Kobe Bryant 62 Points in 3 Quarters vs Mavericks (Outscores Mavs) - 2005.12.20
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Mavericks @ Lakers, December 20, 2005 | Just one of many awe-inspiring spectacles of Kobe's career. Personally, I think this performance is just as good, if not BETTER than what he would showcase about a month later against the Toronto Raptors. At the peak of his scoring powers and following a tough loss to the Rockets where the Lakers put just 74 points on the board, the stage was set for KB to deliver a once-in-a-lifetime performance. The visitors were the #1 seed Dallas Mavericks who entered the game with an 18-6 record. These Mavs would go on to sustain the best record in the league that year while advancing all the way to the Finals, so this didn't take place against just any team. After a 32 point first half by Kobe, one would think he could top 60 by the end of the game, but even that may have seemed like a stretch. What happened in the third quarter was far beyond what anyone could have expected. It turned out that Kobe hitting 60 was not only far from a stretch, but he wouldn't even need four quarters to accomplish it. The team that toted the league's best record and 11th best defense looked on helplessly as the locomotive going full speed at their neck erupted for 30 points in the 3rd quarter alone. As if scoring 62 points through three quarters wasn't mind-boggling enough, add to the fact that one player outscored an ENTIRE TEAM by himself through 3/4 of the game and you have a scenario that would have been ludicrous to even suggest beforehand. At the pace Kobe was scoring, he could have topped 82 points at the end of regulation....
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many people disagree but kobe in his prime was most amazing player I've ever seen on the court !
Cody Williams Even better then Jordan! And Lebron and anyone else is nowhere near him talent wise in his prime
+Micah Sharon There is more talent in the NBA, versus with Jordan. There's Durant, Curry, Harden, LeBron, and so many more. You have to be better to be the best, in comparison to when Jordan played.
Micah Sharon agreed not better than Jordan, copy his footwork! But Kobe was hell up there if it was 1on1 not sure WHO will win. Nether does MJ.
Both have the top 5 IQ
Not in my opinion, the speed of the game has grown a ton. Back in Jordan's era it was a bunch of old white guys in daisy dukes who were slow and could barely dribble the ball in between there legs. Nowadays everyones fast and can play well, and I lived in LA so I watched every lakers game and Kobe was almost amazing every single game
Cody Williams Agreed. It's like during Oscar Robertson's era.
If he had a decent team from 2005-2008 he would be a 10 time champ. Kobe was unstoppable in that period.
cskaismful great maths
cskaismful Atleast I know that you can't win 10 championships in the span of 3 years.
8 and 10 are different numbers
cskaismful Elpresador Boooiist
YOBO gunga
BenMasterz23 GUNGA GUGIGUNGAA BOOOOOIST
4 Years still hurts but I always spend this day watching all your highlights you never cheated the game and I thank you for that.
I can't believe Kobe played with Brian Cook, Smush Parker, Chris Mihm, Kwame Brown and was expected to have success like Jordan. Kobe carried these teams.
if you took the best player off every team this lakers team was the worst in the nba. yet they almost beat the best suns team ever
@@cjvangin wasn't the best Suns team ever. They played 0 defense.
@@esotericguru7111 it was the best nash lead su s
@@cjvangin The Best Suns team was 1992-1994 With Kenny Anderson and Charles Barkley playing at MVP levels.
Charles was a beast on that finals team that took the bulls to 6 games.
@@paysonfox88 best suns team is the team this year
Man that is scary good. Like honestly. Its like a pro going up against high schoolers. Even crazier is that mavs team made the finals that year.
Had #1 defense!
Crazy lol, mavs have great defense and make a final that year, and kobe man, this is God level of basketball, u can say Jordan is goat, but Kobe man, i lost my word about this, Kobe is art of basketball
And the shots he was making the degree of difficulty OMG!
Dallas overachieved that season because they got beat by the 8th seeded Warriors the following year lol
@@fearless5116 Jordan made basketball look like art.
Prime Kobe was arguably the greatest offensive player that ever lived.
fact
Agreed and what you said 🤣😂
Prime Kobe was dangerous!
@@trentyates418 lol you on crack?
@@LoomGaming no. But it's obvious that nobody was on kobes level at the time.
