The Starting Lineup: Lou Williams Out-Kobes Kobe

Dare I say Lou Williams out-Kobed Kobe? And in Kobe’s hometown no less (well, the hometown Kobe claims.  I don’t think Philly wants him).  Obviously I’m over-dramatizing this–even the best miss shots and lose games–but f@ck it, I’ll jump on the hype train today.  Here’s how it went down: Lakers up 88-86 with three minutes to go… the Sixers can’t come up with a defensive rebound to save their lives, and they kinda look dead in the water (Sixers scored TWO baskets in the first six minutes of the fourth).  Excluding a tip shot and a last-second three that didn’t matter, only two players would shoot from this point on: Kobe Bryant, and Lou Williams.  While Bryant went 1-7 in an ugly display of masonry, Williams stepped up and knocked down a catch-and-shoot jumper, and then a could-blooded triple, and finally a difficult runner over the out-stretched arms of Pau Gasol to make it a two possession game in favor of Philadelphia.  K...