This stat doesn’t mean you should expect Jeremy Lin to start shooting potential game winners. The gift and the curse of Kobe is he could miss 120 game winning shots in a row and still think number 121 will fall. It is that type of mentality that has made him such a legendary player over the years.
Here is the breakdown per ESPN.
Bryant has now missed 12 consecutive potential tying or go-ahead shots in the final five seconds of the fourth quarter or overtime, which ties for the longest such streak in his career; he also missed a dozen such shots in a row between 2005 and 2006.
Kobe acknowledges that his legs are gone and when you are trying to rise up to make a contested last second shot that can be a problem.
His minutes need to be limited, because he simply can’t carry a team like he use to. 19 years of wear and tear on his body is starting to catch up. Mentally he is the same Kobe and even the moves look the same, but his body isn’t cooperating.