Kobe's 10 Greatest Playoff Games

[Controversy]

Lakers vs Kings 2001 WCSF G6




Lakers vs Spurs 2001 WCF G1




Lakers vs Suns 2010 WCF G6




Lakers vs Nuggets 2009 WCF G3




Lakers vs Pacers 2000 Finals G4




Lakers vs Blazers 2000 WCF G7




Lakers vs Suns 2006 WCQF G6




Lakers vs Spurs 2004 WCSF G4




Lakers vs Nuggets 2008 WCQF G2




Lakers vs Suns 2010 WCF G1

 

[Swagnificent]

Kobe's best playoff game ever was Game 3 2009 versus the Nuggets.

IMO if the Lakers don't win that game on the road they lose that series to Denver and Kobe doesn't get ring 4. He single-handedly won that game by carrying the team on his back. Also that 3-pointer over J.R. Smith with a minute to go might be the most clutch shot of his career given the stakes.

 

[Controversy]

Kobe's best playoff game ever was Game 3 2009 versus the Nuggets.

IMO if the Lakers don't win that game on the road they lose that series to Denver and Kobe doesn't get ring 4. He single-handedly won that game by carrying the team on his back. Also that 3-pointer over J.R. Smith with a minute to go might be the most clutch shot of his career given the stakes.

His game 6 was just as impressive to me...35-10-6 on 12/20 shooting...great def...and as Mark Jackson said, the great ones can stop the bleeding

 

[Shadow King]

Can we throw Game 1 Orlando in here? Opened the Finals with 40 points and a blowout on the #1 defense of the year

 

[Ozymandeas]

Can we throw Game 1 Orlando in here? Opened the Finals with 40 points and a blowout on the #1 defense of the year

That game was lit

 

[Renkz]

Personally, his 2008 game 1 vs spurs is one my favorites.
I thought one of the jazz 2010 games would be in there.

 

[Lakerman0834]

My fav will always be game 4 vs pacers. At that age taking over in OT

 

[Jplaya2023]

1. 2009 game 1 vs orlando
2. 2001 game 1 vs spurs
3. 2001 game 3 vs spurs
4. 2009 game 6 vs denver
5. 2010 game 6 vs phoenix
6. 2000 game 4 vs indiana
7. 2008 game 5 vs spurs
8. 2009 game 4 vs utah
9 2009 game 2 vs houston
10. 2010 game 6 vs okc

 

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

Kobe's best playoff game ever was Game 3 2009 versus the Nuggets.

IMO if the Lakers don't win that game on the road they lose that series to Denver and Kobe doesn't get ring 4. He single-handedly won that game by carrying the team on his back. Also that 3-pointer over J.R. Smith with a minute to go might be the most clutch shot of his career given the stakes.

That was a really good Denver squad

 

[Controversy]

That was a really good Denver squad

the 08 Denver team was just as talented...they would've made ECF if they weren't in the West & Kob dropped 49 on them

 

[Controversy]

My fav will always be game 4 vs pacers. At that age taking over in OT

21 yrs old on a hurt ankle

 

[Supreme365]

I remember him giving the suns like 50 points back in 06
Kobe from 05-10 was so fun to watch he was truly the top dawg of the league.

 

[Controversy]

I remember him giving the suns like 50 points back in 06
Kobe from 05-10 was so fun to watch he was truly the top dawg of the league.

we couldn't grab the reb on that Steve Nash Miss

 

[Cyber]

I personally consider game 5 vs Spurs in 2008 (scoring, what, 39 points against a dynasty defending their title? And it involved a comeback that he initiated?) to be his best game (also consider that to be his best series, numbers don't do it justice) but he had so many great games in key moments that I can see why it wouldn't crack your top ten

 

[Swagnificent]

That was a really good Denver squad

4th best team to not win a title since 1998 after the 2000 Blazers, 2002 Kings, and 2010 Celtics.

They were ridiculously talented. If they got past Kobe, they woulda murked the Magic. And if Bron hadn't choked, we could've seen Melo beat him in a Finals which would have been changed both their legacies.