Upon further review

Two things about the final play of the Lakers' victory over the Denver Nuggets in Game 1 on Tuesday night. First, after talking to Kobe Bryant after practice today, he did not dribble out of traffic after snaring the rebound of J.R. Smith's free throw with 3.2 seconds left. He leaped out of the paint and then did kind of a pivot move that he admitted might have been traveling. Second, after Smith made the first free throw to cut the Lakers lead to 105-103, he missed the second one off the front of the rim on purpose. I had written in print that it was the back of the rim because no one in their right might would ever try to miss it short on purpose. If you miss it long, it bounces around and your team might get it. If you miss it short, it's an airball and a whistle and the Lakers' ball automatically. So, there you go.