Kobe Takes Over In 2000 NBA Finals Game 4 | #NBATogetherLive Classic Game
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Shaq on Kobe in Game 4
“My favorite Kobe story was when we were going back and forth against Indiana and I had fouled out. So I’m thinking damn, here we go again. I [messed] up. Remember I was killing Rik Smits and I fouled out and they made that run? Everybody was worried, including [then-Lakers coach) Phil [Jackson]. And Kobe came up to me and said, ‘Don’t worry. I got it.’
“That’s when he put on that show. That’s when I got behind the podium after the game and said, ‘Kobe is the best player in the world!’
“I was nervous and he was like, ‘Big Fella, I’ll be here. You ain’t got to worry about [anything].’ That’s when I knew he was ‘real- real.’ I always knew he was real.
“But you know how [Michael] Jordan is real-real in the clutch? Magic Johnson is real-real in the clutch. That’s when I put Kobe in that category. He saved my ass.
“When people ask me about Kobe and MJ, I say I’m from the younger era and I feel you always have to give it up to the ones before you. I’ve got to go with MJ. Just like you always ask me — me or Wilt (Chamberlain)? Wilt. Me or Bill [Russell]? Gotta say Bill. Even with Kareem [Abdul-Jabbar]. I’m going to say Kareem. If it wasn’t for them, it would be no me. But I don’t mind. And Kobe is in the same breath as MJ.
“I do think about how we could have won more championships together — all the time. I think about that one we lost to Detroit [in 2004]. That would have been awesome.”