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- (2003) "Showdown at MSG"
This is the 1st of Kobe's 9 straight games with at least 40pts. In the most famous arena, Kobe put on a show with 40pts in 3 quarters. After watching his team blowing a 34pt lead from the bench, Kobe returned to the action late in the 4th to seal the victory. Kobe was really unstoppable in the 3rd quarter, making 9 of 13 shots while dazzling the MSG crowd. And he made that sick baseline reverse jam over Sprewell in this game too. Just vintage Kobe.
The year Kobe became the best player in the league. 2002-2003 season.
Kdog24 offensively and defensively
Yeah I think so too because Tmac didn't play defense.
Id say during the 2001 playoff run
@@Mamba4.8 nah. 2002 Shaq was a better player
Nah Shaq relied heavily on Kobe for the western conference. Especially against the spurs. Eastern conference was a joke compared to the west
There is a strong case to be made that this was his BEST performance at the Mecca. He sat a lot of the 4th after scoring 22 in the 3rd. Had he come on in the forth around his normal min he would of gone over 61.
one dazzling shot after another..wow...crazy performance from the best
This is still a really great video to watch every now and then
Kobe 2002-03 was the best player of all time!
and espn all time ranking didn't have this man in the top 10.. fucking ridiculous
I remember watching this game on tv and when I did that dunk I cussed out loud and got in trouble. I was 13
Kobe crucifying one of the top defense shooting guards of his era in Sprewell! This is the game where I gave him the crown. Shaq was a 10 year veteran and couldn't stay in shape but Kobe was in his prime and had confidence in his offsensive game not seen since Jordan in terms of his ability to make plays. This version of Kobe would shit on any NBA player today including Lebron, KD, Melo, Thompson, Harden,etc...he just had to many moves and he was so quick at this point combined with his elite athleticism was quite frankly the closet u will ever see to MJ. To be quite honest Kobe can be argued to be the second greatest player ever.He got it done on both sides of the ball for over 10 years as a first team all-NBA defenders and starter. Only Jordan has done that. Lebron will but Kobe also has five rings and an 81point game to go with over 30k points and 6k dimes over an almost 20 year career.
+Brendaw Nashawati
Well, that was the first year Kobe became the first option of the Lakers. Shaq was still the better player though...
Air Magic i agree ... people forget shaq was a monster and in the early 00s finals he was fucking averaging 38-19 and 5 at 64 percent I mean come on .... has LeBron or Jordan or kobe ever had a finals whwre they averaged 38-19 at 64 percent ?
All the players put Kobe in their Top 5 even Top 3 Top 2, like KD AI TM GA KI but not ESPN and the Media cause of his arrogance and cockiness! I Say You don't get on that level without the 2! His game is even more beautiful than MJ or at least the closest!
Wow!!! Kobe Bryant made a nice shot
@@joshuahaynes7128 no but LeBron was pretty close 29-12-8 on 60% percent shooting.
"NO regard for Human Life!"
"He's a Flamethrower"
hahaha i love craig sager
Kevin Harlan
😂
Kobe gave Kevin Harlan his best catch phrases
kobe is the second greatest bball player to ever play
Jordan actually earned 52 of his 63 Career records after turning thirty.........so it's still looking good for KOBE!!!!! We all know jordan is the greatest.....but Kobe is the best now....and his style of play is just like Jordan's.......whether he is effective or not.....their styles are the same!!!!!
u can watch all MJ videos u want see such an offensive performence .. dunks and an unlimited range .. amazing
He was 24 at the time.. WOW
I use to hate the Lakers with Shaq and Kobe at the helm...too much to deal with and Kobe is only 23 here.
Kevin Harlan should do every single nationally televised Kobe Bryant game.
