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Remembering Kobe Bryant’s top regular season game vs. Nuggets – Daily Nugget

The late NBA legend Kobe Bryant had his share of memorable outings in the NBA and he saved some of his best performances for the Nuggets.

Bryant averaged 24.8 points, 5.4 assists and 5.3 rebounds against the Nuggets in 66 regular season appearances against the franchise. Arguably his best regular season game against Denver was on Feb. 12, 2003. Kobe, in his prime, taking on a Nuggets team that was in the midst of a rebuild and the Lakers guard was at his lethal best. He would score 51 points in just three quarters and dominate in the first half, going for 36 points in the opening 24 minutes of the game.