Kobe Bryant Full Series Highlights vs San Antonio Spurs | 2008 WCF Lakers vs Spurs

The NBA defending champion, San Antonio Spurs, and this season's number one team of the West, the Los Angeles Lakers. And then after game seven as Bryant with a beautiful pass to Gasol. Bryant goes at Bowen and then sets it up for Gasol, another assist for Kobe Bryant. Bryant got the step, that's his first field goal of the day. A 16 point lead on the Lakers, Bryant. Bryant, yes. Bryant for Gasol. Got off to the quick start, has not attempted a shot in the third quarter. Bryant showing signs, hits the three. Spurs have not scored in nearly three and a half minutes. Bryant for the lob. 59 lead. Bryant. Up for Tim Duncan over the years. Bryant behind the bat, pulls it back. Oh, what a move. Going right at Genoa. Rebounded by Duncan. Oh, the steal by Bryant, and he scores. He can just lob it up to him for the score. He did not do that that time with Turriot. As Bryant, unable to squeeze by Bowen. Good play by Odom. Bryant going at Bowen. Bryant, yes. They're going to draft this pick and roll here tomorrow, but try to make him give the ball up. Bryant freeing himself up. Lakers take a two point lead. Finishing up, as we mentioned, with 30 points, control the boards. Bowen able to stay with Bryant, who's able now to hit over Overto. You cannot jump, and then you get that little floater at the basket. Bryant. Oh, he went west. That not his intention. Turriot up front with Odom and Bryant. Nice pass. Bryant. My kind of guy. Missing actually can't wait to shoot the second one. Here's Bryant. I mean, you play great defense, and you can't make a shot. That gets discouraging after a while. But Bryant does make the shot. Bryant passed on the three. Gasol off the face. Cody Parker, 11 points kind of come here in the second quarter. Bryant for three. Bryant goes behind the back. Bowen able to stay with him. Now Bryant with a beautiful setup. A handoff to Pablo Gasol. This half was starting, and he said, we've got to come out the first five minutes. We can't be flat like we were the other night. And Kobe Bryant recognizes that. He's got to go to work. He's got to open up the three-point shooting. And the Lakers have done a nice job closing down that paint. Bryant again. For the regular season, Lakers have won 17 of the last 20 here at home. They're six for six at home in the playoffs. Bryant on. The Lakers became an elite team after the trade for Pablo Gasol, which followed the injury suffered by Andrew Bynum. Beautiful pass from Bryant to Odom. They won 37 of 41. Kobe Bryant is back. Throwing the jab, step, and then hits. Just to get the lid off that basket. And here's Bryant. There it is. Bryant again. He feels the game. Cody Parker coming up a strong series against the Hornets and against the Suns. Bryant, yes. Utah series. Bryant off the crossover. Had a clear path. And Bryant up front for the backcourt of Vujicic. Here's Bryant getting inside. When he sees Jadoka. Bryant, yes. There's something about when you get a certain defender on you, you know you can score any time. Bryant got the step and scored. By Yellow Book. Kobe Bryant. Wide open. 17 rebounds. Bryant to the fay. Oh, beautiful shot. What a tough shot. 19 points for Parker. Bryant for three. All of a sudden, you make that move to go to Phoenix and you've got to uproot everything. That would have been a tough thing. Oh, my. Kobe Bryant from way downtown. Here's Bryant, draws the foul. It counts. Bowen on the airways. I certainly hope to see Bill back in front of the camera. In short time, here's Bryant for three. Light knee bothering him. We'll see how that plays out as Bryant hits on his first attempt in playoff games at home. Pass from Duncan broken up. Here comes Bryant. And you can see Bowen stepped away. He's got a double-digit lead and the Spurs struggle to score. That's not what they want to do. Kobe Bryant with a good look from the baseline. Bryant being played now by Ginobili. Goes to the step back. Ginobili now holds for four from the field. Bryant. Yes. We're down to five seconds. Down to three. Two. Bryant. Yes. With one second left. I've seen more screen rolls from the Spurs tonight than I saw in game three. Bryant with a strong move. That was their first free-throw miss. Bad pass. Lakers want to take advantage. And they do. That's what we see when they turn the ball over. The Lakers have too much speed. Yes. So it's going to be important for Bowen not to pick up that fourth. Nice pass from Bryant. Gasol lays it home to Barry from downtown. Odom gets it ahead and Bryant by himself. Kobe Bryant with the reverse. Bryant getting the step. He beat Utah in six. Have a two games to one lead here on San Antonio. Bryant is back and immediately knocks it down. 36 years old in his 13th NBA season out of Oregon State. He has 20 points. But Kobe Bryant right back. That's those droughts that we talked about. That's a sign of a fatigued team right now. They just cannot make any shots. Here's another turnover. Bryant off the steal and windows it down. Shot clock to seven. Here's Kobe. Now he makes that, Mark. That's a tough shot. Bryant open for an instant. But Bowen with a good recovery. Here's Bryant on the drive and scores. Bryant saw that one coming. A great switch there. Kobe goes right into the passing lane. Nice lay for Gasol. Nice pass from Parker to set it up for Duncan. Here's the crossover by Bryant. Finishes with a reverse in the first half. Bryant forcing and counts. And the foul. Could have not played much of the series. Only 57 seconds in game four. That was it. Here's Bryant. Beautifully done. Crowd urging Kobe to shoot. Gets inside on a double team. Then pops it out. Fisher for three. Final seconds. Three-second differential, though, between the game clock and shot clock. Bryant got the snap. Bryant. Yes. San Antonio by six. Bryant. Yes. It's a four-point lead. Bryant squeezing his way through to set it up for Gasol. You know, sometimes in this league, Mark, you got to get a little lucky. I remember when I was in Chicago, we got Scotty Kiffin and Horace Wayne. It's 13 for 38 now for the Spurs after starting 13 for 19. Bryant. With several substitutions at that point, which might have thrown him off. Here is Bryant for three. San Antonio has led by as many as 17. Now trailing by four. Bryant. Oh, a gorgeous scoop by Kobe Bryant. To win in that game, Ginobili resting here. I'm sure Pops is going to try to get him back maybe for the last five minutes. Bryant. Here's Brent Berry. He's shooting the ball better than any other Spur. Bryant. Come on now, that's too good. Over Tim Duncan floating in the lane, Kobe Bryant. Makes a turn of the second half. Bryant. Come on, come on. Their feet here at Staples. Bryant to the rim. Where has Kobe run off to? Kobe, what, you know, last year, there were probably a lot of folks in here who's wondered if you'd have that uniform on again. What does it mean to you to stand here with this bunch and that trophy heading to the NBA finals? You know, this is a dream come true. It's a dream come true, man. It's such a blessing. And, you know, to have it, to share it with a group of guys that, you know, like brothers, it's an unbelievable feeling. It's the answer to prayer. As out of sync maybe as you guys looked in the first half, you're down by 17. You had kind of a look that said, I don't really want to go back to San Antonio. Can you describe your mindset going into the second half of this game? Well, we knew we could play better. You know, the first half, it was tough for us because it kind of caught us off guard with the speed and some of the things that they ran. And, you know, we just wanted to cut the deficit to a manageable game. By halftime, we did that, came out the second half and put our foot on the gas. You're going back to the finals for the first time since 2004. How does that feel to you? It's exciting. We're all excited, you know. And I'm just happy for my guys, happy for the city. And we ain't done yet. The Western Conference champion, Los Angeles Lakers.