Kobe Bryant Scores 61 Points at Madison Square Garden

Visit www.nba.com/video for more highlights. Kobe Bryant breaks the record for points scored at MSG on February 2nd.

[@Wavy_bone]

R.I.P. Kobe 😢 As a die hard Knick fan, even I can acknowledge greatness when I see it. Mamba mentality for life

[@hanj31]

this was the game right after kobe inadvertently landed on bynum's knee and got injured! This is how he responded to not having bynum for a few weeks!

[@blutuu]

Man....I have no other words to express his game. It's just so.....!

[@RINGSx5]

Kobe the black mamba bean Bryant

[@math_.]

2019

[@AyoPatt..]

CELTICS NEWS lol

[@greenlegopiece]

I went to the Knicks game the day he died 😭😭😭 R.I.P. Mamba

[@Tajonxv]

This guy dunked the ball then touched backboard

[@thenewthought86]

That's old school

[@ambrosiaaaaaa]

1:13 "He'll come back down to earth?" YEA RIGHT, GOOD LUCK WITH THAT.

[@owencenteno5070]

My idoll

[@visharadrawat977]

1:08 " How u doin backboard " 2:14 " You better than Mike "

[@ShoGunz1083]

Kobe s a beast actin most of d time professionally n nearly takin all d chances he gets!

[@jaspal2370]

there will never be another Kobe Bryant.....but Kobe is the closest thing to ever being another Kobe Bryant

[@imsabog]

wow, A greatest performance, by a great player.

[@curiousgeorg4242]

i had to keep rewinding it....so beautiful

[@tghetto5]

Kobe is the greatest player Ive ever watched....and yeah, I watched Jordans last three years in Chi-town and his two years in washington so...

[@TheBigApple1994]

im from ny and im glad it was kobe who broke the record and not any1 else..its an honor to have kobe score dat much aganist my own team.

[@jackbrick5885]

Miss you Kobe thanks for the memories

[@AJVersatility19]

Kobe was just proving it further that he can singlehandedly take over a game, with just one aspect. whether it be scoring, or passing. and defensing. who cares if he had 3 asists. that doesnt take away 61pts. this guys the best

[@rauldavidsanchezlazaro601]

I was there that night! It was something unforgettable!!! Kobe forever ❤😢

[@dannysoya]

GREATNESS. when the opposing team gives you a standing ovation.

[@MuzicXfreak]

Kobe is an amazing scorer..... and thats it

[@Losangelesforlife]

kobe and mj's mid range, skills, jumper.. is something lebron only dreams of having right now... lebrons a great player i enjoy watching him

[@vagaswilliamson6485]

Love You Kobe Rest In Peace

[@popeye135]

1:33 was sick!!!!!!

[@TheDarkKnight03]

Kobe is Legend

[@bwink23]

@jimbergalerg Jordan was also taking alot more shots in 92-93 than in 95-96, and still shot the same percentage. He also shot near as many 3's for a lower FG% in 1993, 35.2% to 42.7%, albeit 95 had a shorter line. That too helped drive his overall FG% down when compared to 95-96.

[@ElTuco84]

Something has the Garden that makes great basketball players to shine like no other arena, hope to visit someday.

[@JJ81]

I love how Odom was enjoying the performance during the game and was showing it, always smiling at Kobe and near the end Pau kept looking up at the scoreboard to see how many Kobe had.

[@wuerohermoso]

kobe bryant is the best !!scores 61 points!! is amazing

[@thekingakaitsme]

the greatest Player after Air Jordan for me !!!

[@HagopC1]

@Goreeeeeship that "guy" is Spike Lee a famous director who is very close with kobe he even made a documentary about him called Kobe Doin' Work u can look it up its very good

[@migueltxo69]

he looks so motivated even out of the stadium

[@filcad]

My childhood hero.

[@jianh1989]

air time is what kobe is gifted =) what's the video's background music?

[@st3rulez]

kobe the best.

[@NyIzAwSoMe]

i feel bad for my hometown knicks, they havent made the playoffs for a while and i would love to see the knicks in the playoffs

[@comm3nt]

he is the legend

[@bwink23]

@jimbergalerg i understand was defensive rating does...it takes game pace out of the equation...it shows how teams defended regardless of how many shots were put up....it eliminates styles from different eras and puts them on equal terms.

[@rage_west]

man this guy does something amazing every season last season were clutch shots what's next?