@mamba9381 Jordan's record when taking more than 30 shots in a game:: 72-57 (.558)
Kobe's record when taking 30 or more shots a game: 46-61 (.368)
9 games in a row over 40...
same age as Bynum now. Crazy
@ybaby1990 That's a fair enough assessment, I'd say. The only thing you can really take from those stats is 1) When Jordan shoots more, his teams generally do better than Kobe's and 2) When Jordan scores more points, he generally does so with a higher FG% than when Kobe scores more. How you want to generalize that is up to you. Being an old-school guy, I tend to notice that a lot of modern guards simply aren't as efficient as many older guards.Kobe, Iverson,T-mac, etc, shoot poorly in comparison
wow.. ..
@WEZxxxxZYDxxx91 OK, so you got the lineup wrong too: The 81-point game had the following cast:
Starting: Kwame Brown,Lamar Odom, Chris Mihm, Smush Parker, + Bryant
Bench: Devean George, Sasha Vujacic, Luke Walton, Brian Cook, Devin Green, Von Wafer, Andrew Bynum
FYI, Lamar, Bynum, and Walton are still on the Lakers, and I think Sasha was still there for a few. Kwame's in Charlotte, George is on the Warriors, Cook is on the Clippers.
LA, as a team, took 88 shots that game. Kobe took 46.
@vincesaidyoo : well, Kobe had 81 with 6 boards, 2 assists, and 3 steals
Jordan had 69 points, 18 boards, 6 assists, and 4 steals.
Kobe had his high versus a hapless Raptors team.
Jordan got his against a Cavs team that was one of the best in the league.
I don't know why you think scoring a lot of points, and that alone, makes Kobe a better player.
imagine wut his face looks like everytime he says his famous line... "right between the eye!!!"
yeah...Kevin Harlan best commentator....and "BarcelonaSpain100" is right...i've never thought id see a player so dominant like MJ
@WEZxxxxZYDxxx91 You forget that the 'Weak East' was during Kobe's championships, not Jordan's. The East was a very strong conference, with the Bad Boy Pistons, Bird's Celtics, the Ewing Knicks, etc. The West was good back then too, and Jordan kept winning 'chips when the West started to bloom. He beat Magic, Drexler, Barkley, Payton/Kemp, and Stock/Malone.
Kobe's first 3 titles came 1) With a Shaq putting up Wilt numbers and 2) against weak East contenders like the Pacers, Sixers, and Nets.
lol, gotta love the announcers...
"ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, kobe bryant...with no regard for human life!"
thumbs up if kobe is going for 40+ tonight!
1- you have no life but you already know that 2-Kobe plays in the west not the easy eastern conference 3-When Kobe breaks franchise records, it's of the likes of Magic Johnson, Jerry West, Elgin Baylor, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Shaq, and wilt chamberlain.....when Jordan breaks franchise records, who's record is he breaking.....that's right John Doe......kobe would have those same records if he played for the bulls and the wizards......Genius
It's Kevin Harlan on the call.
Kevin Harlan = Awesome.
what year is dis??
Against portland 06-07 season
dude bruce just stop coming into kobe bryant's videos to express ur anger against him. If u hate him so much, just keep it to ur self.
@WEZxxxxZYDxxx91 Well, we *were* talking about that game, that season. If insist on picking all the so-so players from ALL of Kobe's years, then why ignore all the good ones too? Just like everyone ignores the fact that Kobe pretty much *asked* for those teams, to could have his *own* team
I never said scoring 81 points wasn't impressive. I said it's 'inflated' by Kobe still shooting with just a few minutes left, and LA up 15. You sit your starters in those situations. In basketball, anyhow.
Mj goat but kobe in top seven
its funny how you so much hate kobe...just enjoy watching boy..this is the best there is todaY..
MJ is better than Kobe and it's not really all that close. MJ can do things Kobe just physically can't mainly because of how big MJ's hands were. MJ was also much stronger.
Only thing Kobe has on MJ is a more consistent 3 point shot.
