Utah is UNDEFEATED in the preseason...and the last thing Kobe wants to do is stress his knee playing hard with Raja Bell (the Kobe stopper)
This was evident just a few days ago when these 2 teams hooked up in staples...the night before the LAL toyed with the DEN Nuggets...Kobe looked great...hitting shots...played the 3rd quarter as well
Against UTH though...After Kobe was getting mad because of Raja Bell all over him...Kobe went to the bench midway in the 2nd and never returned
Tonights game is in ANA and basically it comes down to how bad Kobe wants this game...because Jerry Sloan wants it...he was yelling at the refs 1 min into the first quarter a few night ago in staples
never in the regular season would I bet against Kobe...but preseason...if he wants to go all out risking injury against a guy that has been known in the past to rough him up...then ill pay to see that
guess we'll find out here in about 2 hours
UTA +6.5
This was evident just a few days ago when these 2 teams hooked up in staples...the night before the LAL toyed with the DEN Nuggets...Kobe looked great...hitting shots...played the 3rd quarter as well
Against UTH though...After Kobe was getting mad because of Raja Bell all over him...Kobe went to the bench midway in the 2nd and never returned
Tonights game is in ANA and basically it comes down to how bad Kobe wants this game...because Jerry Sloan wants it...he was yelling at the refs 1 min into the first quarter a few night ago in staples
never in the regular season would I bet against Kobe...but preseason...if he wants to go all out risking injury against a guy that has been known in the past to rough him up...then ill pay to see that
guess we'll find out here in about 2 hours
UTA +6.5