Ranking Kobe Bryant's 10 Greatest Game-Winners

#1 vs the Phoenix Suns, Western Conference Playoffs 1st round, game 4, 30th April 2006

Prime Kobe, as pointed out before, was a handful for any player in the league at his peak in 2006. Even as the #8 seed, the Lakers had a chance against a team in a playoff series as long as Kobe continued to play out of his mind.

Which he did during in the clutch of this game. With the Lakers down 2 points and a possession, Smush Parker succeeds in stripping Steve Nash from an inbounds play and passes it to Devean George, who draws a defender to him. From the dish, Kobe pulled off an athletics baseline drive that tied the game at 90.

The Lakers found themselves trailing again with 6 seconds left in overtime. In a jump-ball situation involving Luke Walton and Steve Nash, Kobe takes control of the ball and proceeds to nail a game-winner over 2 Suns defenders, giving the Lakers a 3-1 lead in the series.