YEah you are right "thbruceblitzchannel" So Correct.. Kobe has never killed Bruce Bowen... Wait a minute? Actually he has torched him HIS WHOLE Career. Someone should look up KObes ppg and % vs Bruce Bowen lol you never argue anything relevant. Its unbelievable
@thug8200 I came to watch the Kobe video, and then saw soooo may Kobe fans talking nonsense about the Kobe/MJ debate, I figured a little reality needed to be presented. I'm not talking trash, I'm spitting facts.
@MichRockHop81108 now now lebron, don't be jealous
what the hell utfanatic! either ur inLove with jordan or ur obsessed in hating kobe? if you think kobe cant be compared to mj, why do you keep on posting ur comments fuLL of stats on kobe videos? why dont you post ur comments on tmac vids or iverson vids or LeBron vids? its Like ur trying to show that kobe is the onLy PLAYER worthy to be compared to jordan..
sori 61
@T82486 and kobe is a better shooter...and kobe didn't have the team mj had
Kevin Harlan baby: NO REGARED FOR HUMAN LIFFE, RIGHT BETWEEEN THE EYES, BUCKLE UP FOR KOBE BRYANT. HE JUST SUCKED THE GRAVITY RIGHT OUT OF THE TARGET CENTER.
"kobe bryant across the lane..." kobe bryant!!! pulls a houdini!!! hahahaaa...
both utfanatic and slick are unbelievably annoying
Kobe as a shooter kills MJ in everything except FG % which does not matter to me much. Kobe is just cold-blooded! GOAT
I agree bro, who the fuck cares if the FG % is worse than Jordan's, I still like Kobe Bryant way better. He does things Jordan never thought of, hence the 81 point performance. Fuck being "Like Mike" I wanna ball like Kobe!
MultiKingdarius 6 rings no loses
+Paul F.
Besides Stephen A Smith and Kobetards, nobody will ever dare something that stupid. How can a guy who never shot 50% once can be a better shooter than a guy who shot 50% for his career, with tougher rules (according to Kobe himself), tougher defenders (according to Kobe again) and less talented teammates (which allow much more double and triple teams on him)? That's retarded to say Kobe shot the ball better...
You never watched Jordan play then. His mid range game is the greatest mid of all time.
what the hell utfanatic! either ur inLove with jordan or ur obsessed in hating kobe? if you think kobe cant be compared to mj, why do you keep on posting ur comments fuLL of stats on kobe videos? why dont you post ur comments on tmac vids or iverson vids or LeBron vids? it Like ur trying to show that kobe is the onLy PLAYER worthy to be compared to jordan..
kobe was robbed of mvp in 2003 and 2006
Remembering the best after his passing with one of my favourite performances of him, this season will always be the peak kobe for me
the year kobe became the best player in the world. should've been mvp this year. physically fit, fast and athletic as ever
I agree forsure ... I still think shaq was the best player in the league that year but he was outta shape and clearly wasn't 00 or 01 shaq .... people forget that kobe had to share the ball with the most dominant inside force of the modern era... in 2000 and 2001 and 2002 shaq was fucking putting up like 38-18 and 5 at 64 percent in the finals lol nobody wad gonna win the finals mvp but Shaq period ..... I love kobe but i.still think he cost them the title in 03 and 04 by not truly playing thru shaq like he did in 00-01-02 .... by 03 kobe had wanted to.be the alpha but Shaq was still the most unstoppable force... I wish kobe wouldve swallowed his pride and they would've won 5 in a row ..... the spurs had no buisness beating them in 03 and neither did the pistons in 04 but kobe tried to do way to much honestly .... kobe didn't become the best player on the planet until 05-2011 .... when u have the luxury of playing with a force like prime shaq u gotta take advantage... I also do believe that kobe got pissed cause shaq wasn't putting the work in like kobe did.... shaq could've been a 40 points a game and 20 boards easily if he had the work ethic ...... it's funny some dumbass fans truly think Duncan was better thsn shaq lol ... he had a longer career I give ya that..but shaq even in his rookie.year was a 24 and 15 guy then up until 2000 he was always 28 and 14 ..... but in 2000 when he put the extra weight and muscle on nobody could deal with him period ... we may never see another finals performance like shaqs 00 one 38-19-5 at 64 percent is wilt Chamberlain like . But shaq was facing true competition in rick Smith's who was 7 foot and a good player ... I truly believe the 01 lakers could be the best team of all-time. U got Kobe the closest thing to Jordan then u.got prime.shaq which there is no anwswr for him ... man i miss the early 2000s:(
The best offensive player of all time. Period
this is when kobe was starting to become the "kobe of today"
alot of people forget what kobe did this season he had a streak of 35 and 40pt games
That dunk....I remember even on TV the crowd was buzzing for the rest of the half about that dunk. Like even at a dead ball they still was on their feet. "With no regard for human life!!!" Is a classic call
That classic baseline dunk over Latrell Sprewell is just nasty also the degree of those shots 🔥💪
I like this game more than Kobe's 61 at MSG. Kobe was on fire with his jumpshot in that one. But in this game Kobe was scoring all over the floor with some circus moves, and that sick reverse dunk in Sprewell's face.
