Kobe about Al Horford defense on Giannis in game 1: " He's old school, so always he's going have a forearm touching you. He's going put contact on you no matter what".

Mark Cuban says that the Mavericks were very close to trading for Kobe Bryant in 2007 with a package of Josh Howard Jason Terry and draft picks so close that he thought the deal was done However Lakers GM Mitch Kupchak was able to talk Kobe out of his trade request

GG Jackson slides through defense with a slick Eurostep banks it home with replay

Al Horford accidentally lobs it off the backboard to himself and then swats it out of bounds

Horford with his trademark flinch after the free throw