Like I said, don’t care about the losses, just keep em coming. A GREAT KB game. No weaknesses during this season. And the man bunnies is stupid!!!! Also, shouts to the Answer. He was a serious problem during that era of basketball.
Jamal Abdelbaset he was STILL going up!!! And that alley oop reverse lay up ain’t nothing to sneeze at either. Amazing body control. His athleticism was special that year.
Jamal Abdelbaset he was STILL going up!!! And that alley oop reverse lay up ain’t nothing to sneeze at either. Amazing body control. His athleticism was special that year.
Iverson was amazing. He wasn't gifted with size, but heavily made up for it with heart and talent. People like Shaq and LeBron are great athletes, but owe their success to their size. Iverson was one of the FEW select players that could compete at an MVP level without having a big body.
That would imply Shaq was ever the tallest, biggest or heaviest center. He never was. Shaq had great agility & quickness 4 his size. His prime speed is much much quicker than Jokic's, whose may be the biggest center in the league 2day.
Win or lose Dom Carter just keep those Kobie's babies coming. They are the best well-played games out there. The way he plays his games is amazing, keep elevating himself. His games keep getting better and better. Nobody plays or practice as hard as Kobe does, he gives the fans what they came for and that a game they can remember and talk about, it's never a dull moment with him and the Lakers. I want to see all of Kobe's games, win or lose, I still want to see them. So if you have these games of Kobe's post them online for us. We love these Kobie's babies. We love him and the Lakers. Thank you so very much.
@@potbmedia6732 Well, Isiah Thomas has been universally considered the best small player for a long while, so him. And, it's hard to not have John Stockton and his insane stats over A.I.. So, I don't see why you're laughing. Then there's Kevin Johnson, Muggsy Bogues, Mo Cheeks, Rajon Rondo, Tim Hardaway and Mookie Blaylock, who can all be argued to be better than A.I..
Iverson had the quickest and fastest footwork ever i history nba. which made his direction changes impossible to catch for defense. every step he moves with or without ball is faking and crossing the defender. such amazing talent. but imposrtantly his stamina was 99.999999999999999999999%
@@lioninthesun if you watch the shows before Kobe passed and his retirement tour all people talked about is his inefficiency, how bad of a teammate he was, how his clutch factor was overrated. Just look it up. Nick Wright, Jason Whitlock etc. They all bashed him towards the end of his career until he passed
MY GOD do I miss this basketball! This was my era and was beautiful to watch. Look at how intense this regular season game is. AI and Mamba 2 of the best to ever do it!
Can't believe some people believe that Westbrook is a better player than A.I. smh. Iverson had better IQ, better handles, and more control of his speed.
I was watching this on ESPN. Couldn't believed that Fox missed that opportunity. Great game all round. The commentary by Sean Elliott was brilliant. One of the best quotations, "Kobe Bryant is so good, he makes your eyes water." Wasn't that profound?
K B I understood why at the time in 96 ai was the top college player as a freshman Kobe was the number 1 high school player but never even played college competition so that why he dropped to the 13 pick I always felt Kobe Wes meant for the lakers though
@@008r9 Kobe would have been the perfect influence on AI. Iverson shed a couple tears and said he loves the relationship they had on the court, and within the game of basketball but he wished he had a friendlier, brotherly thing with kobe, :/. they were like 2 sides of the same coin. AI only put in the insane work in game, and sacrificed his health over and over and over because he didnt put in extra work anywhere near kobes level. Now lebron could play til hes 60 with these soft calls. AI was just gifted and loved playing sports, thats why hes my idol lol. What could have been..
The Black Mamba Drops 44 Points On The Punk Ass Sixers!! & Kobe#8 Entertains His Hometown Crowd!! Rest In Peace Kobe Bean Bryant #8 & #24. 17TH. TIME'S WORLD CHAMPIONS LOS ANGELES LAKERS#1!!!!