Bruh, on the flagrant, most people in Kobe's position would have fell to the floor. The fact he doesn't even fall and goes straight to him. Straight Thug Life
+DoctorO rangewood Kobe grew on old school 80-90s basketball of Rodman, Mchale, Payton, Miller, Jordan and few others of trash talking, standing up, getting ppl face. last breed
Lebron would've been taken off in a stretcher after a dramatic flop and suing the mavs for rape.
all that flagrant did was piss him off .......
@@dhinton1 facts..no flagrant no 62
lebron might overflop
62 in three quarters when the Mavs scored 61. That is one of the most amazing stats of his career. Keep in mind this Mavs team went to the Finals that season. If it was a closer game and Phil hadn't sat Kobe, I think Kobe probably would have cracked 90.
coach asked him if he wanted to play 4th quarter and score at least 80 he said "no I'll get it another time".
kray97 the assistant coach was trying to force him to play and angry with him but like the other guy said he said he'll get it another night then he proceeded to score 81 points a few weeks later
10:17 Kobe going 1v5, meanwhile Klay playing catch and shoot like its open gym practice with 0 defense
This man(Kobe Bryant) just outscore the Western conference finals champions by his self after three quarters and he sat out the 4th ‼️ 💯💯👍🏾👍🏾
People who actually watched Kobe know what’s good! The best offensive player of all time
Kobe is one of a Greatest NBA player I've ever scene...Amazing!!
Kobe was an artist , like Federer , zidane, Messi ....it was an honor to watch him play RIP to one of the greatest
Kobe himself was down 44-57 against an NBA Finals team and caught up to beat them 62-61 in under 5 minutes. Kobe almost beat the Suns with Smush, Kwame, Walton, Mihm, etc. Kobe scored 81 points in a low pace era? Man, 2006 Kobe is the most skillful scorer in NBA history.
my idol in his prime is unstopable.
2019 and still witness Kobe's greatness
If Lebron, Harden, Durant or anyone in the NBA took as many contested bad shots as Kobe they wouldn't even make the top 10 scorers list.
Keep hating on Kobe dude it won't make you any better
Matthew Gonzalez I think you don't get it
That's what makes Kobe, Kobe. He is the only one who could take those type of shots and still be number 3 all-time in scoring. Legendary..
Matthew he isn't hating. He is praising Kobe.
Kei Teo I think KD could tho
this nigga outscored a whole team. lol.
+Buster Posey Easily one of my all-time favorite Kobe moments. I was just like: This guy can't be real he just outscored my whole F*CKIN team in three quarters lmao
If Kobe played with Wade and Bosh in his prime, he also would've won 2 rings. Probably even 3 or 4.
GOODMusic4Life they would have been looking for their 5 title this season
LakeShowForLife Why have two All-Star SG's lol but yeah they would definitely would've won more than 2
ShecksiCrutons wade can play point if he wanted to
LakeShowForLife It wouldn't have worked because him and Wade play the same position but talent wise they wouldn't have ever lost.
***** they play the same position but kobe can play pg sg and sf and wade can play pg and sg
Although my team has been and always will be The Celtics but I gotta admit Kobe is the best player there ever was. period.
They didn't want Kobe to have the points record....he was going for 100 if he played the 4th
thats not true at all.... kobe was asked by phil if he wanted to play the 4th, and he said he'll "get it another time". Dont make baseless claims please.
He should have had more than one MVP. At least 4.
Man, he should have played in the 4th. Lakers sucked this season anyway, shoulda just racked up the record books.
I'm still pissed they took him out!
He shot 33 field goals and 25 free throws in 3 quarters... 25 FREE THROWS!!
And Harden just had 50 points with 25 freethows a couple of days ago... Your point?
iishyxvietxboyii1 I don't get why people complain about free throws counting towards a point total but we bash people who can't make them like DeAndre Jordan. That makes no sense to me.
I like how Stu lantz laughs every time Kobe makes a shot. Really gonna miss that
He is arguably one of the most skilled offensive players we ever seen
Del harris being the assistant coach for the mavs definitely had something to do with this
62 points this game a month later 81
Kobe was str8 beastin, over ten swishes too lol
jerry stackouse who was on that dallas team that year, said kobe should have won mvp...yet the media robbed him, it's a shame. In order for kobe to win mvp it had to be clear cut obvious like in 2008, anything close he would have lost 100 percent of the time. Even in 2008 they were tryna find reasons to give it to chris paul.
