“Lakers head coach Byron Scott and Kobe Bryant #24 during their NBA game against the Grizzlies at the Staples Center Friday, January 2, 2015. The Grizzlies beat the Lakers 109-106. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht/Los Angeles Daily News)”

Kobe Bryant kept barking louder and louder, the exasperation and frustration in his voice becoming more pronounced.

“Foul!,” Bryant told Jeremy Lin at the top of the key before increasing his volume level. “FOUL!.”

Yet, Lin did not do so. The Lakers let 24 seconds tick down to 12 before Bryant eventually charged to the top of the key to foul Memphis guard Mike Conley as the team faced a one-point deficit.

The Lakers eventually lost, 109-106, after Bryant missed a three-pointer with .6 seconds left and Ed Davis split a pair of foul shots with 2.8 seconds remaining. But after Bryant made a 26-footer to reduce the lead to 106-105 with 24.2 seconds remainijng, the Lakers did not foul Conley until 12.6 seconds were left on the clock.

A rift in communication between Bryant and Lin? Hardly. Lakers coach Byron Scott wanted it that way.

“I told them to wait until we got past half court,” Scott said. “Then we wanted to get at about the 10 second mark. He was trying to listen to me, while I was trying to talk to him. Kobe ran up and made the foul. I told Kobe that was my judgement to hold off on a minute.”

Bryant chalked up the late-game execution to “just experience,” though he didn’t question Scott’s strategy. Scott defended his decision, noting he was factoring in that he had two timeouts remaining at the time and wanted to make sure he would have at least one available toward the end of the game. Incidentally, Conley missed the second pair of foul attempts, prompting the Lakers to call timeout as they trailed 107-105 with 11.7 seconds left.

“I saw the clock so I was asking [Byron] if I should foul and he said, ‘No,'” Lin said. “I asked like two or three more times, he kept saying no. Then Kobe ran out of nowhere and fouled. I didn’t even hear him.”

Does Scott later regret his decision?

“I didn’t think it was going to make much of a difference to be honest with you,” Scott said. “I knew we were going to get another shot at it as well. I wanted to wait until about the 10 second mark.”

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