Does this really need to be a thread?
Anyone can score 70 when your cheesing down 30+ and playing against backups.
All facts tho. I'm far from a Mamba fan, but Kobe did it the right way. He wanted that W and the Lakers needed him to score a ridiculous amount of points to get it, so he did it. I guarantee you Kobe wouldn't be smiling ear to ear like an idiot after getting 70 in a comfortable loss like this soft chump Booker was. Kobe once had 62 after 3 quarters, Phil sat him, Kobe didn't say a word. Why? Because the Lakers had already secured the blowout win. Booker woulda thrown his tampon at the coach in that situation. That's why one is a legend and the other will be a trivia question in 15 years
Because he got it in such a manufactured way in a loss.
Just wasn't anywhere near as impressive as the truly great scoring performances like kobe's 81.
nikkas just love to complain.No.... actually not everyone can....
he played against the starters and the Celtics were number 2 in the east, now towards the end yeah, but that doesn’t diminish the fact that he put in work
What are you basing these statements on his personality? Do you have personal first hand knowledge of how he is, or speculating???
The man scored 70, he was happy, every ones going to react differently, regardless of the circumstances, Jesus everyone is not such a weirdo like Kobe to never want to celebrate or smile
Manufacturered how ?? Looked like he went out there and took over the game, and tried to will his team to a win
He was an 8 seed playing with garbage it was a miracle he got them there in the first place.This.
Score 81 that year but lose in the first round brehs.