifle a long yawn. He did not talk to reporters.
Pau Gasol said Kobe Bryant Jersey was "very focused" after the Miami game and was probably trying to work through frustrations with his shot. Kobe Bryant Jersey missed 13 of 21 attempts in the game, including three in the final 66 seconds. He also had two turnovers late in the game.
Gasol has never returned to the court to shoot after a game, he said.
"Usually I'm hungry after a game," he said, "so I need to hurry and go to dinner."
Despite Kobe Bryant Jersey's casual appearance and Gasol's one-liner, the Lakers seemed a little on edge after their eight-game winning streak ended against Miami. They have a bigger game Saturday in Dallas, against the team they've been chasing for second place in the Western Conference.
Jackson initially waved reporters away as they filed on to the practice court Friday and quite archaically said he would talk to them off to the side in an "antechamber."
He was willing to talk more freely, however, when he revealed the real reason the Lakers wanted to close the 1 1/2-game gap between them and the Mavericks. |
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