No flopp no travel.. Just an amazing player..

everybody talks about Kobe's Game 4 in 2000.. this Game 3 of 2002 was just as clutch

It's not fair how people talk about Kobe. Hes was already the best but was asked to sacrifice stats for team success early in his career. If he had no shaq his stats would have been way better.

@realniggasteve8429

3 жыл бұрын

Ik I'm a year late but, that's what makes it more interesting, since even if he was the second option, he still put up identical numbers to Shaq. He's just too polarizing by the people that they try to diminish or underrate anything he's done. His averages and playoffs numbers with Shaq proved enough that he could too. There was times Shaq asked him to drop 40 a night.

@Spider-Complexion

10 ай бұрын

@@realniggasteve8429. I just don’t understand where this polarization comes from. I’m apart of this “new era” but I was able to watch Kobe growing up. Like where are these other people my age or younger, getting these narratives from? Now you see some ppl say he’s not even top 10, when I remember he was clear cut in top 3-5 at least.

Man this young Kobe is more efficient...ball movement, quality shots, pressure on defense very good all around.

@sabishiihito

7 жыл бұрын

I wish Kobe could have played this well in more Finals games, especially 2004 and 2008 but even the wins in 2009 and 2010. Having 7 rings and 4 FMVPs would have definitely put him as #2 all-time, IMO.

@TheMrKobeBryant2012

4 жыл бұрын

It was easier for him to play with Shaq. He could go one on one more

@GoatReactz

4 жыл бұрын

Well he has shaq on the floor not smush parker or rookies like in his later years

@GoatReactz

4 жыл бұрын

@@sabishiihito it isn't his fault for 04 or 08. Its phil for 04, and lsjets were without 2 of their best defensive players and starters in Bynum and Ariza. Gasol got killed out there

@TheMrKobeBryant2012

4 жыл бұрын

Just think if it was 2000 Shaq and 2006 Kobe.

Pay attention. The media will give you a some bs arbitrary stat like “with less than 22 sec left with his team down by 2 or less in games played after 7pm CST, when the weather was greater than 88 degrees, Kobe was 0/5.” Just to force feed you their false narrative that he wasn’t as clutch as ppl think. Clutch is also keeping the lead and not letting your team trail when have the lead in a close game with time running out in the 4th. It’s also making plays on the defensive end. Those of us who never let the media teach us the game of basketball know exactly what we saw. RIP Kobe.

@royalmcmorris1211

3 жыл бұрын

Fact

@thomaswayne2076

3 жыл бұрын

Glad others see it

@alfredmayes5005

3 жыл бұрын

You gotta remember Shaq was a media darling...funny, charismatic, a big jokester. Everybody loved his personality, especially the media. Kobe was the antithesis, serious, focused, determined, confident....always looking to improve his game. So he had a lot of haters probably on his own team as well as the NBA. And to make matters worst for Kobe, he’s following in MJ’s footsteps and we all know how the media love MJ. But Kobe was just as instrumental if not more so than Shaq. You just have to know basketball and not follow the spin control narrative.

@wizzjo1nt5

2 жыл бұрын

Lol yup! Big time facts. Haters and casuals start running in circles when they see it too.

@Mercurial.

2 жыл бұрын

@@alfredmayes5005 U just explained all that to a tea absolutely 🎯 on there mate. That's THE CONTEXT the media and these sports show doesn't tells u! Even Shaq himself said during that 3PEAT: I'm playing with THE BEST PLAYER in the world and thats WHY we be WINNING 🏆 Salut u for telling THE TRUTH!

0:17 Ooo that move was nasty!

I’m tired of the disrespect Kobe has received. He literally dominated from age 19 and until he retired. Those 3 titles when he was 21,22, and 23, he was as much responsible for winning those as Shaq. Shaq played with an all star cast in Orlando and got swept in the NBA finals. Shaq getting 3 MVP in the finals was unfair, Kobe dominated philly and the nets and should have won the mvp. His 25,7,7 against philly and 27, 5, 5 against the nets. He did that feeding Shaq all the time. I won’t even get into how he decimated the western conference to get to the finals.

