He was in complete control during those games, and playing as well as any player ever. A true thing of beauty.
He got the Oscar, who cares about entry into their stupid little club. The fact that they are not letting him in because he doesn't have a larger body of work is testament to his greatness. He got your GREATEST AWARD ON HIS FIRST TRY. Go suck on that Academy.
So I'm playing HomageBeats' Bandana in the background while watching this and all it felt like a Laker Film Room session minus GoldenThroat's voice.
I thought it was mentioned that he wore #8 cause he used to idolized Mike D'Antoni when he played in Italy while Kobe was living in Italy.