1/22/06: Today Will Go Down as One of the GREATEST Days in History!!?
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1/22/06: Today Will Go Down as One of the GREATEST Days in History!!?
I'm just speechless right now, so this will pretty much some up my comments on this momentous day/occasion...... 
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/recap;_y...gid=2006012213
GO LAKERS!!!! (AND Kobe!!!!!!!!!) :banana:
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/recap;_y...gid=2006012213
By JOHN NADEL, AP Sports Writer
January 23, 2006
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Kobe Bryant scored a staggering 81 points -- the second-highest total in NBA history -- and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Toronto Raptors 122-104 Sunday night.
With the fans at Staples Center chanting "MVP! MVP!" Bryant made two free throws with 43.4 seconds remaining for his final points, putting him behind only Wilt Chamberlain on the all-time scoring list.
Chamberlain scored 100 points for Philadelphia against the New York Knicks at Hershey, Pa., on March 2, 1962. His second-highest total was 78 against the Lakers in three overtimes on Dec. 8, 1961.
"I couldn't even dream of this when I was a kid," Bryant said. "There was no way possible."
Bryant left to a standing ovation with 4.2 seconds remaining, having shot 28-of-46 from the floor and 18-of-20 from the foul line.
Elgin Baylor held the previous franchise record of 71 points at New York on Nov. 15, 1960.
Michael Jordan's career high was 69 points, and only three players had ever scored more than 70 -- Chamberlain, Baylor, and David Robinson.
The 27-year-old Bryant made it four.
He played nearly 42 minutes, going the entire second half until being lifted by coach Phil Jackson. He scored 27 points in the third quarter and 28 more in the fourth.
Bryant scored 62 points during a 112-90 victory over Dallas last month, but sat out the fourth quarter because of the one-sided nature of the game.
January 23, 2006
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Kobe Bryant scored a staggering 81 points -- the second-highest total in NBA history -- and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Toronto Raptors 122-104 Sunday night.
With the fans at Staples Center chanting "MVP! MVP!" Bryant made two free throws with 43.4 seconds remaining for his final points, putting him behind only Wilt Chamberlain on the all-time scoring list.
Chamberlain scored 100 points for Philadelphia against the New York Knicks at Hershey, Pa., on March 2, 1962. His second-highest total was 78 against the Lakers in three overtimes on Dec. 8, 1961.
"I couldn't even dream of this when I was a kid," Bryant said. "There was no way possible."
Bryant left to a standing ovation with 4.2 seconds remaining, having shot 28-of-46 from the floor and 18-of-20 from the foul line.
Elgin Baylor held the previous franchise record of 71 points at New York on Nov. 15, 1960.
Michael Jordan's career high was 69 points, and only three players had ever scored more than 70 -- Chamberlain, Baylor, and David Robinson.
The 27-year-old Bryant made it four.
He played nearly 42 minutes, going the entire second half until being lifted by coach Phil Jackson. He scored 27 points in the third quarter and 28 more in the fourth.
Bryant scored 62 points during a 112-90 victory over Dallas last month, but sat out the fourth quarter because of the one-sided nature of the game.
GO LAKERS!!!! (AND Kobe!!!!!!!!!) :banana:
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Kobe's performance tonight was straight.......
:banana: X's INFINITE
No doubt, there'll still be plenty of naysayers and haters who will still try to pick apart & criticize Kobe's STELLAR feat and the guy in general, but, again, history was made tonight.
And as for me "supporting rapists", when I'm watching basketball or following it in the news, I'm a BASKETBALL fan. I could really care less what guys do off the court (or to put it more accurately, the extra curricular stuff/personal lives don't even come into play)
having said that, Kobe really did stick it to the Raptors tonight!
:banana: X's INFINITE
No doubt, there'll still be plenty of naysayers and haters who will still try to pick apart & criticize Kobe's STELLAR feat and the guy in general, but, again, history was made tonight.
And as for me "supporting rapists", when I'm watching basketball or following it in the news, I'm a BASKETBALL fan. I could really care less what guys do off the court (or to put it more accurately, the extra curricular stuff/personal lives don't even come into play)
having said that, Kobe really did stick it to the Raptors tonight!
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Originally Posted by CLsmooth71
No doubt, there'll still be plenty of naysayers and haters who will still try to pick apart & criticize Kobe's STELLAR feat and the guy in general, but, again, history was made tonight.
*cough* ballhog *cough*
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I don't know who got raped worse. The chick in Colorado or the Toronto Raptors defenders.
A friend answered with, "at least the Raptors weren't kicking and screaming."
Most people can talk all the trash they want about Kobe by justifying the fact that he's a bigger ball hog than he ever was at this point. Even I don't like him much, but I gotta give props where props is due. Ball hog or not, scoring 81 points is an amazing feat. Only 4 guys in NBA history before him has ever topped 70+ points.
A friend answered with, "at least the Raptors weren't kicking and screaming."
Most people can talk all the trash they want about Kobe by justifying the fact that he's a bigger ball hog than he ever was at this point. Even I don't like him much, but I gotta give props where props is due. Ball hog or not, scoring 81 points is an amazing feat. Only 4 guys in NBA history before him has ever topped 70+ points.
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Originally Posted by zumnwrx
eh i thought this was going to be about how the steelers are going to
THE SUPER BOWL!
THE SUPER BOWL!
from the Espn.com feature on Kobe's CRAZY game tonight vvvvvvvv
Only Kobe Bryant would try to singlehandedly upstage the NFL on Championship Sunday.
And get it done.
And get it done.
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Originally Posted by Krinkov
I do! And I also own every Michael Jackson record too!
lol jkbtw..go kobe!
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