@musiconcloud17

5 жыл бұрын

Kobe's 2001 run was enough for me. Watching that live back then, everyone knew Kobe was special at such a young age. The way he shredded the Kings & Spurs' defense in the playoffs was unreal. Shaq benefited from being matched up with scrubs.

@Shun-vr1bw

4 жыл бұрын

Mike909ism big facts!!

@GoatReactz

4 жыл бұрын

Facts

@yahuwdah9916

3 жыл бұрын

What you said........

@reggiemccoy3265

3 жыл бұрын

God Continue To Bless Your Heart For Speaking Up Much Love and Respect

It's not even the amount of points, plays or rebounds he gets... Its the clutch moments..so damn clutch

22 year old sidekicks don’t score 36 on the road with millions watching around the world for all the marbles! Put some respect on Kobe’s name and legacy. I have him number 1 all time, but if Bean ain’t in your top three you are a hater or you don’t know basketball 🏀!!

@Q2GLObalWatchin

4 жыл бұрын

Facts g

@chrisboswell3576

3 жыл бұрын

I’ll give you top 3. But let’s be realistic that Jordan was better. Kobe is my favorite player of all time and he gets disrespected. But Jordan was the best player on 3 separate 3 peats with 6 finals MVPs. That’s pretty crazy.

@desmondhackney4608

Жыл бұрын

@@chrisboswell3576 3 separate 3peats ?😂that mean 9 rings *2 different 3 peats an they weren’t consecutive lol

Kobe deserved the mvp this series.

@albartworld6474

5 жыл бұрын

yeah, all Shaq did was average .595% shooting to Kobe's .514% shooting and all Shaq did was average 36.3 points to Kobe's 26.8 points, and all Shaq did was average 12.3 rebounds to Kobe's 5.8 rebounds and all Shaq did was average 2.8 blocks to Kobe's 0.8 blocks - you are so right, Kobe deserved the MVP this series ...

@TheMrKobeBryant2012

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah let's face it. Shaq was the MVP

@marcoot5040

4 жыл бұрын

alBart shaq was shooting all layups and dunks and being assisted all game by Kobe + Kobe defended best opposing player while shaq guarded who? Was guarded by who? Exactly

@casualfandestroyer2503

4 жыл бұрын

Shaqs matchup was todd and williams bryant went against kittels and kidd so u right

@TheMrKobeBryant2012

4 жыл бұрын

We didn't say Kobe didn't take tougher shots, and we didn't say Kobe isn't more entertaining to watch and more skilled than Shaq, but Shaq because of his size basically makes him the most valuable.

and people say shaq carried kobe the whole way through the 3 peat....

@mpthegreat8046

8 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@JUSPRNCE

6 жыл бұрын

You know kobe haters only bring up the stuff THEY wanna talk about but forgot to tell the whole story lol

@scalabrineplayoff3pt46curr7

5 жыл бұрын

Then who won finals mvp? If not for Shaq nets would win and kings wouldn't beat Lakers in west. Nets beat kings in regular season cuz kings don't have Shaq. Nets lost to Lakers cuz no one can guard shaq

@lordj5815

5 жыл бұрын

Facts Kobe was unstoppable! Laker wouldn’t won without him

@pomerlain8924

5 жыл бұрын

@@scalabrineplayoff3pt46curr7 The Nets didn't have any quality centers that could slow down Shaq. Macculloch or Collins? Please. Easy to dominate when you have no decent defender. Kobe was going against the Nets best defenders, like Kidd and Lucious Harris, and still scoring.

Love that jingle from nba on NBC so much drama epic games great stuff! Go lakers

@Geo98719

7 жыл бұрын

Andrew Calean yeah it's littie. I love it

@travisblair3189

6 жыл бұрын

Andrew Calean Yeah I miss it, too! That was the last year that they had that jingle for the NBA, too.

Kobe was amazing

I remeber kobe treating kerry kittles like a nbda player in this series lol

@xDreMack

4 жыл бұрын

Probably still mad he was drafted higher than him in their class lol. He went at Ray and A.I. the same but they could ball too.

