Before the Lakers played the Wizards last week, I answered a few questions for Wizards’ site Truth About It in the lead up to that game. It was mostly about the young players and my feelings in the aftermath of Kobe’s retirement announcement. One question, though, was about my three favorite Kobe “moments” from his career. I thought long and hard on that question and ultimately offered up this answer:
This is hard because there really aren’t any bad answers here. If I said “81,” his pass to Shaq versus the Blazers in the 2000 WCF, and the two ridiculous shots he hit to send to overtime and then win the game (and the Pacific Division) versus Blazers on the final night of the 2004 regular season, that would be totally acceptable and a lot of people would nod in agreement.