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#7 vs the Cleveland Cavaliers, Regular season 2005-06, 12th January 2006
(skip to 1:40 for the game-winner)
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10 days prior to logging the highest-scoring game of this century with 81 points against the Raptors, Kobe and LeBron James (then coming into his prime) locked horns in one of the best regular season games of the 2005-06 season.
Despite being just 6-of-18 from the floor while facing LeBron on most of his possessions, Kobe proceeded to splash the last 3 shots of the game for the Lakers. On the play in question, Kobe faces a soft double team comprising of a prime LeBron (who was among the league's best defenders at the time) and Zydrunas Ilgauskas.
He gets to the spot from which he scored on his previous field goal attempt and nonchalantly spots up for the dagger mid-range jumper which turned out to be the game-winner after LeBron missed a potential game-winner of his own.
2 elite defenders? No problem for prime Kobe!
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