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  • all right, we now move on to the anniversary of one of the most incredible performance in MBA history On this date 15 years ago, Kobe Bryant scored 81 against the Raptors.

  • So let's run it.

  • You see, folks Rose.

  • Three minute board.

  • Chris Bosh, MBA Entertainment film.

  • McDonald's do Lance were in the booth that night.

  • Matt, where were you the night day 81?

  • I was in Philly on the team, but not really playing at the time.

  • So I was on my couch just sitting back and enjoying this, because once he started rolling, I was telling myself, Like You know, he's gonna go for 100 tonight.

  • I was just, you know, saying that I was by myself.

  • But beautiful thing to watch, Man.

  • I was hanging with some of my boys in Atlanta.

  • Justin, never Justin Did he spot in the back room having dinner and I couldn't even finish my meal because we were up screaming every time a bucket went in.

  • And unfortunately, my main man is on a lot of these clips.

  • Chris Pappas e love you, bro.

  • Way love, Jalen Rose.

  • I know today is a special day for jailing as well.

  • Jalen and Kobe memorably shot a funny scene with Jalen Sitcom where they talked about it.

  • It was fantastic.

  • Um, yeah.

  • I mean, what do you think?

  • The chatter.

  • Do you remember what the chatter was around the league?

  • Text messages, stuff like that, incredible was happening.

  • You know, this is kind of pre social media, you know, unfortunately, so we didn't get to kind of rehash this and make means out of it.

  • But when you got back to the gym and next day, the only thing, that's all you talked about this morning, the only thing people talking about Absolutely.

  • No, this was Look at this.

  • I mean, he's really not hitting the rim.

  • I mean, we're running anyone points, but look at the defense.

  • That is good.

  • Deep, better shot.

  • Oh, well, now, of course, there's all kinds of sort of 2020 hindsight.

  • Should they have defended him differently?

  • Oh, man, please.

  • That's really nothing.

  • You could do that, but I mean, you see, he has, you know, everyone's attention on him.

  • He has three guys in front of him every single time.

  • But he was just in his own.

  • Okay, so you maybe you might want adjustment.

  • He gets 74.

  • All right?

  • That would deprive the rest of us of this moment.

  • Producer Steve just said in my ear he reminded me that on championship Sunday in the NFL, which my mind is usually the best Sunday of football.

  • Uh, this lad SportsCenter.

  • You know what the best part about that was?

  • The crowd.

  • The Laker crowd was amazing.

  • That game they were going when he touched the basketball, the crowd was already standing up, going cry energy.

  • Yeah.

  • You know, you L a.

  • You like her, you know, is like it's something when that.

  • His last game.

  • Yes, that very simple.

  • Where it was, just every 20 gets 60 61 or 60 60 60 60 At that game, Shaq was their front row, and I found shocking, right?

  • Yeah, I found.

  • I found check on the floor right in the like craziness.

  • Right after the game ended on.

  • I was like, Did you think he could do that?

  • He goes, Yeah, I told them at halftime you should go for 50 and then you said in the I'm not going to say what he said.

  • What?

  • He called him a thief end something that involves another continent that may or may not begin with That, um, went for 60.

  • Like that is Who do you think now, if we talked about players today, we could score anyone in a single game.

  • There's only one guy right now has gotten even close to the and that's Mr Booker, right?

  • Mr.

  • Booker has 70 points in the game, so he's shown the ability t o get it going.

  • But I think it's other guys.

  • A handful.

  • I got a little list, so I got Let me see your list over.

  • I got K D.

  • Steph Harden, Uh, Clay Thompson and Damian Lillard and Devin Booker E think the only one probably be able to do it now because I think hard and Katie across each other out.

  • I think either Dame Booker or Steph can do it because they're gonna have that ball away the whole time.

  • But, you know, I think the interesting name in that group, which people sleep on, is clay because he gets it done without 63 3 quarter.

  • It had the ball for a minute, 40 seconds, 11 dribbles.

  • But that's my question for you.

  • Matt because you were inside that locker room during that time.

  • And I remember specific times where those guys cleft clay or staff would be heating up three quarters that get 60 something or whatever it was.

  • And everyone would be like, Steve, leave the man Them go And he never did.

  • Yeah, I've never want Why never.

  • I wasn't on the teams when they got super, super hot like that, but I could imagine that.

  • And as a fan and someone in the league at the time, I was mad like you let him go like me.

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all right, we now move on to the anniversary of one of the most incredible performance in MBA history On this date 15 years ago, Kobe Bryant scored 81 against the Raptors.

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