Vote your favorite Kobe Moment! pg 2 for updates! (3 vs 24)

Texas Lakers Fan wrote:

therealdeal wrote:I'm surprised people are voting so much for the Gold Medal game. Game 6 was his first NBA title. Doesn't that count for something?

Yes, but winning gold medal > winning a title (IMO)

I disagree. I think the degree of difficulty of winning a title is MUCH greater when you are taking into consideration how stacked where the USA teams Kobe played with... He didn't have to do much, none of the players did, they were so talented and deep.
In this case I voted for the 2008 game because it was Kobe's first gold medal, he took over in the clutch, plus that 2000 finals' series was Kobe's worst championship series (it wasn't that bad, and he was injured, but still).
BUT, if we were talking about any other finals' series where the Lakers won I would vote for the 'chip.

Finwë wrote:

therealdeal wrote:

Finwë wrote:I voted 2008 Olympics. It was such a big deal for Kobe to get that gold medal, and he took over the game when the team needed something in the clutch.
Obviously winning the 'chip in 2000 was huge, but that series wasn't Kobe's best, not by a long shot. Though in his defense, he got injured at the start of Game 2, missed all of Game 3, and was basically limping around for Games 4, 5, and 6. It's amazing that he could squeeze in at least 1 classic Finals performance (the takeover in Game 4).
But still, I'm taking 1st gold medal and crunch time takeover, highlighted by that 3 + the foul.

You sir stole that comment from Youtube.

I most certainly did. Just the "in his defense" part though. I did write something myself

I just said that because I had literally JUST finished reading that comment when I posted that video and then I read yours and thought "damn... this sounds familiar".

Edit - 11.

Kobe has had many greatest moments!

Game 6 2000 finals and it's not even close in my mind. Rings always take precedence to me.

Juronimo wrote:Game 6 2000 finals and it's not even close in my mind. Rings always take precedence to me.

In debates about career greatness the winning argument never comes down to, "Yeah, but how many gold medals did he win?"

It's tied!

62 in 3 quarters outscoring the entire Dallas Mavericks team. just as ridiculous as the 81 point game imho

Tight one

This is a tough one. The 12 threes is awesome because it was an NBA record and Kobe will likely never duplicate it. But I voted for the Nash dunk because it was at a key moment in a playoff game, we were the underdogs and that dunk got me soooo pumped up, it was over Nash who had stolen Kobe's MVP , and it's my favorite Kobe dunk of all time.

Went with the three's, was a tough choice, but Kobes had better dunks.

12 3s. NBA record. Another showing of just how unbelievably HOT the dude can get.. Plainly unstoppable.
The dunk was NOICE and it was a key moment, but, as Kou said, Kobe's had better dunks, and one key-yet-not-game-determining play doesn't beat out a record setting performance IMO.

I voted for the 12 threes. I think it's gonna win the matchup, but it would be sad seeing that dunk get knocked off. The Colorado incident was still fresh in everyone's minds, which led a poster here to caption that dunk, "Eagle County all over your face!!"

Very tough one indeed. That Steve Nash dunk got me out of my feet yelling to the top of my longs "In Your Face" or maybe I was just screaming. But I had to vote for the 12 three's because it was an NBA record, the fact that many NBA fans forget that Kobe has that record, and the fact that it shows again one of Kobe's greatest skills which is is shooting ability and the ability to stay HOT!

Voted for the 12 threes in one game. It was close, especially since the Nash dunk was symbolic due to Nash stealing the MVP from Kobe in the eyes of many.

Got to go with the 81, which I think is a more impressive performance than Wilts 100. Really tough when its going against 62 in 3 quarters where Kobe outscored the entire Mavericks team.

81... Team down by double digits, looking lethargic...then Bryant went all out and did not stop until the buzzer sounded. The first part seems to get overlooked all the time whenever it is discussed.

You know which one is going to win. It's inevitable.

Oh man, I wish you'd saved one of them for another matchup.. Both were SO incredible, it's very hard to pick one.
I went with the 81 point game just because it was more historic and because he actually brought the team back on his own and ended up blowing the raptors out of the water..
Having said that, outscoring and entire TEAM by himself through 3 quarters is something I'd never seen and don't think I'll ever see again.. Just INSANE. And none of us know how many points he could've ended up with.. The 3rd quarter was a 30 point quarter for him, he could've score more than 81..
Still, 81 points, in today's modern game, with awful teammates and having the other team's entire D focused on you, putting the team on your back and turning a dissapointing loss into a blowout win, UNREAL. The zone he was in, just scorching, blistering, flamethrowing hot.

It's hard for me because watching that 62 point game live against Dallas I can say that I'm pretty sure he was feeling it more during that 3rd quarter than during that entire 81 point game. That was the hottest I've ever seen Kobe get. He was amazing.

That 81 point game is so special, but that 62 point game... he wanted to embarrass Dallas. And he did.

This match-up could've been for the championship.