“Jalen Green really went full Kobe Bryant on LeBron James!”: NBA Twitter explodes as the Rockets’ rookie hits an incredible deep three in crunch time against the Lakers

Tonoy Sengupta | 03/11/2021
"Jalen Green really went full Kobe Bryant on LeBron James!": NBA Twitter explodes as the Rockets' rookie hits an incredible deep three in crunch time against the Lakers

NBA Twitter reacts as Rockets rookie Jalen Green hits two massive shots from beyond the arc against the Lakers

 

What is it with younger players and being clutch?!

Coming into this season, Jalen Green was expected to be a pretty good player, but one that perhaps needed time to settle in. However, in that regard, the rookie has been very much ahead of his schedule. And while we will say his efficiency right now is nothing to write home about, there has been massive improvement as the season has gone on.

Getting back to the clutch gene though, Green apparently seems to have found the Kobe formula for the Rockets.

Why do we say that? Well, allow us to explain.

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Jalen Green hits two clutch threes to bring the game within reach against the Lakers

Jalen Green finished this game with 24 points, on 9 of 15 from the field (60%), and 5 of 10 from three (50%). As we said, his efficiency has been improving in a hurry.

However, one thing to note here is, the man had not made a single shot in the second half… or for at least most of it.

Then, in the fourth quarter, as the Lakers were starting to run away with it, the man seemingly decided to do his best impression of one, Kobe Bean Bryant. Take a look at the Instagram post below.

 

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And you already know NBA Twitter was going to go crazy over it.

In the end, the Lakers came out with the 117-119 victory.

Despite the loss though, the Rockets will be very encouraged by what they saw today. If Jalen Green can really keep up this rapid level of improvement, there could be a day where he is anointed to be the best player in the league. And who knows, perhaps he even wins this organization their long-awaited NBA championship.

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Tonoy Sengupta

Tonoy Sengupta

Tonoy Sengupta is a Senior Editor at The SportsRush. Coming from an athletically inclined family, he has been surrounded by sports ever since he was 4 years old. But, while initially pouring all his time into Football (soccer), at 14, Tonoy discovered basketball through the countless highlights of Stephen Curry humiliating players from Curry Land. And just like that, a fiery passion for the game was ignited within Tonoy. And soon after, he decided to become a student of journalism, graduating in 2022, and choosing sports as his area of interest. Today, you can find him spending 99% of his time browsing through every type of content on every team in the NBA, before uncorking everything he has found to the world. In the 1% he isn't doing this, you can find him playing Basketball, Football, Volleyball, or practically any other sport he has had the opportunity to learn.

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