Kobe Bryant

Kobe Bryant scored points

2000 NBA Finals Kobe Bryant attempted to play with his sore ankle, but only managed to score 6 points in the first half.

2000 NBA Finals This would be a problem as Kobe Bryant scored 10 points and the Lakers took a 62-60 lead due to a Glen Rice three-pointer.

2008 NBA Finals The Lakers won game 3 on a strong shooting night from regular season MVP Kobe Bryant, who scored a series-high 36 points, leading the Lakers to their first series win and adding to their undefeated streak at home in the 2008 post-season.

Kobe Bryant Bryant scored 50 points or more in four consecutive games in 2007.

Kobe Bryant On December 20 2005, Bryant scored 62 points in three quarters against the Dallas Mavericks.

Kobe Bryant On January 22, 2006, Bryant scored 81 points in a 122–104 victory against the Toronto Raptors.

Kobe Bryant In that same month, Bryant also became the first player since 1964 to score 45 points or more in four consecutive games, joining Chamberlain and Baylor as the only players ever to do so.

Kobe Bryant On March 16, Bryant scored a season-high 65 points in a home game against the Portland Trail Blazers, which helped end the Lakers 7-game losing streak.

Kobe Bryant In the following day, in a game against the New Orleans Hornets, Bryant scored 50 points, making him the second player in NBA history to have 4 straight 50 point games behind Wilt Chamberlain, who is the all-time leader with seven consecutive 50 point games twice.

Los Angeles Lakers On January 22, 2006, Kobe Bryant scored 81 points against the Toronto Raptors, the second-highest total in NBA history.

50 Greatest Players in NBA History Kobe Bryant scored 50 points or more in four consecutive games in 2007.

Lakers-Celtics rivalry Saša Vujačić scored 20 points in 28 minutes and Kobe Bryant scored a series-high 36 points, leading the Lakers to their first win in the series.

Lakers-Celtics rivalry In Game 6, Kobe Bryant jumped out with a hot shooting hand in the first quarter and scored 11 points, including hitting 3 out of 4 from beyond the 3-point line.

2002–03 NBA season On January 7, Kobe Bryant scored 45 points against Seattle.

November 2004 in sports Kobe Bryant scores 40 points, but Peja Stojakovic makes four free throws in the game's final minute, to give the Sacramento Kings their seventh straight win, a 109-106 defeat of the Los Angeles Lakers.

2008 NBA Playoffs The Lakers came back with authority as they took Game 5 with Bryant, Pau Gasol, and Lamar Odom scoring 20 plus points each.

2008 NBA Playoffs Again, Bryant stepped up by scoring 17 of his 39 points in the fourth quarter, enabling the Lakers to surge ahead and seal the series, helping them to reach the NBA finals for the 5th time in 9 seasons and the first time in the post-Shaq era.

Inside the NBA After Game 6 of the Lakers' first round series against the Phoenix Suns (when Bryant scored 50 points and the Lakers lost in overtime), Barkley criticized him for scoring too much and not getting his teammates involved.

History of the Los Angeles Lakers Bryant had 23 points at halftime but would score only one point on three shots in the second half.

2007–08 NBA season On December 23, 2007, Kobe Bryant became the youngest player to score 20,000 points at age 29 years, 122 days old, surpassing Wilt Chamberlain's previous record of 29 years, 134 days old.

2007–08 Los Angeles Lakers season The Lakers came back with authority as they took Game 5 with Bryant, Gasol, and Odom scoring 20 plus points each.

2007–08 Los Angeles Lakers season Again, Bryant stepped up by scoring 17 of his 39 points in the fourth quarter and the Lakers surged ahead to take a 100–92 victory behind their home crowd for a chance to win championship no. 15. They also improved to 4–0 against San Antonio in the Western Conference Finals.

2007–08 Los Angeles Lakers season On December 23 2007 Kobe Bryant became the youngest NBA player to score 20,000 points.

December 2006 in sports Kobe Bryant scored 48 points for the Lakers in the loss to Washington.

March 2006 in sports Los Angeles Lakers 113, NO/OKC Hornets 107: In the first major sporting event in New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina, a sellout crowd at the New Orleans Arena sees Kobe Bryant score 40 points to lead the Lakers to the win.

January 2006 Kobe Bryant scores 81 points against the Toronto Raptors, the second highest in NBA history, next to Wilt Chamberlain's 100.

2006–07 Phoenix Suns season Kobe Bryant scored 39 points, but only 11 of those came in the second half.

2005–06 NBA season On January 22, 2006, Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant scored 81 points in a game against the Toronto Raptors.

2002 NBA All-Star Game Bryant scored 31 points, dished 5 assists, and grabbed 5 rebounds.

March 2007 in sports NBA: Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers scored 60 points against the Memphis Grizzlies away from home.

March 2007 in sports Kobe Bryant scores 61 points, the third time he has scored 60 points or more in a game, as the Los Angeles Lakers defeat the Portland Trail Blazers, 116-111 in overtime.

Kobe Bryant scored career

Kobe Bryant In 2006, Bryant scored a career high 81 points against the Toronto Raptors, the second highest number of points scored in a single game in NBA history.

