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NY Post · Jan 28, 2020

Ex-Knicks assistant relives night Kobe Bryant took over MSG

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Former Knicks assistant coach Phil Weber was not the least bit surprised on Feb. 2, 2009 after watching Kobe Bryant destroy the Knicks, win over a manic Garden and post 61 points — then the arena’s record.

Not after working Bryant out eight straight days at the UCLA campus after his rookie season. Not after witnessing Bryant’s locker-room leadership act as an assistant coach at the 2007 All-Star Game in Las Vegas.

Weber, Mike D’Antoni’s top assistant on that titillating night, could never hold it against Knicks fans who cheered and chanted alongside Lakers fans for Bryant.

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