Imagine if they had 4peated with the season kobe had 🤯
This is a jordan ness performance at only at age 24
Just in case people don’t know, 50 Cent’s GRODT album came out the same day this game was on. That’s crazy!!!
28pts in playoffs series vs Bowen. Poor guy was severely damaged in the colorado game. Kobe his the only player in this league to scored at least 30 vs the Spurs so often.
I'm not sure Jordan could have done much vs San Antonio.
Jordan scored 61 vs Atlanta (did this team won at least 2 straight playoffs series?)
He scored 64 on the poor Orlando magics. What did they accomplish in 93 season? not that much.
Oh yeah, the Bulls lost these 2 games.
it seems like everyone comes to MSG and kicks their ass. Feel so bad for knicks fans, they think they have the best team in the world. haha, Kobe, Tmac, bron, wade, everyone body whip that a . haha
Still remember this game like it was yesterday my friend called me right after that dunk lol
My homies always complan on how I kick them when I shoot my shots, more so on the post fade away's...eh...blame Kobe Bryant for that lol
"He's An Assassin!!!....He's A Flame Thrower!!!" Classic
Kobe went off good game #werd
"With no regard for human life!!"
That's right, Kobe originated that one
People today want to compare the younger players today with the OLD Kobe. Of course Lebron, Wade, Rose and Durant have the advantage today. But none of those young bucks have a chance against a young Kobe. Kobe's great talents were just overshadowed/overlooked at the time because of the post-Jordan hangover, Shaq's ego, and Kobe's stubborn attitude.
i love that guy too.. kevin harlan quotes... "kobe bryant!!! is an assasin...", "kobe across tha lane...", "kobe bryant!!! right between the eye!!!" marv albert is tha great marv albert of course... spectacular play by jordan...
Sprewell was playing perfect D too
+Nobody Touches Jordan
I would say good defense but some of the shots (there are still spectacular) were not even contested (even if Spree is in front of him). But the thing is, even at 40 (which is crazy), Jordan routinely (every game) made the kind of spectacular shots Kobe made @0:52 or @3:20 but nobody is gonna scream "spectacular shot !" when he does it. I guess because MJ makes it look so easy and does it so effortlessly/smoothly...
Unbelievable performance by Kobe though...
Give me this kobe over any version of lebron or sny modern day superstar
Jordan at his prime is not better than Kobe at his prime...Sorry, but I do live in a reality too. And you have to accept it.
No offense but you're wasting your time answering all guys who think Kobe is better than MJ.
That double pumpfake was so nasty @7:00
Kobe Bryant single handedly retired Latrell Sprewell that night.
6:24 shot synced perfectly with the organ
But he was carried by Shaq!
All sprewell had to do was choke kobe
Better than MJ? I like Kobe, but no.
that dunk and kevin harlan gets me everytime
Best Performence in MSG !!!