Kobe gets close lined while going to the basket and points a finger at the person who did it.
Dirk gets hit by an inadvertent elbow and shits a brick, picks up a technical, and his coach proceeds to get himself tossed out of the game.
Kobe was poised and in control, the Mavericks as a team were not. That is why Kobe got 25 free throws.
R.I.P Kobe🙏
Kobe LOVED getting to the line and knew exactly how to as well. Unless youre a veteran defender that can anticipate his moves... average defenders are usually left stranded and Kobe knew how to get contact
dude, Kobe is better than lerbron.. everyone talks about bron being like Jordan but Kobe is overlooked and he's closer to Jordan!!
Ricky Moss both better then mj. rings and stats are decieving. you put kobe in the east he have 8 rings
no, Kobe and MJ are better than bron.. you take away Ray Allen and Kyrie Irving clutch 3 pointers and he's 1 out of 7 in the finals
Ricky Moss u take away mj playin against trash in finals he has no rings lls
Ballin Too Golden st had the best regular season record and lost in the finals but the 72 win Bulls team would've swept this year's cavs in the playoffs they didn't even have a big man..the 67 win Lakers team with Shaq and Kobe would've beaten this year's Warriors or Cavs in a playoff series
Ricky Moss How is Kobe better than Lebron? I love Kobe but Lebron is a 3x finals MVP, 4 time regular season MVP, just had the greatest finals performance ever and he is ahead of Kobe in every statistical category including scoring.
steph gets 62 in 4 and espn creams themselves saying hes the most electric scorer of all time lmao
Kobes basketball iQ is amazing. I still can't get over how he jumped straight into the chest of the defender to get his lay up and to force contact. It also takes the defender essentially out of the play because he is using his body to push him back and open the floor for an easy lay up and from the defenders position an offensive foul can't be called. I know it seems like a small play but it was all I could think about the whole video. He did this all in a split second reaction. Just wow.
Crazy sad that such a brilliant mind couldn't stick around longer...you watch these games, and the talent that he had to work with all those years and you realize yeah, he was a killer, but he did elevate his teammates and that's how they beat everyone. Was so psyched for your second act too...
6:00 Announcer said he thought Michael Jordan would of scored “like 80” Kobe Bryant rewatched this game and heard them say that . He said to himself 80? Not to long after this game he drops 81. The man is a beast!
He took it personal
MOST UNDERRATED GAME EVER. THIS DALLAS WAS 2 GAME AWAY FROM THE TITLE AND SCREWED BY REFS. KOBE SINGLEHANDEDLY BEAT THEM IN 3 QUARTERS (62-61) SHIT IS CRAZY.
best player to the history
He would've had two 80pt games in one season if he played the 4th quarter this game. No doubt
90
Kobe had the best mid range jumper no cap
Kobe haters always gonna hate. And Kobe didn't do politics but he is def the goat when it comes to basketbal. There is now player that won against tougher competition with less help than that there black mamba. KB forever man.
This was the best one game performance I saw in the NBA
Prime Kobe is something else. Damn 😫💯
I really miss Kobe.RIP.
he couldve gone higher than 81 if the game wasnt already in hand.
If Kobe played the 4th quarter he would have scored over 100 points and continued to outscored the Dallas team.
The wildest thing about this game is that those Mavs won 60 games this year and went to the Finals lol modern nba fans act like kobe was cooking nobodies. I remember around the time Dirk retired, he said Kobe was the best player he's ever seen.
No one in the NBA today can come close to outscoring a team by himself especially shooting over a 7 footer. This man outscored a team by himself. I don't see steph or klay playing lock down defense on one side then shooting the lights out on the other.
LatinMiracle where’s was all this scoring throughout his career in the playoffs. Or this very year in game 7 when he scored 2 points in the 4th
Prime Kob was so fluid, skilled, and explosive. Jordan had a better career but no one a better peak prime than Kob!
