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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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5. Los Angeles Lakers vs. Toronto Raptors, 2/12/12

As if 81 points weren’t enough. Six years after humbling the Toronto Raptors for a career-high, he’d sting them one more time.

After a loss in Madison Square Garden to the New York Knicks, Kobe and the Lakers headed north of the border for a clash with DeMar DeRozan and the Raptors. Toronto held a four-point lead with a minute left before Kobe peeped up at the clock and rose for a 3 over Linas Kleiza. Cash. On the ensuing possession, Bryant would harass Kleiza into a turnover and spark a fast break. Surprisingly, he laid it off and found a trailing Metta World Peace to give Los Angeles the lead.

Toronto would answer right back, but they left seven seconds on the clock. Way too much time and they’d pay for that. After losing DeRozan on the inbound, he’d take one dribble, and sink a pretty trademark jumper over James Johnson, and stare at the Raptors bench as he walked off. Cold. He stole that game from them late, stunning Toronto fans yet leaving them amazed.