Wow thank you did this video I’m a new subscriber me being the Kobe fan I am I deeply appreciate your videos this game took me back the same time in life I remember this play and felt the emotion all over again ! I didn’t talk to fox for a week I’m talking as if I knew him 😂
Philly had a love hate relationship with Kobe. Philly absolutely 100% Loved AI. I’m so lucky to have seen these 2 go up against each other in what was one of the best games I’ve ever seen. Rest In Peace Kobe. Btw that steal AI had off Kobe was just 🔥
A.I. was a beast on defense. 3 steals titles in the NBA and 2 DPOY awards in college. Had he stayed ad PG his whole career he would have went down as an all time elite defender.
8:27 the best Kobe dunk ever... Btw, after Jordan Kobe is number 2 and Iverson number 3 of all time. It's not about rings, it's about supreme skill and performance. Around them are Hill, Hakeem, T Mac and Carter.
kobe was the most clutch yet one of the best lock in defenders, on the other hand ai was nonstop running machine on both offense and defence with infinite stamina with quickest steps
The Shots off of turn around fadeaway that Kobe hits with pure ease still amazes me till this day! I got to meet him one day probably 1-2 years after he retired and the guy is literally a little more than 3/4 my size but pure muscle👀. The only thing scarier than him from a size standpoint that I met was Lebron. Unreal! But RIP Mamba!🙏🏾
AI doesn’t get enough credit for his defence. Yeah he wasn’t much of a stopper 1on1 but he was so incredibly disruptive and kept opponents on their heels all night moving the ball. He was such a persistent threat to steal the ball. Considering how small he was, he really made up for his shortcomings.
What a great shot blocker like dwight howard would do to bother shots when he wasnt even in the direct vicinity of guys is exactly what Iverson would do to ball handlers because of his ability to steal the ball and he doesn't get a lot of credit for that.
Like I said, don’t care about the losses, just keep em coming. A GREAT KB game. No weaknesses during this season. And the man bunnies is stupid!!!! Also, shouts to the Answer. He was a serious problem during that era of basketball.
You ain’t lying!!! That one hand alley oop is one of my all time favorite Kobe jams!
Jamal Abdelbaset he was STILL going up!!! And that alley oop reverse lay up ain’t nothing to sneeze at either. Amazing body control. His athleticism was special that year.
Jamal Abdelbaset he was STILL going up!!! And that alley oop reverse lay up ain’t nothing to sneeze at either. Amazing body control. His athleticism was special that year.
@@jamalabdelbaset6635 kobe said he had a 40 inch vertical
A.I was only 5'10 . He maxed out . Most explosive first step ever
Kobe Bryant and Allen Iverson are 2 of the greatest and most compelling performers in NBA history.
💯🔥
Both of them could score at will.
@AForthCA37 “LeBron sucks” but his numbers are better than both these guys 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@tremain7056 no he do
@@tremain7056 "numbers" wilt?
Never seen this before. Iverson was definitely moving twice as fast as anybody else on the court.
Iverson was amazing. He wasn't gifted with size, but heavily made up for it with heart and talent. People like Shaq and LeBron are great athletes, but owe their success to their size. Iverson was one of the FEW select players that could compete at an MVP level without having a big body.
And it was known the refs screwed hm for money . Ridiculous
Lebron has nothing to do with this video and Shaw was not an athlete at this point. He was out of shape and just big
A.I. didn't duel with Kobe, though, because A.I. was a point guard.
That would imply Shaq was ever the tallest, biggest or heaviest center. He never was. Shaq had great agility & quickness 4 his size. His prime speed is much much quicker than Jokic's, whose may be the biggest center in the league 2day.
Daang A.I.'s energy was unmatched in his early years
Iverson the GOAT!!!
THATS WHY HE’S THE GOAT..🗣️THE GOATT!!!!!!!!!
Iverson was a 1 man show. Classic
Rest easy Kobe 🙏🏾
Athletic and all-around prime Kobe versus Iverson being "The Answer" to the Sixers's problems as usual, good ol times.
This wasn't prime Kobe.
Still can’t believe how someone that small was able to dominate a team that had Kobe and a giant in the middle in Shaq.
