I don't need to tell you the history between Kobe Bryant and the Toronto Raptors. Even if you remove that game nine years ago, Kobe has a unique legacy of beating and humiliating several generations of Raptors teams. Over the years the lesson repeated itself: Toronto would hang in a game against the Lakers, just to have it wrestled away by an impossible shot from Black Mamba.
And that's what makes tonight's game so strange. After 20 years of showing up against the Raptors, Kobe Bryant is making his last trip to Toronto.