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Ray Allen says Kobe Bryant’s 81-point game overshadowed his own 42-point performance

Ray Allen and Kobe Bryant spent their entire careers linked by the 1996 NBA Draft, both emerging as standout shooting guards. While Allen was a star in his own right, it often felt like Bryant was ...
Yahoo! Sports

"Leave it to Kobe to outdo me on a night like this" - Ray Allen on Kobe Bryant's 81-point game overshadowing one of his best career performances

Usually, when a player has a stellar night — dropping game-high points as well as calling its conclusion with a buzzer-beater — they naturally expect all the limelight of that gameday to be on them, ...
ABC7

The unstoppable Kobe Bryant, as told by the defenders tasked with stopping him

Editor's note: This story was originally published on Jan. 22, 2021. Thursday is the 20th anniversary of Kobe Bryant's 81-point game. DURING A STORIED 14-year NBA career, Tony Allen was named to six ...
Yahoo

"We filmed in his neighborhood, in his projects" - Ray Allen names the NBA player who could have filled his "He Got Game" role

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ray Allen starred in the 1998 movie "He Got Game," but the path to the role was anything but smooth. He only secured the part on ...
Business Insider

A look back to when Kobe Bryant won the dunk contest as an 18-year-old rookie

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link It didn't take long for Kobe Bryant's hyper-competitiveness to become his defining feature as a basketball player. Over All-Star weekend during ...