Kobe’s great… but Jordan had the highest peak. Kobe had more explosive offensive games, but Jordan was more consistently dominant from the offensive end.
@@chess9799 there’s more to basketball than scoring, and even at that, Jordan was the more dominant offensive player. Kobe was prone to have historic games as these, but for every game like this, he would have 4-5 games of putting up 18-20 points on 5/20 shooting. Kobe never led the league in steals (Jordan did three times). And Jordan was a better shot blocker. Jordan in his prime (1987-93) was much quicker and a much better athlete than Kobe ever was.
I come here every few months, mainly bc i love this game. But also to see how many more arguments bolly boi has been in. XD
Yet ppl are saying "LOL Klay did it better"
Yet no one remembers Kobe was avg. nearly 50 ppg in like 8 games.
kobe averaged 45ppg in 1 month 20016 jan
Warsame Egal its alot of people who forget kobe greatness
Anyone hear Stu Lantz recall Kobe's 42 point first half vs. MJ and the Wizards? "Boy, I thought that night he was gonna go for about 80." Little did he know later that season. :)
that wasnt the same season he scored 81
*****
Yet it was. 2006, the season he averaged 35...
Lion A No it wasn't read the original comment. kobe did not score 40 on mj and score 81 in the same season, as Michael Jordan was already retired
*****
I was talking about this game and the 81 game.
Lion A That's why I said read the original comment so u would understand what we were talking about in the first place
Kobe was the greatest offensively skilled player of all time.
18/31 shots made.
25/25 FTs
Outscoring opponent by himself through 3
Couldve got 85 easily.
Kohe is the greatest basketball player EVER
Can't believe your gone kobe Bryant top 3 to ever play period
KB and Josh Howard was always a fun match up
In some ways, this game is more impressive than the 81 he would score against the Raptors about a month later. This Mavericks team would go on to advance to the Finals, losing to the Miami heat. ALSO, when he leaves this game, he has more points than the same 3rd period mark where he would eventually score 81. MEANING, he could have potentially scored more than 81 against a final's caliber team. He had only scored 53 by the end of the 3rd quarter in the game where he would go on to score 81. where, obviously, he had 62 at the end of this game against the Mavericks where he left the game in the 3rd quarter. He scored 28 in the 4th quarter against Toronto. The only reason Wilt still holds the record is because Kobe set out the 4th quarter in the game against Dallas.
Funny, how the national media try to minimize this mans complete dominance. Kobe was in a league of his own, that’s why he did things no other player could do in the history of the game. People bring up Wilts 100 point game to try to discredit Kobe’s 81 point historic game. I remember a time if a player scored 50 points the national media would hold that in reverence. Kobe destroys those games and he’s discredited. Kobe should have at least 5 league MVP awards. If you’re the best in the game then you’re the MVP period! I don’t want to hear about team accomplishments, that was designed to give other players like, Nash, Duncan, Lebron, and Dirk Kobe’s MVPs. Kobe led the worst team in NBA history to the playoffs. Name another team who talent like Smush Parker, Kwame Brown and. His Mims in the the starting line up in the playoffs.
My favorite at 10:17 where he just walks right between two defenders. Replay at 10:48
My best Kobe lakers memory.
this was special...
He Outscored the 2006 western conference champions (The Mavs) that year.
Kobe gave it to Dallas mainly because Del Harris was on the coaching staff. Del Harris was the guy who held Kobe back, dismissing his desire to play in the post “because we already have Shaq.” In many ways, you could call Del Harris The OG Kobe Stopper.
Mid 2000's Kobe
Mid 2000's Lebron
This two player were both unlucky during their prime playing with Dumpsters.
Once Josh Howard crossed the line physically, it was over. Kobe kicked his game into another gear
I've Never seen it done Like Stu Lantz said outscoring a team through 3 quarters single handedly....Whoa!
R.I.P Kobe Bryant and Gigi Bryant and the seven others we lost on that dreadful Tragedy. 🙏🏽😭💙
To put this in perspective ,this mavs team made made it to the finals that year ,KOBE OUTSCORED them .
How tf does this man not have more MVPs??
the only person who can stop him is Phil Jackson, shut him down in the 4th
he doesnt play in the 4th just because the lakers had a 30 point lead,man,he really just want to win a game
The chills I got listening to what the announcer said from 6:00-6:11..😬
If anyone in todays era would have a season like kobe did in 05-06 he would be unanimously MVP.
