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Kobe Bryant Scores 81 Points: "Ain't No Other Man"

Josh Green

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"It's Kobe Freakin' Bryant!" Those four words said it all after Bryant scored 81 points vs. the Toronto Raptors on a January night in 2006. But Josh and Mark are contractually obligated to say more than four words every episode -- time to get new lawyers! -- so they dig a little deeper into that historic performance. What unleashed Kobe's superpowers that magical evening? Was it his grandmother in attendance, a carbo-loading meal of pepperoni pizza and grape soda, or the delicious knowledge that one day two trailblazing podcasters would memorialize his achievement?