Kobe Bryant took a turnaround, fadeaway jumper over Courtney Lee in the fourth quarter of the Los Angeles Lakers' loss to the Memphis Grizzlies Tuesday night. It wasn't a shot that lost the game for the Lakers, nor was it a shot that had much significance in terms of the Lakers' season. But it was the shot that gave Bryant the most missed shots in NBA history, passing John Havlicek.
The attempt was the 13,418th missed shot in Bryant's career. What does this mean? Well, it means he's missed a lot of shots in his time. It also means he's played an incredibly long, successful career because they don't just let guys miss over 13,000 shots in a career unless he can be one of the best at putting shots up. Kobe will have a lot of records and honors on his résumé when his career is finally done. He's one of the best scorers in NBA history, has played more games than just about everybody, and he's one of the rare players with at least five championships under his belt.
He'll also have this distinction in NBA history until somebody else can play long enough and be a good enough scorer to eventually miss more shots by default.
Kobe is currently fourth on the all-time scoring list and is on pace to pass up Michael Jordan for third place this season.
He finished the game with 28 points on 10-of-26 shooting to go with seven rebounds, six assists, and four steals in the Lakers' 107-102 loss.
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