That look @ 2:45 says it all. They knew what kind of night Kobe was going to have in the first quarter. Kobe IS the greatest offensive player in the history of the NBA. If Kobe, Jordan and Wilt aren’t in your top 3 offensive players ever I want to hear from you. Let’s pull up a seat and pay attention because I am going to school you on a couple of things.
"that night i thought he go for about 80" saying it like it was impossible ..
little did he know that kobe gonna go for 82 a year later
Morita Slim actually he went for 81 a month later, this was in Dec of 2005, he went for 81 in Jan of 2006
The legendary stuffs.
Just came home from our Baskteball practice back in college when I watched this game. Lakers this year was really awfull besides Kobe. Lamar was inconsistent' still grasping the triangle. Lakers 5 game winning streak at the end of the reg season put them in 7th place. But damn! Kobe made the Lakeshow watchable from 05-07. And still making the West playoffs. 81, 62, 65, 60, 60 with the opposing teams throwing double, triple, quadruple to Kobe he still find ways to score. That's what the nerds and dorks need to say when talking about stats.
Complete the info nerds and dorks. Nit just based in your narrative to diminished Kobe which is your only goal.
RIP Kobe
RIP to the GREATEST scorer of all time
You can't compare this to Klay Thompsons 60 point game. Kobe had to score or they would lose cuz this Lakers team had no real offence to back him up. Klay had the luxury of Steph and KD taking off all the defensive pressure on him.
I think he was a better player when people doubted him
I'm fm Chicago Kobe the Real Deal 62 pts.3 quarters who does tha ?2023
When the youngins try to tell me no one catches fire like Klay Thompson in league history, I cross my legs, pour a glass of whiskey, tell em to have seat and listen tf up! Ain't nobody like Bean period.
Exactly. Klay catches fire better than any active player though
You not speaking opinions but you sure are speaking FACTS!!!
Damn right
chikeokjr24 Fax
Flatt.. Nobody !!!
Listen to the starting line-up that made the playoffs in 2006, in Kobe's prime:
1. Smush Parker
2. Kobe Bryant
3. Luke Walton
4. Lamar Odom
5. Kwame Brown
3 of those 5 are some of the worst players in NBA history, and THEY STARTED. Might I add that the Lakers forced the Suns to a game 7 with this line-up.
Its sad that they could not advance, i really thought if they kept the momentum up they would have made it to the 3rd round and lose to the spurs.
Roronoa D. Zoro I mean mavs.
LongJohn Silverthorne Agree-what Kobe did in that 05/06 Season was amazing considering the lack of supporting cast on the Lakers-nobody did more with less!
LongJohn Silverthorne Kobe's fault. He ran Shaq out of town because he wanted the team to be "his" and prove that he didn't need him. It became abundantly clear that he did. Nobody can do it alone, not even MJ.
***** kobe just needed somebody good. he was trying to prove he could be the primary option on a championship team and that he didnt need shaq specifically
Kobe was asked if he wanted to return in the 4th to reach 70. He said "Nah, I'll do it when we really need it". Couple of weeks after he scored 81. Lol
Why didn't Kobe do this in the playoffs? Because defenses were tougher. You'd be surprised to know Kobe only has ONE 50 point game in the playoffs for his whole career when he scored exactly 50 in OT vs. Phoenix. Jordan in the playoffs had EIGHT 50 point games.
Turtle Island LAC because they had Shaq. MJ needed to score just like Lebron because Pippen wouldn’t be able to carry a team on his own.
@@Miken25 lol lebron didn't have to do it all the time he had dwade and kyrie dont act like he had no help, kobe still went back to back with 1 all star no teammates that were all-NBA went through prime younger spurs suns and celtics that lebron can't beat. Period.