No love from his teammates after Kobe hits a shot or free throws.

Kobes teammates was hatin

@Q2GLObalWatchin

4 жыл бұрын

Haha why u say that

@royalmcmorris1211

3 жыл бұрын

They knew him very well

@thefoxmccloud2256

Жыл бұрын

​@@royalmcmorris1211What are you saying?

Kobe was phenomenal and clutch in this series, Shaq is the best player but Kobe's development and his ability to be fast and create his own shot makes the Lakers much harder to defend because without Kobe that they can zone in on Shaq. At the same time Shaq's presence created driving lanes for Kobe and wide open looks. Which I continue to say Shaq and Kobe complimented each other so well. The leader of this team was Phil Jackson hands down.

@Darius_Icewood

2 жыл бұрын

I'll have to disagree bro.. Shaq in my opinion was NOT the best player. Kobe was. Shaq was nothing without someone feeding him the ball. And the real best player will take over and close games when your BIG MAN fouls out in must win playoff games 🤦🏾 Kobe's numbers were neck and neck with Shaq's so stats won't help your argument either

@Theterminato2013

2 жыл бұрын

@@Darius_Icewood Bruh get over ur emotional feelings. Every real Lakers fan like me knows that Shaq was the best player during the 3peat but we also give Kobe props for stepping up when Shaq was doubled teamed vs the Spurs twin towers(Duncan & Robinson).

@princeyehudah4805

2 жыл бұрын

@@Theterminato2013 I would have to disagree with you. Kobe faced better defenders and guarded the best player's on the other team when needed. I'm from LA and been a supporter of the Lakers since Magic Era. We have never witnessed a Player like Kobe here in LA. Shaq was a Dominate Big Man but he most definitely wasn't a better Planet than KB8 or 24

@festusaniemeka3350

Жыл бұрын

Kobe played one on one in the series u can see the game plan is to let Kobe do him glad he took advantage

Kobe should have won that Finals MVP

I remember these days like it was yesterday...we were still young , carefree and life was just starting. That 17 years have passed and kobe is gone seems like some sick and cruel joke to me.

Kobe Bryant 2002 NBA Finals 26.8 points 5.8 rebounds 5.3 assists per game

Kobe was different

Funny how Byron Scott eventually became head coach of the Lakers in Kobe's final years.

@scalabrineplayoff3pt46curr7

5 жыл бұрын

He played for Lakers

This was the most important game of this series. And Kobe absolutely won them this game.

I'm still mad at horry for missing against the spurs in game 5 2003

Underrated Kobe game.

back when the Nets were good

@adventurek2066

3 жыл бұрын

2021.. they are much better now with Durant,Harden and Kyrie.

But Kobe got carried foh Lakers wouldn’t won a championship without Kobe!💯

Kobe aint no sidekick, he a co-star!

Kobe too nice.

People kept calling Kobe a Ballhog when he had 5 or more assists.

It’s just crazy the amount of disrespect thrown at Kobe now.

Kobe

Kobe Bryant's greatest NBA Finals series ...

@Theterminato2013

2 жыл бұрын

2nd best finals. Kobe’s best finals series was 2009 vs the Magic.

Great highlights again man. Love the quality too - they look better than when I taped this game back in the day. You got my sub, but I gotta be careful I don't turn into a Kobe fan lol.

@kobefan124

10 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the sub. This footage was ripped from NBATV's broadcast of the game, that's why the quality is so good.

@elsaracho2790

Жыл бұрын

@@kobefan124 Good Job Kobe, Saludos desde argentina

Rip kobe 😪 🙏 💔 😢 😔

If i woulda known that was the last of the shaq and kobe dynasty i wouldve savored it more. I thought the lakers were gonna win 5 in a row tbh. Props to sa and det.

Throw it down Kobe, Throw it down

Goat

Atleast kobe been to my state before

8🏀MVP! MVP! MVP!🏀24

DAMN.

who carried?