Damn AI moves non stop dude had infinite stamina
bro be drifting corners aswell 😭
Win or lose Dom Carter just keep those Kobie's babies coming. They are the best well-played games out there. The way he plays his games is amazing, keep elevating himself. His games keep getting better and better. Nobody plays or practice as hard as Kobe does, he gives the fans what they came for and that a game they can remember and talk about, it's never a dull moment with him and the Lakers. I want to see all of Kobe's games, win or lose, I still want to see them. So if you have these games of Kobe's post them online for us. We love these Kobie's babies. We love him and the Lakers. Thank you so very much.
No problem. Glad to hear youve been enjoying them. Much more on the way.
Allen Iverson is the GOAT of small players around 6 foot high!👏👏
There's a few better.
@@penkima4923like who ? 😂
@@potbmedia6732 Well, Isiah Thomas has been universally considered the best small player for a long while, so him. And, it's hard to not have John Stockton and his insane stats over A.I.. So, I don't see why you're laughing.
Then there's Kevin Johnson, Muggsy Bogues, Mo Cheeks, Rajon Rondo, Tim Hardaway and Mookie Blaylock, who can all be argued to be better than A.I..
Thought Iverson missing the clutch free throws was gonna haunt him but luckily Fox bailed him out.
Lol me too I was laughing
thats why kobe dont pass the ball haha
@@prodbyecho_ amen
@@prodbyecho_ exactly my boy
it wasnt truly fox fault though the pass came out late...
KOBE, THE GOAT. REIGN IN POWER!!!
Top 5
@T Dillinger I got lebron 12th. Top 5 mj wilt Kareem kobe bird
Lebron the goat...
On flopping!
@@dombryant2563
No Magic Johnson?
Young Kobe was so unstoppable
💯
Damn iverson was a killer that laker team was goated and that lil guy gave em hell
Shaq was at the end of his prime.
That’s a hell of a game
Iverson had the quickest and fastest footwork ever i history nba. which made his direction changes impossible to catch for defense. every step he moves with or without ball is faking and crossing the defender. such amazing talent. but imposrtantly his stamina was 99.999999999999999999999%
And people try to say Kobe wasn't clutch. Wild times to be Alice
Nobody says that, Kobe has the most game winners in history
@@lioninthesun if you watch the shows before Kobe passed and his retirement tour all people talked about is his inefficiency, how bad of a teammate he was, how his clutch factor was overrated. Just look it up. Nick Wright, Jason Whitlock etc. They all bashed him towards the end of his career until he passed
@@trainwithduanefitness Jason Whitlock always criticizes Kobe that's no surprise.
@@jalensellars7868 Whitlock is a huge clown
MY GOD do I miss this basketball! This was my era and was beautiful to watch. Look at how intense this regular season game is. AI and Mamba 2 of the best to ever do it!
Very good highlight ive never seen this duel before and they've never showed this on UA-cam i want more please.
Love these rares games, never uploaded before. My new favorite channel.
🙏
Can't believe some people believe that Westbrook is a better player than A.I. smh. Iverson had better IQ, better handles, and more control of his speed.
And Iverson was a way better midrange and three point shooter.
@@rooseveltdarbey9493… Facts!!!
@Attica_Audiophile A.I. definetely has the better footwork
Thanks for the trip down memory lane. It was years after the fact that I realized how much I would enjoy AI as Kobe's competition.
I was watching this on ESPN. Couldn't believed that Fox missed that opportunity. Great game all round. The commentary by Sean Elliott was brilliant. One of the best quotations, "Kobe Bryant is so good, he makes your eyes water." Wasn't that profound?
Watched this one live. Classic.
I remember this game vividly, especially the botched lakers play at the end. I was so mad haha
It’s weird watching this. I was born on this day lol
Love this era of ball!!
Man I miss watching these two battle, they were as elite as it gets.
Rest up Bean💔
Philly fans can't stop boo'eng Kobe cuz they regretted not drafting him at 96 hahah...
They still made the right pick at the time. I compare it to the Rockets taking Hakeem over Jordan in 84.
