Phil Jackson wasn’t happy. Either was Pau Gasol or Lamar Odom. Their disappointment in letting the Charlotte Bobcats get the better of them in Tuesday’s double-overtime loss could be found in their words.
Kobe Bryant was upset too. Only with him, his emotions were noticable in his silence.
Wearing a dapper pinstripe suit but no smile, Bryant stood in front of his locker after the game and uncharacteristically gave clipped, short answers about his teammates, about his fouling out for the first time this season and watching his team try to pull out a victory with him sitting on the bench.
What positives can you take from this?
“None. We lost.”
Was it a matter of not coming up with stops or key baskets?
“It’s always stops. It’s always stops.”
On giving up nine 3-pointers.
“You know, we’ve just gotta learn from our mistakes and not let it happen again.”
What did you do while you were on the bench in the second OT?
“Just try to point out somet things that I might see going on.”
Were you more like a cheerleader? Like a Ronny Turiaf (the always eubilliant former Laker)?
“Nothing about tonight was Ronny Turiaf.”
