Kobe Scores 81 | The Game That Cemented A Legacy

[@paulyiustravelogue]

True story, I was suffering from a flu that night, had the game on and didn’t think much about it…. but I was wide awaken by the start of the 3rd qtr onward. One of the best and most entertaining games I have ever witnessed. Kobe, I miss you 😢

[@gambitchips3329]

Covid

[@Brandon_QFG]

"Knocked away by Kobe, Great hustle by Kobe, He's gonna score, SLAM DUNK!!!". The roar of the crowd and the sound of the rim, Man what a legendary moment. RIP Mamba!!!

[@eugeloo]

I swear between this and Vince Carter this was the only thing the Raptors were known for in the league. Praise be to Masai for leading us to a championship.

[@radentstwo9793]

Forgot the Raptors won the championship in 2019?

[@airhead1218]

@@radentstwo9793 thats why he said he praised masai for their championship, hes talking about the raptors period from the 90s-00s pre demar/kawhi era

[@lanceliverpool1574]

*Drake

[@shun8733]

Greatest player of all time in my opinion, and felt like this even before his death! 💯

[@nicksirju8717]

Back then, it was humiliating to have Kobe drop 81 on us. One of our darkest moments. Now, looking back at it, especially now that we're champions, it's was an honour to have Kobe drop 81 on us.

[@Hazadin420]

Mamba out, but never forgotten. #KobeLEGEND

[@mymagicisntgivingup5908]

I was just 5 years old when this game occurred. I was amazed and it inspired to play basketball.

[@ijoseph7343]

Ontario native here and it killed me staying up til about 10:30 EST for laker games. But nights like these against the raptors made it worth it

[@jenarthjeyan2041]

Shoutout to the guys who made this, amazing job!!! Good on ya steves

[@kayvion5]

Thank for this,MAMBA FOREVER🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

[@joshuaalexanderlynch]

Molly’s favorite game.

[@OptimumCarDetail]

Because of j rose?

[@royfablooo2810]

Some Fan recently took a photo With Jalen Rose and he said "Smile if Kobe Dropped 80 on you." 😂😂 Jalen Rose will forever be haunted by this game.

[@williampaquette8689]

Chills…! Great video as always, keep doing what you guys do!!

[@miggyalejandro]

Rest in peace Kobe #mambaforever

[@Amm17ar]

Fun fact: Ray Allen and Steve Nash played on this night. The Sonics and Bucks went on to play 3 overtime sessions, each of the last quarters (4th and 3 OTs) ending with huge clutch shots by both Nash and Allen. Its a classic game and worth checking out the highlights if youre a basketball fan. Ray Allen ending with 42 points lol. Forever overshadowed by one of the greatest single player performances of all time. Sincerly, a somewhat bitter but respectful Ray Allen Fan lol. Before anyone hates on me, Im a basketball fan first. Kobe was incredible. RIP, dont mean to take anything away from his night, just found it cool that we had two incredible classic games on the exact same night.

[@chadd980]

Just like his last game where he scored 60. I believe the warriors got to 73 wins that night and officially became the best regular season team ever. And everyone was watching the lottery lakers beat the jazz

[@Amm17ar]

@@chadd980 Yeah lol, Kobe overshadowing seems to be a theme lol. Speaks to how great he was that people would rather tune into his last game than see a team break the single season wins record.

[@TheShadow84]

They trying to say he not top 10? Must be the end times. That 62 point game was in 3 quarters. He didn't play the 4th.

[@veepeecee8630]

This was my 1 of my favorite games Kobe played

[@BeehAndKeyyTv]

Sorry I been missing out but congrats on 100k. I'm proud of you guys. Let's get to 250k now. You guys deserve so much more 💕💪🏿

[@yomomsahoe5797]

Lol they are a multi million dollar company. I don’t think they care if they have 100k or 250k subs

[@nbapbaupdate8338]

Mamba Mentality 🔥🔥🔥

[@iyannlee]

I saw this when i was a kid, it was very awesome to see

[@jfbeast]

His 81-point feat has alot of stories Kobe told on that time

[@KobeKid248]

Mamba Forever!

[@awc6007]

The fact that he didn’t win MVP that year is truly a sin. Only 1 MVP in a legendary 20 year career is crazy. RIP Kobe.

[@ShadowDragonGT]

I thought this game espn misprinted Kobe’s score the next day getting ready for school

[@nbaburn3569]

a lot of players can really jump high today but I have never seen anyone come close to Kobe and MJ's hang time. The guy can make your coffee while in the air what an athlete his doing 3-4 moves waiting for you to go down before he took the shot

[@shortie9103]

Paused this video about 5 months ago to go share Kobes wouldn't pass a Kidney stone tweet. Here to finish the job

[@ronthealmightyratking8206]

Damn this channel is mad underrated... -Ron, The Almighty Rat King

[@alanoei3584]

How I hated this man when he was playing; how I appreciate him now

[@ljcool17]

The Pau trade didn't come till later in the season. Phil and Dr Buss spoke to Kobe and convinced him to stay, and they improved that season.

[@chloelittle7036]

he's not the goat but I can't possibly say any player is more fun and exciting to watch than prime Kobe. I mean an 81 point outing in like the the slowest era in NBA history is absolute insanity. What a literal monster

[@Beeman2892]

💯💛💜

[@isaacsmith3901]

🐍♾

[@SergioCristancho]

Mamba Morphin time!

