Lakers up 75-68 and Harden made a lay up, to cut it to 75-70.
Side out of bounds, Kobe throws the ball to Durantula with 1:48 left, Durant scores 75-72.
Next play, Blake passes to Kobe on the wing, Kobe fumbles it out of bounds with 1:39 left... Thunder ball but they fail to score. Ball went right thru Kobe's hand as he got distracted by Westbrook's challenge.
Next possession missed Laker shot, Harden goes coast-to-coast 75-74.
Next Laker possession Artest forces his way into the lane and is stripped, ball falls to Kobe at the top of the key... jacks up a 3... missed shot with :38 secs left. Thunder ball down one.
Durant drives baseline and puts Thunder ahead 75-76. :18 secs left.
Kobe brings the ball up, taking his sweet time, playing for the last shot (this one you MIGHT be able to put on Mike Brown), why play for the last shot down 1? Yeah, it's Kobe and all that, but if you miss you don't give yourself a shot at the rebound. Plus the Thunder had a foul to give so foul with 5 secs left threw a spoke in the wheel.
Play ran for Kobe to flare far side, but Artest, perhaps wary of the 5 second clock... passes to... a WIDE OPEN Steve Blake. Seriously... you gonna blame Mike Brown for a gift chance to win the game falling into the Lakers' lap and Blake gagging in the moment? He just said Kobe was option 1 and 2 but there were secondary plays, such as Blake in the short corner that he drew up. Blake just missed the shot, bless his not-so-ready-for-prime-time heart.
...but folks want to blame Mike Brown