worst yet, no one other than wilbon really called out the officiating on it and its being portrayed as a great play by kobe.best though is neither doc or pp made a fuss of it something phil and kobe would never do.Just have to say that the two biggest plays of that fourth quarter were the KG miss free throws and Kobe's "I didn't even touch the ball yet I am not getting called for a foul because I am Kobe Bryant in LA" steal. The first, that's on KG, he needs to make those. The second....if he had touched the ball, I'd have been ok with it, but Pierce was by him, Bryant reached out and fouled Pierce (terrible defensive play on Bryants part by the way) and it winds up a steal and score that essentially sealed the victory...I just couldn't believe it when I saw it.
Then I remembered its the NBA and a Game Six was on the line and everything made sense.
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