Kobe Respnds to Schilling Slander

So how does Kobe Bryant respond to the questions of motivation, leadership and chemistry brought forth by blow hard Curt Schilling's 38 Pitches blog? By being a New York Yankees fan, of course.

"You're asking for my response to it? Go Yankees."

"Look, I know my team," said Bryant. "After all those bleeps, we almost pulled off one of the greatest comebacks in history. It seemed to motivate the team pretty well."

There's one high and tight for ya, Schill.

The best part of it all is that Bryant admits to his tirade and the players did respond reasonably well to it, albeit half of a quarter later.

"They're used to it and we all have thick skin around here on the team," Bryant said. "That's just how we, we're brutally honest with each other. Our team is built for that. We all love it."

And if the Lakers are in the process of going down again tonight in Game 4 at home, expect a repeat performance from Bryant. They've come back from 16 twice against the Spurs to win and came within points of coming back from 24 against the Boston Celtics in Game 2.