Kobe Bryant's 81-point game was the second-highest scoring game in the NBA, with only Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game standing above it.

Indeed, the 2025 ESPY Awards hosted by Shane Gillis in Los Angeles on July 16 saw the most famous names in the athletic world come together to celebrate the past year in sports.

Baron Davis recalls Kobe Bryant getting booed in the 2002 All-Star game at his hometown of Philadelphia: "We all knew Kobe was going to get the MVP" originally appeared on Basketball Network.