"Yes! Beautiful, beautiful shot! Dad, look, I told you, Ah Gan would step up in the fourth quarter. His teammates trust him and will let him handle the ball to resolve issues! Woh!"
Seeing Gan Guoyang score consecutive three-pointers at the start of the fourth quarter, Kobe danced around joyously on the sofa, boasting to Joe Bryant about the accuracy of his prediction.
Joe Bryant told Kobe to calm down, saying, "Ah Gan can't keep playing like this. Jabbar and Magic are on the court now. He just took advantage of the inexperienced Duckworth twice. The Lakers were careless in their rotation and didn't match up with Ah Gan."
Jumping up and down on the sofa, Kobe didn't want to listen to his father's explanation. He simply said, "I just knew it, that's how you solve problems at crucial moments. Not just Ah Gan, Magic will attack on his own too. He is a really great offensive player right now."