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Visit http://www.nba.com/video for more highlights. Kobe Bryant splits the double team and throws himself an oop off the glass for the two-hand dunk.
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Kobe Bryant Has No Use for Teammates
Empty the Bench —
It’s not something you’re going to work on in basketball camp, but Kobe actually manages to make an alley oop off the backboard to himself look like a fundamentally sound, high-percentage play. There aren’t too many people on the planet who can do this: picking up his dribble, recognizing the open space, splitting the double in mid-air, tossing it off the glass to a place where only he could get it and and getting back up after it for the dunk. Pretty sick.
Oh, and he also had 34 points, 6 boards and 7 dimes on 50% FGs. Meh.
Run it back: Vote for the best play of the second round
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Was it Tayshaun Prince's game-saving block? Chris Paul's back-to-the-basket flip shot? Kobe's self-oop? Or one of LeBron's many playoff highlights? What do you think was the best play of the second round? Watch the videos, then vote for your favorite below. Prince: Game-saving block. Tayshaun Prince makes a game-saving/securing block on Hedo Turkoglu's dunk in the final seconds of Game 5. Conjures up an image of dad killing a bat with a broom. LeBron: 'No regard for human life.' LeBron James drives for the huge power slam ...
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emptythebench.com 5/11/2008 — It’s not something you’re going to work on in basketball camp, but Kobe actually manages to make an alley oop off the backboard to himself look like a fundamentally sound, high-percentage play. There aren’t too many people on the planet who can do this.
