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Keeler: Kobe Bryant leaves behind complicated legacy in Colorado, where he was the best of enemies

He was the best of enemies. Of Kobe Bryant’s 13 career playoff games of 40 points or more, four of them came against the Nuggets, more than any other NBA franchise. The man tortured us for fun.

The Black Mamba went 12-5 against Denver in the postseason. 2008. 2009. 2012. We always had dreams. Kobe always had the last laugh.

So why are we crying?

“I think everybody in here, when we heard it, we didn’t really feel like playing basketball at the time,” said Nuggets forward Michael Porter Jr., who was born in the 1998, when Bryant, who was killed in a helicopter crash Sunday morning, was finishing the second of his 20 NBA seasons.