It's hilarious, kobe has like no championship clinching shots that i can think of
Its crazy that nobody even talks about, for how he somehow got the CLUTCH rep, he doesnt have very many big clutch shots or gamewinners, in the playoffs hardly any.
Probably the best clutch gamewinner he has, that I most hear people bring up is 2006 against Phoenix. Game 4, ran the clock all the way down and splashed it perfect from the elbow to go up 3-1. Fist pump, iconic moment.

Of course it was only the first round, not huge stakes and far from the Finals. In a series where nobody expected the Lakers to win so no real pressure. And of course that ended up being the highpoint in the series for Kobe and the Lakers, as they would fall apart and lose the next 3 games and the series. Game 7 they would lose by about 30 while Kobe went for 1 made field goal in the first half as the Lakers season slipped away. He looked disinterested, passive.
What?

KOBE?!
Yes

Kobe.
Many called it a performance of protest, other said he just got tired, or lost belief in his team. "Quit" was the word most often used to describe tbe performance. Looking back now it certainly reminds me why watching James Harden's performance to finish the Spurs series felt so familiar.
So anyway yeah, that's the sad and ignored epilogue and ultimate result of Kobe's all-time best clutch moment in the postseason.
Thing that make you go
