Kobe Bryant 這場比賽似乎下定決心要幫 Malone 討個公道。他出手二十三次，大部分
時間都是在一對一的情況下，另外他踏上罰球線二十一次。他在第四節最後兩分鐘連下十
分幫助球隊在最後關頭擺脫爵士的糾纏。
所以他是這場贏球的指標人物？喔不，他幾乎讓湖人輸了這場球賽。
他在許多湖人進攻球權中陷入了單打的迷思。這也沒什麼不好，當他感覺來的時候，沒
人擋得住他。可是像今晚失手次數將近是進球數的兩倍呢？
禪師覺得 Raja Bell 激烈的貼身防守可能激起了想打垮他的鬥志，這或許是 Jerry
Sloan 的盤算，想讓 Kobe 一打一的慾望湮沒他的理智進而破壞湖人團隊的進攻隊型。而
他也幾乎成功了，就差最後的兩分鐘。
Phil Jackson 說，"Well, it was tough for him. That was a matchup where they
just bumped and forced him into activation. One of the methods about guarding
Kobe is to challenge him all the time so he tries to go one-on-one, so he's not
a playmaker. He doesn't get into the team offense. But he takes the challenge
and tries to beat guys. Then you have to hope the referees don't stick him on
the foul line all the time. The challenges, he was successful not as often as
he would have liked to have been…. We were trying to convince him about, you
know, drawing the defense and moving the ball."
Malone 也說，"Whenever we move the basketball and do the things we're capable
of doing, we're fun to watch. When we don't move the basketball, we are an
average team. But down the stretch we did things to win."
不過大部分的湖人成員傾向將這當成偶發狀況，不去將他放大成一個嚴重的問題。
禪師說，"我們會把這場比賽拋開，繼續向前挺進。" Payton 則說這不過就一場比賽，
有些狀況就這麼地發生了。
和前一場比賽一樣，湖人球迷在第四節 Kobe 站上罰球線時不停地大喊 "MVP! MVP!"。
同一天，Phil Jackson 才剛對媒體說 Kobe 當下是聯盟中頂尖的球員。現在他要試著說服
他口中的 "the top player in the game" 儘量多用腦筋打球，場上不是一打五的比賽。
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