— Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant sits out, allows Oklahoma City Thunder's Kevin Durant to win scoring title - ESPN Los Angeles Leave it to Kobe to do something relatively mature and non-competitive in an immature and dickish manner. He could have said "Scoring titles don't matter." No, he said "We all know I can score 38 points." It's like he wants the NBA to give him the scoring title because they know he could do it. Come to think of it, that's why he gets voted first team all-defense. He doesn't actually play defense, but everyone knows he could be a great defender. Same thing, right? I'm convinced. Kobe is the scoring champ this season.