[@kennethgriffin7921]

the only thing I hate about the 81 point game is it came before tv was HD. the video looks horrible. most of kobes great cames came during that era. HD didn't start till around 2008 sadly. after all his great scoring games

[@shun8733]

Lmao and these clowns be having my boy outside top 10 … kobe is a top 3 player of all time , how soon ppl forget !!! Rip the goat 💯🤦🏽‍♂️

[@Garnachogoat]

Done this challenge on 2k recently lmao

[@nbapbaupdate8338]

Jaylen Brown next video theScore 🙏🙏🙏

[@romeomonteverde]

And this is a game without space and the physical defense was still "there" 😂. So Booker's 70 was meh, compared to this

[@dessy9412]

Kobe invited his grandmother to watch this game that night. It was the only time she had came out to see him play live in an NBA game. Perhaps that was a significant motivator for that nights performance as Kobe said it himself? Perhaps you may have missed that detail while googling young blood.

[@agandul4667]

Maybe watch the video first before commenting bud, 8:22 is where they put the "missed detail" that you were so proud of

[@MauricioBarragan]

@@agandul4667 Lmfao he really went and said “young blood” 😭😭😭 thinking they didn’t get all their facts straight when he probably didn’t even watch the video fully 😭

[@shortie9103]

Should've held that pause on 81 a bit longer😂

[@jordanalexander5275]

For anyone to put Bron above Kobe on an all time list, smh

[@DanielGonzalez-jg2vw]

Lol 81 olives

[@yeon723]

The reason why he is number 2 all time. A lot of his haters like to overlook his defense, he's second all time in defensive NBA first teams, don't talk to me about inefficiency. edit: You guys are proving my point in overlooking his defensive abilities to lock down the opposing teams best player, but keep bringing up shaq and inefficiency, it's funny to me.

[@hiitstowel2365]

kobe aint even top 5

[@sjiang120]

Kobe is 11th of all time. In no particular order: MJ KAJ LeBron Magic Bird Wilt Shaq TD Russell Hakeem

[@CoolGuy-hh4lg]

Kobe is 11-13. I have him at 12 with Curry ahead of him. He ain't nowhere close to shaq, Hakeem, Russel, wilt, Magic, Lebron, Kareem, Jordan, bird, Duncan etc. To even put him in same convo as Bron, Jordan and Kareem is lunacy. Only top three he is in is for cultural relevance and brand, alongside Jordan and Lebron. As a player tho, no not at all close.

[@Hazadin420]

@@sjiang120 kobe prime would destroy bird prime FOR SURE u guys either too young or haters. kobe was INSANE in his prime, never seen something like this before, not even in MJ. Kobe was different. Skillwise and Mentally

[@sjiang120]

Prime Bird and his Celtics knew how to handle an all time scorer. Ask MJ about it. Bird > Kobe, period.

[@G.O.81]

81 points in his 666th game of his career 😂 can’t make it up

[@MisterGuy25]

Secret base much?

[@navaryl1993]

Legit stole the whole flow

[@yomomsahoe5797]

George Floyd’s unsmoked cigarettes

[@seancai1049]

how does a meaningless regular season game cemented a Legacy? His Legacy was already Cemented, I don't think 81 points in a meaningless Regular Season game changes much

[@michaelcollins966]

What are the greatest achievement of Kobe's career? After the 5 championships, the 81 point game, in the context of his hot steak, is probably most people's answer.

[@MrGoddlie]

Kobe didn't have one assist that game too

[@newagestudios408]

The Jalen Rose joke is so overblown bruh

[@gregjonglee]

In my opinion, there is no need to show your own face so many times and for so many seconds each. If you want to start off or end with your face…OK. Just my opinion.

[@Elanic_]

Oh Jalen. He was so cute trying to keep up with Kobe

[@larryg1902]

Dude u talk too much. Talk less and play the highlights. And sup with the half screen???? 🤦‍♂️

[@timnamhay3265]

yeah sure! Ok Lakers beat lowly Raptors that year scored 81 points! do they Lakers win NBA championship that year? don't think so! what is the point? refs always blew whistle for Kobe! it unfair for Raptors!

[@sjiang120]

1. Regular season 2. That Raps team was so bad 3. Raps coach was making dumb decisions

[@bandito241]

Why didn’t anybody else did it then? Stop making excuses. Kobe > Lebron

[@sjiang120]

Because LeBron is not a terrible teammate who is all about himself scoring. Plus I am not even a LeBron fan at all.

[@sjiang120]

No doubt Kobe was a scoring killer. But hey where was his 60+ playoffs game?

[@bandito241]

@@sjiang120 he had to choose 5 rings or one measly 60+ playoff game. I think he chose correctly. I just remembered, who also didn’t have a 50+ playoff game and is considered the most dominant center of any era? 4 time champion Shaquille O’Neal. Your argument quickly became irrelevant boy.

[@sjiang120]

I never said 81 points was not impressive. It was. But that doesn't mean the three reasons I posted above were invalid. Lemelo scored 100 points in high school or something. Was that impressive. Yes! Was Lemelo talented? Hell yeah. The point is everything is all about circumstances.

[@DrifterThrifters]

If half the nba had a Kobe pass to shoot as much as he did then they would average 30 a game. Guy scored a heap but he wasn't an elite scorer and a below average shooter #facts

[@shun8733]

“#facts “ he shot 46% as a tough shot maker as a shooting guard…. His fg percentage didn’t start going down until the later years into his career when his body just couldn’t keep up anymore , if you consider tht Inefficient you are stupid , and you are trying to imply that kobe isn’t an all time great ? Lmao you are a clown

[@jbull7126]

but it was a nothing game

[@johnreydelatorre3450]

Like Chamberlain’s 100

[@jbull7126]

@@johnreydelatorre3450 really the NBA was a nothing league at that time.

[@NDNstrength]

True 81 stands out, but it doesn’t compare to Wilt Chamberlain’s 100 point game.