Kobe Bryant doesn’t mind the taste of venom in his mouth (because he’s a snake), but he does hate the taste of losing in his fangs. Following the Lakers loss to the Miami Heat 88-94, Kobe Bryant decided to stick around American Airlines Arena and practiced jumpers for about an hour to sharpen his already world-class skills.
“I just wanted to work on some things,” Bryant told a pack of reporters who waited and watched his nearly hourlong workout. “I just wanted to work on my game.”
Bryant didn’t have a terrible night shooting the ball as his 4-of-8 stat line from the arc would indicate. However he finished the game shooting 8-for-21 from inside the arc and had key misses that included three straight misses that could have brought the Lakers back.
Historically, a pissed off Black Mamba is a motivated Black Mamba, and this snake is pissed. The regular season series between the Heat and Lakers is now over and the two clubs will only meet again this season, if both of them make it to the NBA finals. If that happens, I don’t think Kobe would mind that match up.
“I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.”
– Michael Jordan