[@elloelloello111]

man that play at 1:42 makes my jaw drop every time

[@burnttoast1273]

I remember this game like it was yesterday

[@HasterDavid]

I've watched Kobe 82 games a year plus the playoffs for 13 years now, & there's no one that can tell me he isn't the greatest basketball player of all times

[@nafiurrahman999]

kobe is the best

[@pinoyblaze12]

im with you man

[@timboa101]

kobe is so good he got NY to cheer for him :D

[@wongIgnow]

Crazy man! 61 POINTS!Kobe pwned that night!

[@ledzep2rhyme]

i see that the New York Liberty fans were very happy & excited for Kobe after the game.

[@rfmaaz89]

Man, I can't say that I've seen Mike playing his best... I had the chance to see him returning from the retirement. Still, he showed everybody that he was a legend - I remember everyone criticizing him after he scored only 5 points in a game, then he scored 50+ points. But man, Kobe is incredible... I don't know, that's why I said "I'm starting to think that MAYBE"

[@RyanZiegler85]

there will never be another MJ - Kobe is in his own league

[@bbobby15]

@TheDrystian that fan was spike lee!!he is very famous hes a producer and he know micheal jordan personely

[@radmann17]

O man.. I totally forgot about a legend..... John Stockton...... Hes Deffinetly on the top 10 list.

[@Tribo]

One thing people gotta realize.. people will always be hatin on Kobe no matter how good he is. They dont pay attention to kobe's defense nor how much assists he gets per game. Since he scores so much they all assume he's a ball hog. This guy is clutch specially last few minutes of game. Kobe fans dont have to act defensive when he's getting bashed - it's just pure ignorance since they don't even watch all of his games and therefore they can't appreciate... just let them be. Enjoy

[@persleezy]

Damn, he is a beast!!

[@chronomasakari]

give spike lee some credit, he's probably greeting Kobe since right after this game they went on to film the commentary for Kobe doin' work.

[@hockerbebe]

KOBE RULEZ!

[@jacknicklaus99]

@TheSmile1118 thats such a good point man, i want to watch him live too now, next lakers celts game im buying tickets

[@mbooker23]

preach on my brother. i saw the video of boston chanting for kobe on here. you cant hate greatness but alot of people do it anyway

[@Tontsu989]

what are the two songs in the video? Does anyone happen to know? Great performance by Kobe, I hope he'll have a good form during playoffs too.

[@gokipon3]

do people even notice that kobe will play even his finger is dislocated broken torn ligament all that stuff on his shooting hand even if his finger was falling off he prolly still will play no one else would do dat becuz they wouldnt no had to shoot the ball or they cnt take the pain but this guy is still dropping big numbers and hitting game winning shots and dunking its jus amazing i wonder if michael jordan would be able to do dat even if his finger on his shooting hand is fuked up like dat

[@Marakulous43]

I wish I was able to know the name of the music at the end

[@edwardbasurto3153]

We miss u Kobe.

[@leonzhou31]

@dekomondo Kobe's finger is pretty messed up .. but he is still dropping big numbers like its fine. its not a minor injury, its pretty serious if its been wrapped up like that for 3 years

[@AliceChen]

theres kobe best player ever

[@Ralph0797]

kobe and Lebron are the man

[@TheSmile1438]

i hope i could watch kobe play live before he retires. :)

[@dm6187]

Did you get to? I hope i don't make you cry with that question baby.

[@RysiekRoman]

He is the best

[@ryan2546]

lbj just scored 52 there last night!

[@hoovinc]

No sense in arguing with people think that Kobe is better than Michael. Kobe lovers only knows the MJ that is here in KZbin. THEY don't know the SCOPE of the greatness of MJ. NO CLUE! Remember this MAN DOMINATED the league for a DECADE and LEAD the League in SCORing for a DECADE. ENOUGH SAID.

[@bwink23]

@jimbergalerg i posted the only 3 games he played against the knicks in 93...he played the pistons 6 times in 89....more teams in 93 remember

[@remonation24]

kobe the best in da league, take in in yall.

[@abnynedd]

@kAr0lis9 If he keeps that rythm, it will be 101. That would be beyond amazing :)

[@bwink23]

Defensive rating is the best estimate of defensive abilities...it pretty much takes game pace out of the equation...cuz to me, game pace is a STYLE...so let's check that out: 2009-2010 def. rating = 107.6 1988-1989 = 107.8....pretty identical to me

[@amishbros]

@blackadam06 wright, latrell sprewell, and others... it honestly was not hard to think up just some current players that are incredibly athletic... I didn't even go very far back to think of players haha

[@bwink23]

@jimbergalerg teams today shoot 48% from the floor as well, if you just take 2-point conversions into account and not the influx of 3-pointers that are being taken today compared to yesteryear, which is closer to the TRUE reason why overall FG% has dropped.

