Kobe Bryant, this is jam session coming at you.

Get got 81 points for Kobe.

Final seconds.

Are you made for this visit?

The type of moment that I live for.

You gotta show over.

Talk is gonna get it, man, You've got to show up.

Yeah, thanks.

Welcome back to the jump.

I'm Rachel Nichols alongside Robert Ory, Matt Barnes and we now welcome in the M V P.

Of the 2000 and eight finals, of course, took place between the Celtics and Kobe's Lakers future Hall of Famer Paul Pierce.

Thank you for being with us.

We had to move to the big part of the say because we got Paul with us now, Paul, two MBA finals.

You played against Kobe.

You guys played against each other, though.

39 times the Celtics Lakers rivalry.

You two were the faces there, But I want to take you back to the very beginning.

I'm gonna ask you the same question.

I asked these guys.

So Maney current players.

What do you remember about the very first time you face Kobe Bryant?

Oh, man.

I'll never forget this.

Um, So when I first came into the league.

I played small forward my whole life I came into the league, got moved to two guard, right?

And so now I'm guarding Kobe.

And I just remember he stole the ball from me and he went down.

I couldn't catch them.

Usually I'm like, Alright, I could catch him.

You know, I was pretty fastest injunction.

I just thought how fast Iwas and I was.

Just like every time they got to rebound, he's gone.

I'm like, I can't keep up with this dude, man, I'm like it made me reevaluate my position.

E had to go back to small for because playing the two guard, she was just so fast like, man, You know what, man?

We need to make a trade.

I'm gonna go back to the e.

Don't want to deal with this for the next 10 years.

Kobe did that to you, right?

Guys?

E was incredible.

I was like, Wow!

Absolutely Alright.

Well, to honor the legend of Kobe, we have decided to spend the rest of the show counting down the top 24 Mamba moments.

And some of these guys who played with and against him who knew him best are gonna chime in here.

So Number 24.

Kobe Winning the 97 dunk contest as a rookie.

People watch this.

Tell nothing, E with Baggio fresh out of highest getting dunked.

Copy.

Oh, Leg.

This is one of the stars still competed in the dunk contest.

This is what you gotta love.

Thank you, man.

You gotta love.

I think a lot of people forget that Kobe had hops back in the booth.

You're not gonna forget watching this.

Number 23 Kobe performing a spike block on Ray Allen.

Who?

Why way Big Brother verse Little brother Right there.

That's how I do, my son Prince.

Right now you don't get the steal of a pay you back, though.

Hey, you back!

Take that way.

Look how long he was up there Way.

No, no.

Reagan hops to Just just couldn't jump with the Mamba.

Probably was like, Oh, wait, it's all good.

I'll just be up here.

You get here whenever you can.

Number 22.

Kobe on Dwight Howard.

Take a listen because of this man.

Kobe Bryant takeover rises.

Dwight Howard.

First time I ever got dunked on and it had to be Kobe Bryant So every time I see him coming down the lane, I just get flashbacks and hopefully it won't happen again.

E baptized e turned.

I turned him into a defensive force.

Here's another look from a different angle, this one right into your living room.

That was tough, man.

Just saddle someone like that.

How is this number?

22 e.

Oh, my number one.

Man, that was tough.

Oh, my God.

Get to the pain and think about this.

Just like most guys gonna try.

Like, I better.

I'm just gonna ride this one out.

Kobe just wrote him.

Uh huh.

Number 21 guys.

Kobe's clutch buckets against the Blazers in 2004.

Kobe stopper, ain't it?

Yeah, that was crazy.

Way Thing was crazy.

Apologized run from Portland for reopening this trauma, But it was incredible.

Oh, beautiful.

Ruben remembers number 20 Kobe's one handed alley oop against the Sixers in 2000.

0, that was crazy.

That was about as bad a surpassed you can throw.

It was going to say that the past was also e be something made of a high life.

That's a That's how you get good allium.

So first past the better.

The high line on the opposite side of the river was on for Kobe to go get it, though.

Most people like it's bad pass, but he still goes.

I'm sorry, Alan.

All right, Number 19.

Kobe's baseline dunk against the T Wolves in 2003.

Take a listen to this one.

Oh, man.

You're gonna take it from Tom, man.

Fuck up.

Come on.

Oh, my God.

You don't want a big chicken then?

Oh, my man, he's got a couple of dunks on me like this.

I just didn't make the list E I'm watching this.

I'm like e o get next to, so oh, got out to our friend Kevin Harlan.

Great call on that game.

So many more.

Number 18.

Kobe hits a turn around three with his off hand people.

Wow, that's great.

E don't even know if I have attempted the jump show.

I remember when he broke his right hand.

Was that u c l A.

I'm telling you, he went through a whole workout like he was a left handed player that you were watching practice.

Some days you just come to practice.

I'm just gonna do everything lifting you looking like really dio And he's getting his left hand.

See?

Hey was hitting them number 17 Kobe dunking on?

Yes.

Yeah.

Meg, Get up, Big fella over the Great Wall.

Oh, not not a lot of people went over the Great Wall, but Kobe certainly did.

And I'm just always there in the background, just watching in amazement.

Things you could do is always so great when you could see it live on, watch these moments and be like, Dude, Really, Robert, I'm gonna point out you did more than watch.

You have seven rings to prove it.

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