Kobe Bryant, the story of his game winner in Charlotte

Caron Butler was the teammate of Kobe Bryant during the 2004-2005 season. A short period, but during which he was still able to realize the fierce competitiveness of the Black Mamba. A guest on the Long Shot Pod with Duncan Robinson, Butler reminisced about an episode during a timeout during a game that season.

“I never told that story. We were in Charlotte, together in a timeout. There was a tie with 3 or 4 seconds left. Rudy Tomjanovich had drawn a whole bunch of bullshit on the slate.

Kobe said, ‘Fuck it. Give me the ball here. Anyone who wants to be part of history just has to do the throw-in. Lamar Odom said, ‘I want to be part of history. He threw that ball at her, damn it. Kobe returned the shoot, curtain “.

Kobe Bryant and his “blackout story” told by Caron Butler

Indeed, Kobe Bryant returned one of the game winners of which he had the secret. Caron Butler’s memory is a bit erroneous and he probably confused this match with another at the level of the player who made the throw-in. On the video below, it seems that it was rather Luke Walton who had desire to “be part of history”. The conclusion is quite authentic. A legendary Los Angeles Lakers lethal shoot and a victory in the key, in a complicated period for the Lakers.

Gotta love a good Mamba story ????

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— NBA Central (@TheNBACentral) August 19, 2021

Kobe Bryant was one of those players capable of sending a system proposed by his coach upside down if he felt that there was better to do. Often that “best” was to leave the ball to him and push himself as much as possible.

Caron Butler, his last touching memory of Kobe Bryant