Black Mamba
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@MichRockHop81108 fosho fosho, my bad. we're on the same page. As far as I know, I'm 20 years old and I never saw Jordan or Kareem play or Magic. I've seen many of their highlights but its not the same. How old are you. I'm interested, because I think Kobe is in the top 5 of players the league has ever seen, but I want to get an older perspective. I've never seen anyone near Kobes level in my time of watching the NBA
@ilovefrankandbeans ok mj is better than kobe theres no doubt about that. but kobe is great all on his own. and people act like mj had no flaws in his game. hes not the best physically. lebron is by far more athletic and much much much stronger and i hate the guy. skill wise, mj is not a very good three point shooter. he had his games but it wasn't much of a threat on most days.
@WEZxxxxZYDxxx91 I came here to watch a Kobe video, and that was all. It was the comments from the Kobe fans who were comparing him to Jordan that I started replying to, as they seemed a little out of touch. I'm not trolling (which means just trying to get a reaction), I'm just trying to present some facts and stats to feed into some MJ/Kobe discussions that *were already happening before I got here*. I didn't start anything, I'm joining in.
@WEZxxxxZYDxxx91
84-85 (Boston 63W, Philly 58W, Bucks 59W, Hawks 50W, NJ, Detroit, Wash 40+W).
Teams below .500 in playoffs: 0
85-86 (Boston 67W, Philly 54W, Bucks 57W, Hawks 50W, Detroit 46W.
Teams below .500 in playoffs: 3 (Chicago, the year MJ played like 17 games. Wash and NJ 39W)
86-87 (Boston 59W, Philly 45W, Bucks 50W, Hawks 57W, Detroit 52W, Ind, Wash 40+ W.
Teams below .500 in playoffs: 0
@ybaby1990 Well, both Jordan and Both were on some pretty terrible teams, at some point. If I listed the rosters of some of those old Bulls teams, you wouldn't recognize one name. Jordan's bad teams never missed the playoffs, and Kobe's bad teams missed one. And like I said, the stats are pretty simple - when shooting a lot of shots (ie, 30 or more), Kobe's teams have a bad losing percentage. Jordan's have a + pct. Jordan, when shooting lots , tended to have a full box score, even on bad teams.
@ybaby1990 I've been watching the NBA since 1985, and I've seen both MJ and Kobe shoot their teams out of games. Kobe does it more often. You're right, you can't win 1-vs-5, which is why it's kinda fruitless to try to play that way. And it's not ridiculous to say that Kobe's teams did worse when he takes more shots than Jordan's teams did.. that's what the records say! Take 50-point games - there have been, in history, 13 50-point games with under 50% shooting, and Kobe Bryant has 6 of them.
@ybaby1990 You are right, shooting more shots doesn't necessarily mean hogging the ball. However, shooting a lot *can* also mean hogging the ball, too. I mean, a player can have a lot of assists while shooting a lot, if he's that type of player; Kobe tends to have less assists the more he shoots, if you check the stats. Also, the more he shoots, the less his shooting percentage is, which kinda makes you consider he's more efficient when he shoots less. I don't think there's another conclusion.
@EhiTPT Hmm... actually, if you're counting total points ever scored, the greatest scorer of all time is Kareem.
If you're talking how many points a player averages per game, then it's Jordan, and Wilt close behind.
If you're talking the most points scored in one single game, that's Wilt with 100. If you're talking the number of points in a single season, that's still Wilt. If you're talking total playoff points, or average, that's Jordan.
So.. why is Kobe the greatest scorer again?
@ybaby1990 - You're missing the point completely. A previous poster brought up the fact that, when comparing MJ and KOBE's big scoring games, Jordan lost 2 of his 60+ point games. That's true, and you can't win 'em all.
And you're right, Kobe and MJ have had to carry the scoring burden for each of their respective 'bad' teams. However, when you're shooting more, it should be to help your team win, right? So when shooting more, Jordan's teams have done better: Jordan: .558 Kobe: .386.
