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"Allow someone else in the stands to actually beat you" - Jalen Rose on how desperate he was to stop Kobe during his legendary 81-point game
Jalen Rose reflects on the Toronto Raptors' failed defensive strategy during Kobe Bryant’s legendary 81-point game.
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"At least we held Kobe under 100!!!" - Jalen Rose's hilarious reaction to TNT's tournament of NBA players with best stat lines of all time
For the rest of his life, Jalen Rose will have to live with the fact that he was Kobe Bryant's primary defender when the late Los Angeles Lakers legend put up 81 points against the Toronto Raptors ...
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Kevin Hart Shares Funny Story About Kobe’s 81-Point Game
He shared a hilarious story about how Kobe clowned Jalen Rose for years after that game. Hart’s storytelling made fans relive one of the most dominant performances in NBA history. Even Jalen had ...
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Jalen Rose explains why he tried to hurt Kobe Bryant in the 2000 NBA Finals: "We realized very quickly we couldn't guard him"
Jalen Rose often found himself on the wrong side of Kobe Bryant's brilliance. In 2006, The Black Mamba torched Rose and the Toronto Raptors for 81 points, the second-highest scoring output in the NBA.
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NBA Great Makes Obscure Kobe Bryant Reference During Huge Nikola Jokic Game
The performance prompted former NBA player Jalen Rose to chime in with a reference to Kobe Bryant's 81-point game against the Toronto Raptors in 2006. Rose, who was a member of that Raptors team ...