LOS ANGELES (AP) -Opposing coaches call it the rise-up, and nobody does it better than Kobe Bryant.
Bryant hit it against Grant Hill in the final minute of the Lakers’ conference-clinching victory over the Phoenix Suns on Saturday night, putting his signature on a 37-point performance that sent Los Angeles into the NBA finals with a chance for revenge on Boston.
Even with Hill right in his grill, Bryant leaped up and away from the veteran forward and drilled a clinching 23-footer. The Lakers will need one more series of brilliance from Bryant, who’s enjoying arguably his most impressive playoff run.
He has scored at least 30 points in 10 of the last 11 games, willing a team with an injured center and a thin bench into its third straight NBA finals.
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