Before time expired, Kobe Bryant got off an off-balance 3-pointer just in time that banked in for a 108-107 Los Angeles Lakers win over the Miami Heat on Friday in LA. As you can see he drilled this buzzer beater over Dwyane Wade, despite his tremendous defensive effort. The amazing thing that you can see from this photo is that no matter how much Kobe is fading to his left, he is still squared to the basket making his buzzer beater possible. 
Below are quotes from Kobe and Wade after the …

Lakers 108, Heat 107
Even when you play great defense on Kobe Bryant, you can still get burned.
That’s the case for the Miami Heat, who were the victims of Kobe Bryant’s miraculous three pointer at the buzzer in Los Angeles. With 3.2 seconds left, Kobe took the inbound and hoped to drive to the basket; however, due to a double team, he was re-routed towards the center of the court and he shot up a prayer on one leg as he faded to the right. The shot banked in and the …

Yes…the title included a sad attempt to make “Pau-er” sound like “power.”
Lakers 108, Bulls 93

Through their first 11 games, the Lakers have looked pretty good. Losing two of those games, the cry from most Lakers fans was to “wait til’ Pau gets back.” Welp, I guess those cries were true as Pau looked spectacular in his season debut. Pau had 24 points and 13 rebounds on 9 of 15 shooting. The biggest factor of having Gasol back in the starting lineup, is that Phil Jackson can now bring ultimate …

The nightcap of opening night featured the defending champion Lakers against the Clippers, and a rematch of last spring’s first round matchup between the Rockets and Trailblazers.
Lakers 99, Clippers 92
 

Before this game even started, there was excitement as the Lakers collected their rings for the franchise’s 15th NBA championship. Heavily favored, the Lakers handled the Clippers en route to their first win of the season.
Kobe Bryant was impressive pouring in a game high 33 points, along with 8 rebounds and 4 steals. The Clippers stayed within reach for most of …