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‘I feel like Kobe’: On career night, Rockets star Amen Thompson beats buzzer in BostonAmen Thompson dropped a career-high 33 points and hit the game-winning shot in the final second as Houston stunned the defending NBA champs in Boston.
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NBA Rewind: Predicting NBA All-Star reserves and remembering Kobe Bryant
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It’s not in LA or New York: This is the tiny playground basketball court where Kobe Bryant started playing
How a tiny basketball court in Italy helped mold Kobe Bryant into an NBA legend
Nestled in a peaceful corner of the quaint Italian city of Reggio Emilia sits a tiny playground with basketball hoops glued on opposing walls.
With just seconds remaining in a bout with Boston, second-year guard Amen Thompson grabbed the inbound, sliced up the middle of the floor and stepped-back over Jaylen Brown for a jumper. The shot fell true with just 0.
He says he felt like Kobe Bryant after making a game-winning floater with 1.3 seconds remaining. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The Thunder split their four games since beating Cleveland in a rematch of the league’s top two teams. They got back on track Sunday with a 118-108 win at Portland after a rare home loss to Dallas in the second of a back-to-back. OKC is 20-3 at home.
Houston forward Amen Thompson said he felt like the late Kobe Bryant after nailing a game-winning floater against the Celtics in Boston.
Kobe also won an Academy Award for “Dear Basketball,” an animated short film, in 2018. And don’t forget how he influenced the stars of the mid-to-late aughts, setting a standard and an attitude with the Redeem Team in the 2008 Olympics. He made sure they won the gold medal then and again in 2012.
It has been an adventure on the court of late for Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics, as they seemed to struggle with consistency over their last several assignments. They entered Saturday night’s game on the road against he Dallas Mavericks having gone 5-5 in their last 10 outings.
CNN is set to debut "Kobe: The Making of a Legend," a three-part documentary series chronicling the life and legacy of Lakers icon Kobe Bryant. The series will premiere Saturday, January 25, 2025 ...
As if facing the defending NBA champions on the road was not enough, the visiting Houston Rockets must also contend with the development that the Boston Celtics' Derrick White appears to have broken out of his shooting slump when the teams plays Monday night.
The Houston Rockets are in second place in the Western Conference standings, which is a far cry from where the team was just two years ago. The days of hoping for the No. 1 overall pick are over ...
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