Kobe Bryant 33 points in 2nd half vs Penny & Magic 1998-99

March 21st, 1999
Orlando Arena
Orlando, FL

Boxscore: http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/199903210ORL.html

Statline: 38 points, 4 assists, 3 rebounds, 2 steals, 1 block, 15-24 FG, 2-2 3pt

The Magic led big after halftime and Shaq was getting booed everytime he touched the ball. Kobe had 5 points. But seemingly like magic, Kobe seemed to make every shot in the 2nd half scoring 31 points and Shaq had 33 points in the whole game. The video shows how Kobe took over the 2nd half with jumpshot after jumpshot. The los Angeles Lakers later came back to win this game. This game shows that although Kobe might have not gotten the praise of Lebron or D-Wade at age 20, his skill level was stil as high as anyone at the time, and is higher than most players of today. Language is different though. :(

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[JayT98]

Kobe...after 12 years of playing in the NBA Kobe Bryant has managed: 0 NBA MVPs; 0 steal titles; 0 assist titles; 0 defensive player of the year award; 0 6th man award; 0 rookie of the year awards; 0 olympic medals; 0 finals mvps; 0 broken records in the finals. LOL sorry to squash all of you Kobe jockers like that but I had to help you up off your knees. They're a bit too dirty with all the jockin

[LakersRule24]

Sorry to burst your bubble but next year Kobe will lead team USA to the title since he has the chance unlike Lebronze and D-fake. Kobe is leader of team USA.

Kobe>Duncan>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>­>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>anyone else in the league

[lakersR4evernumber1]

kobe is the best in the league hands down it is not even close

[cchang42]

to all kobe haters, stop hating. Just enjoy the show...what ya want a bunch of "nice" guys who can't shoot, give me Darth Vader anyday,

[metalmadness00]

did shaq get booed in his first game back in orlando as a laker?

[kikeazul70]

@tonychoitellem It's more than most people will ever have...

[tonychoitellem]

@kikeazul70 thats really not that much...

[kikeazul70]

@JayT98 Lets fix that shall we? 1 NBA MVP LOL Kobe's not even a 6th man why would he win that? Everyone only gets to be a rookie once can't be a rookie every year. 1 Gold medal in the olympics. 2 finals MVP's 5 NBA rings. GTFO you hating son of a bitch

[TonyDLV]

As u can see Kobe did jus fine with the old hand checking rule... he still was killn ballers everywhere! lol

[Metalstryke]

this game was a good game cause the Magic were blowing out the Lakers in the first half then Kobe saved the Lakers but him and Hardaway had a really good matchup

[mtowner]

@JayT98 say wut now?...lmao

[mtowner]

@hungurr kg?..u mean tim duncan right?...and penny at number 2?..c'mon son

[2blessed847]

Penny wa clearly a on the downside of his short lived illustrious career and K.B as he was often refered at that time clearly just tourched and danced around Penny and abused him. However it would of been quite more interesting had the Kobe of 98-99 had met the Penny of 94-95