@@Miken25 lebron had his sorry ass always crying for help which was funny thing thou coz he was in the weak east lol
Turtle Island LAC duhhh dumb ass me had twice as muxh take every shot from his squad as muxh as Kobe besides Jordan bull squad was like Ai on 76ers
I'm not old enough to have witnessed Jordan live. Kobe Bryant is the best basketball player I've ever seen and it's not even close
Kobe outscored the team that made it to the finals that year lmao YALL hatin on greatness
LetsGoKhani forgot they made it to the finals lmaoo
+LetsGoKhan Man i came back 11 months later just to rewatch this video bitches
+LetsGoKhan Lmao the 3rd quarter ended the score was 61-95 and it ended 112-90 Lakers gave up a third of their lead without Kobe playing
LetsGoKhan And people gripe about him shooting too much that year. He HAD to!
This me on my other account 3 gahdamn years later just rewatching this beautiful offensive flourish, this man crushed his career high of 56 in this game in only 3 quarters and less than a month after this game he dropped 81 points on 'ol Jalen Rose forehead in January 2006
That 05-07 Kobe was Godlike... Man that man was outstanding.
Yeah, I mean he had the 52 in 3 quarters against Utah, then went on that 4 game stretch of 65, 50, 60, 50 vs The Blazers, Timberwolves, Grizzlies, and Hornets.
03-07
01-09
01-13
He outscored an entire NBA team for three quarters. A team with Dirk Nowitski on i!. What reason would anyone have to hate on that? Ridiculous.
+Morris Media and that Mavs team went to the finals that year lol
Chen Liu Lakers would of knocked out that Mavericks team in the conference finals that year if Kwame Brown could close on a fucking three pointer during the Suns Lakers series.
The Mavs hacked him the whole game ..... he got 22 FT's in this 62-point performance. lol
@@FromUpNorth9345 Actually if I remember correctly if you watch the video Lamar didn't box out on the rebound. That was the fatal error. He boxes out they win.
Dirk said Kobe was the best player he ever played against and he referenced this game..
Prime Kobe > any other player to play the game
Kobe is 🐐
Factz
Big facts janet jackson it doesn't matter
I would have to agree. the more highlights I see of Kobe I realize damn this dude was the best player possibly
Give me Prime Jordan
Kobe's elite prime is like no other, he was unstoppable.
i love kobe but he was a major ball hog in his prime
+Regal Flores major ball hog?
+Mehran M well for a lil while he was LA's only superstar
and what did he had to do? pass the ball to cook, mhim, parker? kobe had to green light to shoot.
May have hogged the ball, but he proved that when he got it, there was a better chance of scoring than anyone else.
the best player of this century
Century? I don't think century but the years 2000-2010
+Geoz I think he might be referring to the 21st century
+SadisticSarcasm Correct. from 2000 to today, Which is true.
+eskimo289 argument can be made for duncan though.
+eskimo289 Or lebron or shaq
Kobe didn’t have the same luxury as Lebron and MJ having a great team in their absolute prime years. 05-07 were his best years as an individual. If he would’ve had a prime D Wade or Kyrie guarantee he’d have 7-8 rings. No one will ever come close to Kobes level during these years. His peak was better than any player in the history of the game hands down. If you didn’t witness it you would understand.
Jordan enough said.
He had Great teammates he just didn’t know how to utilize like Jordan did . Enough said
@@roquepascuals5943 in 05-07? Dumbass read the comment before you speak. When has Jordan won without pippen? never
@@roquepascuals5943 name it the great teammates during 2005 season to 2007
@@darrellvital2023 Jim
Jackson Arron McKie Lamar Odom
Come on bro back than those were elite players devan George
my opinion best ever but ppl have different opinions. and mvp is a fluke award kobe should have like 6 mvp's..
GTFOH.
+shaquill williams you gtfoh
facts
Yeah mvp's aren't even best players in the league it's who does the NBA reporters and important people like the most on the top 1-2 teams.
He should have had 3.
Phil robbed Kobe of a lotta shit. Kobe could have scored 70+ about 4 times incredible.
McStrokeAvision he was truly jaw dropping to watch him play in his prime , im glad as a kid i was able to watch him many times
+McStrokeAvision
Quite the opposite. Phil is old school. In reality, he shouldn't even have left Kobe play the entire third quarter in this game because the game was already over but he did it for Kobe. Just like the Raptors game where He let Kobe play even if the game was over a long time ago. He did it for Kobe. I can't think of any other games, so I don't know why you say, he could have reached 70 points 4 different times.