[@Freestylez100]

In the end the guy in blue yells "you're better than Mike". So true...

[@ChoLocH123]

Kobe fan here...but!!! agree with you completely...

[@TheDarkKnight03]

3 hours left to the hot game ..lakers vs. boston !! hope lakers win

[@ilocos78]

except for the incident in colorado i will tell my grandkids that kobe is one of the greatest player in nba history.

[@contrerasm]

Kobee

[@Tefuri]

What are you crazy? Kobe Bryant has the ability to both assist and dominate in personal field goals. You act like getting 61 points is a bad thing, Kobe can turn it on any time he wants and score score score, or pass pass pass. Whatever he wants.

[@bwink23]

@jimbergalerg YEP YOUR RIGHT...it was the half courts sets that did jordan in....not the fact he was playing in his 30's from a near 2-year layoff from basketball, shooting a heavy dose of fade aways, not being as athletic as he once was.....yeah your right

[@randomlearning]

great video.. spike by the tunnel was cool

[@mrrayygee]

@MJisKingKobesuckss doesnt matter how badly they're ranked, its the individual performance and skills to score high.

[@blackadam06]

@LebronJamesHoopz Some of the game's GREATEST legends played in the 60s & 70s, but with all due respect to them and just being brutally honest, when Boston was winning all those titles, MOST of ‘em came in the early history of a struggling league, which only had 9 teams, played a MUCH SHORTER schedule and had NO teams west of Minneapolis until the Lakers moved to LA. Back then, a team only had to win 2 playoff series to win a title. 2 of their titles were against teams with a LOSING record.

[@bwink23]

@jimbergalerg These are the team 2-point conversion rates over the last 3 years....49.2%, 48.6%, 48.5%..

[@bwink23]

@jimbergalerg are you basing your opinion on regular season or playoffs??

[@bwink23]

@jimbergalerg Do you know what defensive rating is? it's points allowed per 100 possessions...what do you think about that?

[@juang5930]

5/2009- 5/2019 10 Years

[@Dreadnaugh2517]

Holy shit, didn't I just saw and heard that! Great find bro!

[@blackadam06]

@mikenotnumber1 "you can hear the Bulls announcers say "You [can't double] til he [touches] the ball"...now you can!" Quick question: what were Larry Nance & Craig Ehlo doing to MJ on the inbounds play right B4 MJ got the pass and made "the shot"?

[@bwink23]

@jimbergalerg i never said anything about wilt you did...game pace is a STYLE. teams ran more in the 80's and with less coaching restriction..an uptempo game yields more possessions....pretty simple really

[@DoctorBenjy]

Amazing

[@jcjteeju]

Awesome!

[@Jrz9x]

You are the 1st comment of this video btw

[@chros2704]

@@Jrz9x Man. Ten years. Ten frickin' years. I wonder where that guy is now. How old he is? Is he alive? Where does he live and work/study?

[@flipmode51]

lamar smiling at 0:58..damn boy nice play

[@r0binzero]

Top ten nba players ever 1:Kobe "Black Mamba" Bryant 2:Michael "Air" Jordan 3:Lebron "The Princess" James 4:Dwayne "The Nothing" Wade 5:Jerry "Mr.Clutch" West 6:Earvin "Magic" Johnson 7:Larry "Legend" Bird 8:Julius "Dr. J" Erving 9:Wilt "The Stilt" Chamberlain 10:Hakeem "The Dream" Alajuwon

[@garyboy46]

Nice play-by-play Mike Breen, you'll see more of Kobe in the Finals.

[@bwink23]

@jimbergalerg 92 knicks held jordan from a 32.6 ppg to 26.7 ppg in 3 games....89 pistons held jordan from a 32.5 ppg to a 27.7 ppg in 6 games, twice as many....so who's better homie??

[@jsbs84]

@2:15 "You're betta than Mike" Gotta love that.

[@Lakers4life824]

well back then everyone thought MVP was just another scoring title in Kobe's era it was really about the Most Valuable PLayer

[@blackadam06]

"In Thomas, the Pistons have a quick defender who knows the intricacies of their [zone defense] when Detroit is playing the Jordan Rules. Thomas [often] has the job of [bouncing around] on the perimeter, sometimes making an [all-out] effort to [double-team] Jordan. Sure, sometimes he [should be] whistled for [illegal defense], but he [rarely] is." -- Jack McCallum: "Mission Impossible"; Sports Illustrated, Nov 6, 1989