The Undeniable Truth About Kobe Bryant

He already had 57 points, scored on an array of midrange jumpers, acrobatic drives to the basket and spotless free-throw shooting. He had already bested MJ’s double-nickel (perhaps the only scoring record he knew of at the Garden going into the game). A Lakers win rested on a double-digit cushion with the clock winding down, pulling the curtain overtop of the festive alright-we’ll-stop-hating-and-just-for-tonight-admire-you vibe that hung over MSG for him. Then Kobe Bryant showed us all what was up…

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