K B I understood why at the time in 96 ai was the top college player as a freshman Kobe was the number 1 high school player but never even played college competition so that why he dropped to the 13 pick I always felt Kobe Wes meant for the lakers though
Shaq is the main man of the lakers..and what happen if AI goes to lakers..?
If you put kobe on that philly squad and iverson on the lakers with shaq, i'd have been the same story.
@@008r9 Kobe would have been the perfect influence on AI. Iverson shed a couple tears and said he loves the relationship they had on the court, and within the game of basketball but he wished he had a friendlier, brotherly thing with kobe, :/. they were like 2 sides of the same coin. AI only put in the insane work in game, and sacrificed his health over and over and over because he didnt put in extra work anywhere near kobes level. Now lebron could play til hes 60 with these soft calls. AI was just gifted and loved playing sports, thats why hes my idol lol. What could have been..
Clash of the Titans bro!
Rest In Peace Kobe and I miss Young Allen iverson 🙏🙏🙏🙏
When you think of Kobe you don't think of him being really quick but Idk anyone in history who had a quicker first step than 2003 Kobe
MJ
@@lastgen8807 exactly 💯
@@king-ghost1027lol ??? Ummmm have you never seen mj ? Derick rose ?
The Black Mamba Drops 44 Points On The Punk Ass Sixers!! & Kobe#8 Entertains His Hometown Crowd!! Rest In Peace Kobe Bean Bryant #8 & #24. 17TH. TIME'S WORLD CHAMPIONS LOS ANGELES LAKERS#1!!!!
i remember watching this game live lol. i was so pissed when fox dropped that pass at the end.
9 steals insane!!
Wow thank you did this video I’m a new subscriber me being the Kobe fan I am I deeply appreciate your videos this game took me back the same time in life I remember this play and felt the emotion all over again ! I didn’t talk to fox for a week I’m talking as if I knew him 😂
Glad to hear man 👌
Never seen Kobe picked pocket like that. This is AI’s highlight.
Iverson the goat 🐐
Imagine Kobe Bryant and Allen Iverson was on the same team
Game over 🤷🏾♂️
damn nerves were killing everyone in the final stretch lol good game
Watching these two go at it was literally like watching The Rock vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin in the attitude era lol
damn I can still remember all those little details, gosh that was like 20 years ago...the games back then was so glorious to watch
Rick Fox with the slippery hands.
Philly had a love hate relationship with Kobe. Philly absolutely 100% Loved AI.
I’m so lucky to have seen these 2 go up against each other in what was one of the best games I’ve ever seen. Rest In Peace Kobe.
Btw that steal AI had off Kobe was just 🔥
This video further confirms Kobe's defensive peak was in 2003
2003-2007
2008 kobe should be added there as well. the man was playing jordan like D.
09 and 10 kobe was kind of gifted the all def teams but still was solid
@@jeffsamuels2539 2000-2004
@jacobbxd in 2009 Kobe allowed the lowest FG% to opposing shooting guards. He was still elite defensively when he was locked in.
This is like the battle of who is the next mj lol so great!
Rick Fox😔 (smh).....YOU BLEW IT!!! (lol)
8:38 literally looks like Kobe is looking in the rim 👀👀👀
I started laughing again at that botch play by brick fox as a laker fan for more than 38 years he was a rollee coaster of a player.
He was a very high IQ player and he wasn't that athletic either.
Lol just a pretty boy
It was a bad pass
Yea... he was irritatin sometimes but he was hittin clutch shuts all thru playoffs.. wouldn't of got them rings w out him...d fish and horry
@@kabohakevin4103fuck that it hit his hands
Can do lakers vs denver dec 28 2002
Dont believe i have access to that one
LEGENDARY
Great game 🔥🔥🔥
Man i remember this game 🔥🔥
Two legends
And people say Steph Curry is better than this dude. What drugs are they on?
Curry is deff better than ai...besides they both play different positions so not sure why they are being compared.