❤

Wow

5:20 Bill and Marv almost went ballistic after that shot

The shot at 4:55 is insane

People underrate that nets team but they had kids who is an all time great pg, Kenyan who was great, rj was really good 20+ scorer and so were kittles and van horn both could average 20 also

9:08 Shaw grilling him for that possession

dope crossover by Kobe bryant double back like tim hardway shake like Dwayne wade and& Allen Iverson hesitated type move hesitation hesi 🛣️ 🚃 🌧️ 🏡🔐 🏀 ⚽ 🏈 #ball is life 🖤🤍blm ✨ 🐼 alm 🫂 .......1luv

I'm a Kobe Bean fan, they don't have any knowledge of what they are saying, bottom line Kobe did all the heavy lifting in the bad ass west, and Phil let Shaq do all the heavy lifting in the weak ass Eastern conference!!! Who had the most rings

sidekick can't do that

Nets had no chance 😅

Man those nets teams messed up far better finals matchups.

Biggest lie the media ever pushed was Kobe was carried to those 3rings Kobe was 10x better than shaq in the forth and especially last 2minutes shaq was a liability in close games cuz he couldn't hit free throws the media still to this day pushes that narrative but I'll go to my grave believing Kobe deserved 1 of them final MVPs 😔

They forgot

new jersey barbershop

goldenblades barbershop

wesleys barbershop

Ah, yes. The ring that the NBA refs gave Shaq and Kobe.

15 shots in game 2, 23 shots in game 3 WHAT A FUCKING BALL HOG Kobe’s career is really from 2000-2013 (14 seasons total) in that time he got injured one season and couldn’t play in the playoffs, (13 seasons left) 3 seasons he had the worst supporting cast I’ve ever seen with Smush Parker/Kwame Brown as starters (10 seasons left) in 2003, 2011, and 2012 he lost to the team that made it to the finals from his conference and 2-3 teams won the championship, (7 seasons left) 7 of his seasons he went to the finals and won 5-7 so if you break it down in the prime of his career his team went to the championship a little more than every other year 7/13, and the only time they didn’t go to the championship was when he lost to the team that made it to the championship, unless you literally gave him the worst supporting cast ever, and when he got to the championship he won 5-7

Nets had zero chance whatsoever.

I love Kobe as much as anybody but if phil would’ve took over after this year his fmvps be more than Jordan w playing with Shaq 😂💯 plus they cheated the Paul trade

I dont think the Lakers like this could beat the warriors if healthy but I think if shaq and Kobe had help from today's game i know they could.

@user-ci7vu7eo9w

4 жыл бұрын

i think they have no chance to beat warriors.warriors too good for this lakers.too many weapons they had

@rocketboosters644

4 жыл бұрын

m 74 lol no way in hell draymond green could guard shaq, shaq would average 45 and 25 rebs a game

@user-ci7vu7eo9w

4 жыл бұрын

@@rocketboosters644 who says green can guard shaq?

@mauricedavis1740

2 жыл бұрын

only children think the warriors would beat this laker team, shaq would dominate EVERYBODY and nobody on the warriors could stop a young Kobe Bryant..

@tinyfalcon1185

3 ай бұрын

@@user-ci7vu7eo9wyall idiots don’t realize shaq makes the games slower playing in spurts, both shaq and Kobe would feast inside, and control the boards, how you think CLE beat GS? Goofys don’t know ball

Nbdl

This was the EASIEST 3-peat in sports. *Pacers *76ers *Nets No competition whatsoever! This is fact! They were weak!!

@waduhek1372

4 жыл бұрын

Lol no 3-peats are easy. That’s why you don’t see it often. All three of those teams have a hall of fame guard though. That is fact.

@AlexStayFly20

4 жыл бұрын

The real comp was in the west

@chrisboswell3576

3 жыл бұрын

Bro stopppppp. The Lakers Trips to the finals were crazy difficult each year. In 2000 they had the Blazers in the WCF, in 2001 they had the kings, then the Spurs in the WCF. Then in 2002 they had the beat the spurs in the WCSF and Kings in WCF. And all those teams in the Finals had great players. Reggie Miller, Iverson, Jason Kidd...

@mr31owe38

3 жыл бұрын

Stfu