@WEZxxxxZYDxxx91 I've said over and over that 81 in a game is impressive nomatter how you weight it. If you want to weigh it more objectively in terms of an overall performance, or in the context of the Lakers development that season, or in the context of the season it was done in (11 players, mostly shooters, averages over 24 ppg that year, and 3 players averaged well over 30), or in any context that might send some objective criticism, then you say it's hating. It's not, it's just reality.
@WEZxxxxZYDxxx91 Yes, it is tough to judge a game by just highlights or the box score, which is why I watched the game. I'm just not a huge Bryant homer, so I was watching a little more objectively, and noticed the rest of the game, too, not just Kobe shooting the ball. It just struck me as more of a Pete Maravick / Harlem Globetrotter kind of exhibition than an actual basketball game after a while.
@WEZxxxxZYDxxx91 Well, the fans were caught up, the players were kind of.. well, not caught up. The Lakers looked kinda of disheartened, which was weird for a team that just came back from 18 down. I don't believe Phil Jackson was caught up, he rarely is. This was the 'let Kobe get this out of his system' year for Phil, so it was more a matter of saying, "You want to stay in and keep shooting now that we're up 15 and the game's pretty much over, or do you want to sit and rest and avoid injury?"
@WEZxxxxZYDxxx91 It also kind of shows you how little any of those players developed during those years of Kobe-ball (That's a term Phil Jackson used, and in a way that meant ".. I hope we don't have to devolve to playing Kobe-ball again). Otherwise, you look at a guy like Steve Kerr, who was an unknown before the Bulls, and remained a key element for a Spurs championship team afterwards. Some people will say that Kerr was just more talented. I say Kerr developed at a player under MJ and Pip.
@WEZxxxxZYDxxx91 I'm not saying Kobe's play didn't win the game for LA. It did. I'm saying his point total was inflated by keeping him in after the game was won. That dilutes the '81' when compared to other 'big' games.For 'big' games, I prefer Jordan's 69/18/7/4, or Robinson's Quadruple-double (34/ 10/ 10 /10) - or, in another meaningless, stat-padding game, Robinson's 71/14/5/2 : it meant as much as Kobe's. Ditto for David Thompson's 73/7/2, the game maybe most comparable to Kobe's
@WEZxxxxZYDxxx91
Was that the season that Odom was quoted as saying something like, "I think God put us to here to watch Kobe Bryant play basketball", and he meant that literally - that the Lakers sometimes could do nothing but watch, because Kobe wasn't big on giving up the ball when he was shooting a lot. The Raptors looked depressed that game, but so did the other LA guys. LA was down 15, yes, and came back on Kobe's shoulders:but they were also up 15 when Kobe kept padding his stats.
@mambaKB24mvp
If Kobe's a better ball handler, why is his turnover rate so much poorer than Jordan's? If Kobe's a better shooter, why is his field goal percentage worse than Jordan's? If Kobe's better at hitting long-range shots with people in his face, and Jordan was better at getting clear and freeing himself up for better shots, why is that a plus for Kobe? Seriously, people confuse doing things flashier with doing them with more skill.
Kobe is better than MJ. Skill wise. MJ just looked better when he did things. MJ can't shut you down, but is one of the best help defenders of all time. But Kobe can play you man to man, and D you up. I know everybody wants to throw stats and championships into but you can't and if you did then the greatest players of all time would be Russell and Chamberlain....greatest winner and the greatest stat stuffer..
Kobe is better than MJ. Skill wise. MJ is just looked better when he did things. Plus he's heart will always be with his team...to where as Kobe...believes in his. MJ can't shut you down, but is one of the best help defenders of all time. But Kobe can play you man to man, and D you up. I know everybody wants to throw stats and championships into but you can't and if you did then the greatest players of all time would be Russell and Chamberlain....greatest winner and the greatest stat stuffer..