Jeremy Lin led the Lakers with 20 points off the bench, but also drew the ire of Bryant late in the game.
After knocking down his 3, Bryant shouted at Lin to foul Conley, who could have dribbled off all but 0.2 seconds of the remaining clock. Bryant raced from the baseline to the point to foul Conley himself and kept running past midcourt, flailing his arm in frustration.
Lakers coach Byron Scott said later he was worried about how many timeouts he had left and told Lin to wait until there were 10 seconds left to foul.
"I told Kobe that was my judgement," Scott said.
Lin said he asked Scott if he should foul.
"He said no," Lin recounted. "Then I asked like two or three more times and he said no. Then Kobe came out of nowhere."