Kobe Bryant vs Lebron James EPIC Duel Highlights Lakers vs Cavaliers (2006.01.12) - MUST WATCH!

On a Mile 56 Dee afternoon in Los Angeles, a crowd of more than 19,000 headed to the Staple Center for the second game of our TNT doubleheader, the first meeting of the season between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Los Angeles Lakers that just started here in Los Angeles Bryant, that's a three-pointer with one foot on the line Kobe Bryant or several of these games since he returned from the two-game suspension when Gooden comes in and the Cavaliers lead 64, it was interesting to see the game of The Portland Laker last night against Team LeBron. James with that off-balance jumper Cavaliers eight Lakers six what if Nate McMillan really upsets San Antonio for not going after James?

Oh, you can see Kobe's eyes light up when he realized the man in the back was LeBron James and took it straight. He enjoys it more. aggressive, he can shoot the ball well. Defender LeBron gets him to go and fouls Parker because he's establishing himself here in Los Angeles. Oh, Kobe Bryant with a magnificent spin. The Lakers led by two. LeBron James beating the Lakers on the court. the game is tied and there's an exchange where you could feel this CR was waiting for Mar back and forth, Kobe and LeBron, here's Bryant off the fake on Noble and a foul or for Good James, penetrates LeBron James with that jump and jump, his defense gives up. that open look, oh James on things when the snow took them away from Bryan, here's Marshall for three.

Bryant's Danielle Marshall plays well with cloud shots on him and scores at the buzzer three for Bryant. They will review it, but there is no doubt that he. took it off Iron Nuble was in his face I don't know more about James protected by vuic here's James going right at him received by Brown giving him help and a foul on wamy Browning from the first half and Brian didn't waste any time boy he was frozen on that bench, wasn't he? That didn't bother him much. Good pass to LeBron James. Danielle Marshall and I think it's strictly a defensive injury.

St. clock at four. Beautiful pass. James on the rebound to end the season, but only eight up. and eight here in Hall that were intended for Brian interrupted a good play by James here's LeBron and he gets fouled in the ACT, fouled in Odm to basketball, I think, and the foul is called because Bryant hit the clock Here comes James, oh LeBron James with one second left in the half, Parker from behind, I just saw Mar LeBron talking so much about the leader of the competition between you and Kobe, but you were so excited on that last play, talking about that play, Man, it was great, you know?

We reduced the four on Kobe Bran, we knew he was going to try to break our defense, this one made a great steal when we started running, that's something we do better offensively, you have to be as good as Drew's inside game. and also man Z, they brought the game today, hopefully, they will continue in the second half, continue to be aggressive and, uh, let's get to the free throw line, let's try to come out and run some more, okay, good luck in the second half, okay, thanks EJ. I'll give it back to you, Kenny Charles and well, they each had a couple of spectacular plays, but overall the first half was very quiet for Kobe, but of course we know he's a second half player and particularly a fourth quarter type. , so let's hope it becomes much more aggressive. but he looks at those 11 points with no free throws for Kobe and I think that's what stands out.

LeBron was on the line seven times and had four assists. He has involved his teammates, particularly the zunis IL galus Cavaliers who actually passed in the third IL galus to the reverse and the Lakers have from time to time that is a beautiful move from Parker Parker has 12 points Gooden from James yes and the foul and a beautiful pass thrown by LeBron James beautiful pass the pass is right he just sees the floor really well and it's like he's 10 He's head and shoulders above everyone else especially when he jumps and just sees angles that no one else sees in San Antonio, so they were up to 28 and five LeBron James capable of drilling it.

The Cavs now have a seven-game lead in time against the Cavaliers' LeBron James. The 12th seed last season suffered a sprained right shoulder due to a foul by the Caps. Kedrick Brown missed six games and then on January 13th he landed awkwardly after grabbing a rebound and suffered a sprained right ankle, missed 14 games and tonight after the Good Start he sprained his right wrist. Here we were told that the . by MIM changing James' shot clock to four LeBron for three yeah look that's a much better three than the last one where he faded of course I knew he had MIM on him he had the lead but when you shoot like The Step Towards hoops to get DEF was the best thing for his team and Ron was eager, ready to play basketball as soon as possible.

Risk as Bryant makes the move on Snow, who called the foul. There he always loves to discuss the energy he brings. the club's foul is called Angeles, second of our TNT double header tonight, the Pistons beat the Spurs. Here's LeBron James from the center effortlessly showing us the follow through and he just improved dramatically with that jump shot and you said it. Marv is effortlessly right. Bryan moves in the snow and gets fouled, hits a Reacher who is standing

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ing him play again they have to find a way to hit the two involved here is Jackson again from the center Luke Jackson with his third three-point lead for the Cavaliers 86 85 Kobe Bry alone in the last quarter and the Cavaliers are called for a foul, it's James' turn with four left in the quarter, here's LeBron Banks and he scores wow, that's impressive, the body control, the feathery touch of the glass 27 for LeBron James, another strong game for LeBron as Kobe started 5 of 7 from the field then suffered a sprained right wrist and Bost was a good play by Bryan odm spitting in his path odm for Bryant to George for three yeah kobby Bryant's deflection set that up and down to six IL galus which is deeper than usual for the Zunis The galus has had the touch, you see LeBron James covering Kobe and Bryant able to finish James using the screen, so the Lakers now lead 95 double team IL galus with five on the shot clock cutus IL galus with the momentum to tie. at 95 for seven Bryan yeah so Kobe Bryan was silent for most of the time between the game clock and the shot clock Bryan making moves on James here's Bryant yeah he had one foot on the line it's a shot of two points The Cavaliers called time with 8 and 610 seconds remaining in this last quarter the Lakers 99 as Cavaliers 97 and Steve KOB broke a tie give the Lakers the advantage they now lead in 99 97 and Cleveland with 20 remaining Damon Jones out from the field here is James James twisting his way and he shot the foul with a 46% free throw and brings the Cavaliers with 10 seconds left and James missed Goodon's second rebound and the Cavaliers take a timeout 4 and 2 /10 seconds left and it all comes down to the Cavaliers having a chance now. to win they are losing by one they certainly would have preferred here is James making the move on Bryant to the fadeout he can't ring the bell the Lakers come out with a one point victory the Lakers 99 and the Cavaliers 98 so the Lakers go to 19-17 the Cavaliers go down to 20 and 13 kobby I understand they took an x-ray of your right wrist at halftime how much did that bother you in the second half well, I was pretty sure uh and my teammates talked about it, they knew that I just had to take over me and, uh, just stay on cruise control until we needed it to explode at the end.

LeBron gave you probably the biggest compliment I've ever heard anyone say about you saying that. You've got a killer instinct, he's never played or faced anyone like you talk about big shots down the stretch, well you know, that's what you know, that's what I live for, that's what you know, uh, when you are a child and you dream of playing basketball. You always do the countdowns in the backyard, you know, and these are the kind of moments I live for. You know, the last five games, obviously, you scored 40, 40 points or more. This

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have seemed like a day off to you.

You got little rest tonight. You know, but it feels good, even though you know, I think it was very important for us to go out and get meaningful contributions elsewhere. You know, there's been a lot of talk about me being a one-man show and all that, and this is not the case. I know certain nights they have to take over, but more than anything, you know we win games. I scored 41 games when I scored 10. The important part is for us to play defense and, you know, see if we can't surprise some people, obviously. It was a disappointing loss last night in Portland, good win tonight, looking forward to Monday's game, yeah, I mean, it's going to be fun, it's going to be fun, thank you so much Kobe, we'll send it back to you, mark Steve.