Kobe Bryant stayed composed and fought through tears in his postgame press conference, but he could not keep himself collected in the wee hours of Saturday morning.
The Los Angeles Lakers guard, who went down with a little over three minutes remaining in the Lakers' 118-116 win over Golden State, will undergo surgery on Saturday to repair his ruptured Achilles, per the team's official Twitter feed:
Prior to that announcement, Bryant took to Facebook to air his frustrations. Posted right around 3:30 a.m. Pacific time, Bryant gave a lengthy public statement—335 words to be exact—on his mental state following the injury.
Here is the complete statement (via Bryant's Facebook page):
This is such BS! All the training and sacrifice just flew out the window with one step that I've done millions of times! The frustration is unbearable. The anger is rage. Why the hell did this happen ?!? Makes no damn sense. Now I'm supposed to come back from this and be the same player Or better at 35?!? How in the world am I supposed to do that??
I have NO CLUE. Do I have the consistent will to overc ...
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Kobe Bryant Injury Update: Lakers Star Goes on Epic Injury Rant on Facebook
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