Kobe Bryant scored his third highest score with the Dallas Mavericks on December 20, 2005. The Los Angeles Lakers superstar dropped 62 points in three-quarters, scoring a field goal on 18/31, three pointers on 4/10, and 22/25. Free throw.
The Mavericks owner, Mark Cuban, remembered the game. According to him, he wanted Kobe to be knocked down because he was going to the Cuban team. In retrospect, he admitted that he could have scored more points if Bryant wanted.
“In our way of playing, I was like knocking him,” Cuba said. Landon Buford.. “Everyone was looking at me like Kobe, but that just happened. I think he got 120 points.”