Paul Pierce is not clutch (from the free throw line)

[TheReaLPuba]

I think Pierce psyched himself out.

He went to an official to get him a towel to wipe his hands. That little brief breakage from the game must have caused him to miss the first free throw long....and then he left the 2nd one a weeeei bit short and then it popped out.

He defnitely should have made at least one to tie the game.

[Roy Hobbs]

Kobe has been involved in many more crucial games and yet, I cannot recall a single instance where he choked it away on the FT line. 

Add last night to the list. 

[Fafnir]

Kobe has been involved in many more crucial games and yet, I cannot recall a single instance where he choked it away on the FT line. 

Add last night to the list. 

There have been others I'm sure. But I did enjoy last night a little too much. All the "closer" and "assassin" talk drives me nuts.

[RAcker]

5/10.  Nice. 

[angryguy77]

I wished I would have watched the whole game. I would have savored every minute of that loss.

[crownsy]

Kobe has been involved in many more crucial games and yet, I cannot recall a single instance where he choked it away on the FT line. 

Add last night to the list. 

There have been others I'm sure. But I did enjoy last night a little too much. All the "closer" and "assassin" talk drives me nuts.

even more so when all his important games where he couldn't hold the door closed/ got blown out/ had a chance to take a game over but failed (like games 1, 6 and most notably game 4 of last years finals)  apparently don't count against him.

[Fafnir]

Kobe has been involved in many more crucial games and yet, I cannot recall a single instance where he choked it away on the FT line. 

Add last night to the list. 

There have been others I'm sure. But I did enjoy last night a little too much. All the "closer" and "assassin" talk drives me nuts.

even more so when all his important games where he couldn't hold the door closed/ got blown out (like games 1, 6 and most notably game 4 of last years finals)  apparently don't count against him.

What I hold against Kobe, and will do so for a long time is his performance against the Suns in game 7 in 2006. I can understand being frustarting watching a 3-1 lead slip away and playing on an average team. But to pout for a national TV audience by refusing to take a shot in the second half? Come on....

[Kwhit10]

I can't stand how they keep calling Kobe [mark jackson voice] The best closer in the game[/mark jackson voice] I wish someone would show the announcers 82games.com.