+Air Magic the 81 game was a lot different than this game. lakers were down 18 by half and up by 6 entering the 4th..
Phil could of let kobe play in the 4th handful of times but the zen master knows its not worth it since bad luck can happen (injuries)
Mehran M
True, let's be clear about something here : Kobe saved the day for the Lakers. He took over this game and he was spectacular. But the game was over in the middle of the 4th quarter and Kobe had already scored about 60 points if I remember correctly. That means he scored about 20 points in the last 6 minutes. And you might argue that the Raptors could have miraculously come back in the game at that point (I don't think so but let's assume it) but when Kobe reached 70 with 4 minutes lefts and +15 for the Lakers, the game was over. He had a new career high and the game was over. But Phil wanted to give him a chance to go as far as he wanted because he understood Kobe. In the garbage time, the last 5 minutes, the game was basically Kobe playing 1 against 5 and the only interest of the game was to see how many points he would have scored. Everybody knew it, including Kobe. That's why some old school coaches didn't like it. Pat Riley didn't like it if you remember...
+Air Magic 2 more times including this game and the 81 point game... Kobe's first 50 point game was 56 in 3 quarters vs the Grizzlies and he had another game where he dropped 52 in 3 quarters versus the Jazz.
and espn says lebrons 61 is better than kobes 81 common not even close with this performance
He had 25 free throws in 3 quarters...
Lebron had 50+ with triple double.
Actually they didn't. They just brought up the question and said Kobe's 81 was undeniably better.
iishyxvietxboyii1 lebron did not have a triple double he had a rebound taken away
edgar batister i think lebron had 18 rebounds and 8 assists thats why. great performance tho
This is no knock on LeBron or any bigger player. But you put Kobe Bryant in James' body and he would have scored 100...TWICE!
Bruh put him in Dwight howard
nah that's why Lebron James is my favorite player and I respect him and his game so much. As physically gifted as he is I honestly believe he maxed his physical gifts to their fullest potential on the basketball court. He plays the game like no one has ever seen before. if anyone had Lebron James physical gifts they still wouldn't play the game of basketball as well as Lebron James plays it. In other words Lebron uses his body better to play basketball better than anyone could if they had his body.
+Ab Yz Dwight is useless
actually, he wouldn't be able to do what he does with lebron's body. his ability to hang in the air and his balance are the basis for his rhythm. and rhythm is the most important thing for a player. his body might not have the power/speed, but is perfectly made for basketball.
Yue Wu
Not true.
came here bc klay scored 60 in 3 quarters to remind myself why kobe is still better
sk8terdudexc uhh unnecessary
Kobe is better, but I would say Klays 60 in 3 quarters was more impressive. looking at these clips, Klay was guarded better and took way less free throws.
Nathan To it was better? how is gettin easy lay ups and on way better team better then kob 60 facing double teams wit scrubbs? llz
mavs went to the finals that year and dirk was 2nd in mvp voting. just sayin
Yea, not only did kobe score over 60 but he scored more than the whole mavs team. Lebron only wish he could do that.
He is so aesthetically pleasing. He moves like a dancer, so smooth on the floor. Every steps seems so elegant and every move seems so perfectly choreographed.
He used Jordan’s moves lol
@@illmatic826 Kobe used a lot of moves Jordan didn't use. Just like Jordan used some of Baylor's moves, and Ervings moves etc...
@@kobeandgary Stop it, we all know who Kobe emulated, it’s no secret.
@@illmatic826 what a stupid reply 😂😂
@@kobeandgaryI agree that he used other moves but let’s be real. That fadeaway is to a tee.
on god u can talk stats and % all u want kobe is the goat
Don't put nothin on God homie. You sound dumb af cuzz. Dumbass lingo y'all L.A niggaz use. Put it on yo momz is bad enough, now you gonna put shit on God??? Fucc outta here cuzz.
Johnson vudaulski im from d.c dumb ass lol yu think only lakers fans like kobe
Johnson vudaulski kobe is the goat like i said
+Ballin Too haha I agree. I just don't feel anyone should put anything on the almighty, no matter how sure you seem. that's it cuzz
He averaged 45% of his shots. That's efficient for a shooting guard.