Five greatest NBA fights of all time

#2. Kobe Bryant vs Chris Childs

Kobe Bryant is restrained by his teammate after an altercation with Childs

This one took place 17 years ago during a face-off between the Los Angeles Lakers and New York Knicks. Laker legend Kobe Bryant and former Knicks and Nets guard Chris Childs got into quite a tussle after Bryant delivered a sneaky elbow off a screen.

The pair got in each other's faces before Childs lashed out with two punches, with Kobe responding with a punch of his own. The players were separated and eventually ejected from the game.

Speaking on the incident some years later, Childs claimed that he could have really hurt the Mamba, but didn't want to.

"I didn’t want to knock him out, because I could have," he said in an interview. "But if I did, I’d still be suspended right now. I didn’t put the shoulder in or lean in to it. I didn’t want to hurt him."