Kobe Bryant is truly one of the gutsiest players in the NBA today.
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The Los Angeles Lakers guard injured his shoulder dunking in the third quarter only to return in the fourth and — as you can see in the video above — shoot left-handed.
As it turns out, Bryant had suffered a torn rotator cuff in his shoulder:
Update: Kobe Bryant had an MRI exam, preliminary results show a tear of the rotator cuff. He will fly back to LA. pic.twitter.com/EOZTuuKjoL
— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) January 22, 2015
Just let that sink in for a second.
Bryant returned to a meaningless regular-season game with a torn rotator cuff and gave it a go. Ultimately he returned to the bench and the Lakers lost to the New Orleans Pelicans, 96-80.
Whether he's lost for the season or not remains to be seen.
