After Kobe scored a shocking 81 points against the Raptors in the 2005-2006 season, he got an awesome nickname: the Black Mamba.
If you were to find an animal to compare to Kobe Bryant, what would you choose? Kobe himself replied without hesitation: "Black Mamba!" As well as his superb hunting skills, all of these are strikingly similar to Kobe on the basketball court.
Kobe often performed killer plays in games. Those wonderful performances were like a black mamba snake when hunting its prey, ruthless and deadly with one blow.
In addition, Nike later produced an exclusive sneaker for Kobe, and the name of that sneaker was the Black Mamba. So fans naturally called Kobe Bryant's nickname the Black Mamba.
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The Black Mamba spirit in Kobe’s game against the Raptors:
On January 23, 2006, Kobe Bryant descended to earth to face the Raptors. Crazy scoring 81 points, 81 points is the second highest scoring record in a single game in the NBA, second only to Chamberlain's 100 points.
In that game, the entire Raptors team had no way to defeat Kobe. Kobe, who was facing double-teams throughout the game, almost defeated the Raptors with his own strength. In this way, the Raptors and Kobe record has gone down in history together, and some netizens even joked that the Raptors should retire Kobe's No. 81 jersey.
In the 2013 Lakers game against the Raptors, the 35-year-old Kobe once again showed his Mamba spirit. With 1 minute and 45 seconds left before the end, the Raptors led the Lakers by five points 105-100. But after that, Kobe scored three consecutive difficult three-pointers to help the team drag the team into overtime. At the last moment of overtime, Kobe scored another dunk to seal the victory. The Raptors have once again become the background emperor.
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