Kobe Bryant Assists Jordan Hill Off Serge Ibaka's Backside

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[TheMasterBucks]

Now that's what I call an ASSist.

[MrKnock]

Nice pass. Good to see Kobe playing again.

[LethonFTW]

13 assists in 23 minutes....

kobe is the best point guard in the league

[rfpchar]

good to see kobe getting comfortable every game...now go and wiin pls..

[zurvey]

This is without question one of the craziest assists in the history of the NBA.

If you’re wondering why Kobe did this, watch the clip watching only Kendrick Perkins (wearing number 5 for OKC in the black uniforms).

Perkins was dropping to cut off the pass to Jordan Hill, so rather than risk a pass directly to Hill, Kobe banked the pass off the backside of Serge Ibaka.

That caused Perkins to turn and guard someone else, assuming the ball wasn’t going to Hill — but it went to Hill anyway for the easy, uncontested dunk.

In the replay, at the very end of the clip, you can see Perkins smiling at what Kobe just did.

[hilbertrubio]

i still believe in you kobe.. win or loss still your die hard fan here.. keep it up keep rising.. show to the world whatdoes it mean to be like kobe bryant.. lets go lal.. lets go for another ring #solidkobe

[ishowyouapple]

I might be crazy but mid way through Kobe somehow thought it would work and it did work

[wroney]

I thought I would never say this but Kobe, stop passing! I want the old Kobe back! </3

[jiggaman]

Obviously Kobe isn't known as a passer, but back in the day the few he had were incredibly creative.

[SmittyMacJones]

kobe's pass in 2k15 will be a 100 the first time every seeing that LMAO 

[walete]

that wouldn't be an assist in 2k haha

[dearshomy]

I somehow think the PG spot will help prolong Kobe's career. He can very easily be a 20/10 player that way, proved it earlier in the year.

[FrupertFunk]

wow I've actually never seen that before

[Phranqq]

Looks like he was aiming for Pau, as you can see their eyes meet, Pau put his hands up. Ibaka got in the way, but Hill reacts quickly, and maybe even a lucky bounce.

[daleincisions]

Quite Interesting that most of his highlights "now" are mostly Assists ....

[YourMyOnlyNiga]

of course It'd be a video of his assist...

[KodyKaneshiroW]

that title confused the crap out of me.. lol 

[PatMan_]

Im all for kobe, but i think he was trying to pass it to gasol through ibaka and perkins. NICE PLAY ANYWAYS!

[csly]

He was going out of bounds and he wanted it to go off Ibaka more than likely

[KingAnime]

WHY YALL BLAMING D'ANTONI? THE TEAM WAS DOING FINE BEFORE KOBE CAME BACK. NOW YALL TRYNA BLAME HIM LMAOOO FOH LAKER FANS. D'ANTONI IS A FINE COACH, ITS THE PLAYER NOT HIM.