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Kobe Bryant: Looking back at Kobe’s top 8 game-winners

By Corey Ghee

LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 18: Kobe Bryant #24 of the Los Angeles Lakers looks on during the game against the Chicago Bulls at Staples Center on November 18, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Lisa Blumenfeld/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 18: Kobe Bryant #24 of the Los Angeles Lakers looks on during the game against the Chicago Bulls at Staples Center on November 18, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Lisa Blumenfeld/Getty Images) /
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Looking back at the top 8 game-winners from Kobe Bryant’s career

Kobe Bryant was arguably the best closer of all-time. He was clinical, methodic, and relentless when it mattered the most. No one wanted the last shot more than the Mamba. H

e’s responsible for many game-winning buckets, and on the one-year anniversary of his tragic passing, we take the look at his eight best clutch moments.

8. Los Angeles Lakers vs. Houston Rockets, 1/13/09

Poor Shane Battier.

After a broken play, the former Duke great hit a big three to give Yao Ming and the Houston Rockets a two-point lead. Phil Jackson deferred to taking a timeout and Kobe calmly walked things up. He’d use an Andrew Bynum screen, but Battier made him pick up his dribble. It looked as if Battier, one of a handful of players who were designated “Kobe” stoppers, had finally stopped the Mamba.

That would not be the case though, because after recuperating with Derek Fisher, Kobe would rise and sink a cold-blooded, contested three to give the Lakers the lead and the win. This wasn’t the first game-winner Bryant had stung Battier with, and this shot was only the prelude to one of Kobe’s best playoff games ever. The “He Can’t Guard Me” Game.