December 2005 in sports NBA: Kobe Bryant scored a career-high 62 points in only three quarters — including a club-record 30 in the third quarter alone — in the Los Angeles Lakers' 112-90 rout of the Dallas Mavericks.

Kobe Bryant scored wins

2006–07 Los Angeles Lakers season The Lakers recorded wins in almost all the games Bryant scored 40+ points, going 14 - 6 in those games.

Kobe Bryant scored rebounds

2002 NBA All-Star Game Bryant scored 31 points, dished 5 assists, and grabbed 5 rebounds.

Kobe Bryant scored league

Kobe Bryant Despite the fact that Bryant was the league's second leading scorer at 27.6 points per game, the Lakers floundered and missed the playoffs for the first time in over a decade.

Kobe Bryant scored NBA

Kobe Bryant Since O'Neal's departure following the 2003–04 season, Bryant has become the cornerstone of the Lakers franchise, and was the NBA's leading scorer during the 2005–06 and 2006–07 seasons.

Kobe Bryant scored assists

2002 NBA All-Star Game Bryant scored 31 points, dished 5 assists, and grabbed 5 rebounds.

Kobe Bryant led Lakers

2008 NBA Finals The Lakers won game 3 on a strong shooting night from regular season MVP Kobe Bryant, who scored a series-high 36 points, leading the Lakers to their first series win and adding to their undefeated streak at home in the 2008 post-season.

Tim Duncan In the 2001 NBA Playoffs, the Spurs eliminated the Timberwolves 3–1, defeated the Dallas Mavericks 4–1, but then bowed out against the Lakers led by superstars Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant, losing in four straight games.

Lakers-Celtics rivalry Saša Vujačić scored 20 points in 28 minutes and Kobe Bryant scored a series-high 36 points, leading the Lakers to their first win in the series.

Rivalries of the NBA Since then, the rivalry has become dormant, as the Lakers, now led by Kobe Bryant, would start anew with a younger nucleus.

Rivalries of the NBA Recently, in 2008 Western Cenference Finals, the Lakers, led by first time MVP Kobe Bryant, defeated the Spurs in five games.

NBA Finals Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant led the Lakers to the franchise's 12th championship, while Shaquille O'Neal winning the Finals MVP trophy, averaging 38 points and 16.6 rebounds.

History of the Portland Trail Blazers The Lakers, led on the floor by Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal and coached by Phil Jackson, split the first two games in Los Angeles with the Blazers.

March 2006 in sports Los Angeles Lakers 113, NO/OKC Hornets 107: In the first major sporting event in New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina, a sellout crowd at the New Orleans Arena sees Kobe Bryant score 40 points to lead the Lakers to the win.

January 2005 in sports Kobe Bryant leads the Lakers with 42 points.

Kobe Bryant led team

Portland Trail Blazers This team again advanced to the Western Conference Finals, where they faced a Los Angeles Lakers team led by Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant.

Spain national basketball team Fourteen years after, this time the final was played again against the U.S.A. national team, which was led by Kobe Bryant and nicknamed in this occasion "the Redeem Team".

Byron Scott (basketball) In 1996-97, the last year of Scott's playing career, he went back to the Lakers and proved to be a valuable mentor for a team led by Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal.

2008 NBA Playoffs Bryant led the team with 34 points as the Lakers advanced to the Western Conference Finals where they haven't been since 2004.

2007–08 Los Angeles Lakers season Of all 82 games played, Kobe Bryant led his team in scoring 66 times (including a two-way tie) .

John Salley In 1999, he joined a Lakers team led by Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal.

Kobe Bryant led charge

History of the Los Angeles Lakers With Kobe Bryant leading the charge with his MVP-caliber season, the month of April was very triumphant for the Lakers, who quickly surged to the top of Western Conference.

2007–08 Los Angeles Lakers season With Kobe Bryant leading the charge with his MVP-caliber season, the month of April was very triumphant for the Lakers, who quickly surged to the top of Western Conference.

Kobe Bryant led matchup

United States men's national basketball team The United States soundly defeated Australia 116-85 in the quarterfinal matchup led by Kobe Bryant's 25 points.

Kobe Bryant led dominate

Mike Krzyzewski "The Redeem Team", known for their success on and off the court, finished the 2008 Beijing Olympics a perfect 8–0 and solidified U.S. basketball's return to dominance led by spectacular performances from leading scorer Dwyane Wade, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, and the rest of Team USA.

Kobe Bryant led rivalry

Spurs-Lakers rivalry Since then the rivalry has become dormant, as the Lakers, now led by Kobe Bryant, have started anew with a younger nucleus, missing the playoffs in 2005 and losing in the first round in 2006 and 2007.

Kobe Bryant led Los Angeles Lakers

NBA Finals In the three years span in the early 2000s, the Los Angeles Lakers, led by Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant, won the NBA Finals in dominating performances, each year completing the task in one fewer game than the previous Finals.

Kobe Bryant led West

2001 NBA All-Star Game Kobe Bryant led the West with 19 points, who led as much as 21 before they surrendered the lead.

Kobe Bryant led add

2008 NBA Finals The Lakers won game 3 on a strong shooting night from regular season MVP Kobe Bryant, who scored a series-high 36 points, leading the Lakers to their first series win and adding to their undefeated streak at home in the 2008 post-season.