A.I. was a beast on defense. 3 steals titles in the NBA and 2 DPOY awards in college. Had he stayed ad PG his whole career he would have went down as an all time elite defender.
fact.
A.I. mostly played PG. Not that it would've made him a good defender in either position.
Watching AI vs Kobe was one of those games you invited the fellows over to watch. You knew there was twice the chance of seeing something spectacular.
🙏🙏🙏
9 steals ?!? Wow !
8:24 - prime-time
That was beautiful
When they first met Kobe went out all then took a break from guarding him ..A.I . was literally on fire that night
Rick Fox blew the game haha
I was here in 12-25- 21 merryXmas
Kobe in the low top Jordan XI
8:27 the best Kobe dunk ever... Btw, after Jordan Kobe is number 2 and Iverson number 3 of all time. It's not about rings, it's about supreme skill and performance. Around them are Hill, Hakeem, T Mac and Carter.
Yea your on drugs.
If it’s about skill then guys like kyrie are top 5 all time. But you see how stupid that sound?
@@cumbusta9175 on gos
That Sixers team was so small in the paint. Only plan they could run was a fast paced O with a very conservative D.
Its wild to believe but this was the real start of kobe being in his prime, as nasty as he was already prior to this season
9 steals in a game how many people ever did that
That last play to Fox would have been epic if he didn't loose the ball
12:06
*Why we never pass you the ball.*
Great point!
I simply cannot believe that this game was 19 years ago... Time is Crazy.
True, watched it live?
@@dcshow Not this game but I was watching live games since like 1992 👍🏻
Dope
9 steals against the Lakers at 6 feet tall, and a 6"3 wingspan.
That steal at 4:27 was so good!!!
Rest easy KB mamba 4life?💜💛🏀🙏🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆😥😢😭
LMFAOOO SHOOD OF PASSED IT TO KOBE
Lol
@@dcshow lol
kobe was the most clutch yet one of the best lock in defenders, on the other hand ai was nonstop running machine on both offense and defence with infinite stamina with quickest steps
Most people forget these 2 guys are fearless going in the paint, AI don’t give a hoot if Shaq was in the paint, Kobe don’t care who he’s dunking on
damn Rick Fox choked the hell out of that last possession. wow.
That last pass (it vas a little bit behind but still god) and the fact that fox couldnt get it and score still pisses me of in 2021!!
Rick Fox lost that game.
Iverson too fcking good.
The Shots off of turn around fadeaway that Kobe hits with pure ease still amazes me till this day! I got to meet him one day probably 1-2 years after he retired and the guy is literally a little more than 3/4 my size but pure muscle👀. The only thing scarier than him from a size standpoint that I met was Lebron. Unreal! But RIP Mamba!🙏🏾
Best nBA live games nba live 2003
AI doesn’t get enough credit for his defence. Yeah he wasn’t much of a stopper 1on1 but he was so incredibly disruptive and kept opponents on their heels all night moving the ball. He was such a persistent threat to steal the ball. Considering how small he was, he really made up for his shortcomings.
The problem with playing passing lanes is, it's risky. A.I. didn't give much effort defensively otherwise, so he really wasn't a good defender.
What a great shot blocker like dwight howard would do to bother shots when he wasnt even in the direct vicinity of guys is exactly what Iverson would do to ball handlers because of his ability to steal the ball and he doesn't get a lot of credit for that.
great point! underrated comment
watching how AI was always all over the court reminds of the black cat MJ
Mano que jogasso
Venceu o melhor com certeza
How is Iverson a killer if he never won a championship?
Ask the killers who won championships
Basketball gods
Wow very gud close game
9 steals in one game against a championship 3 peat dynasty.
Funny how the more you watch Kobe the more you realize he's the actual GOaT
UMMM I DON'T THINK SO! KOBE IS HISTORIC BUT HE AIN'T THE GOAT!
He's top 10 at best.
what a throw by rick fox
Rick fox.....how bro
The OT at the end is real dramatic
you see Iverson jumping on Shaqs back @5:32 !! Iverson just needed the right team around him!
8:36 head on the rim