Kobe Plays In Philippines With NBA All-Stars
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Royce Young
It's the first time we've really seen NBA stars on the floor playing together since the Finals wrapped in June. Saturday, Manilla hosted a star-studded NBA exhibition featuring Derrick Rose, Kobe Bryant, Chris Paul, Kevin Durant, James Harden and a bunch of others. The event didn't disappoint as the NBA stars topped the Philippine Basketball Associations top players 131-105.
The punctuation? A Kobe to Rose alley-oop that's most definitely going to make you hate the lockout that much more. Observe:
There was already the Kobe to Rose alley-oop that was very nice. But not nearly as nice as the one that Kevin Durant tossed to teammate James Harden. The NBA players won 131-105 with Durant scoring 22, 20 coming in the first half. I couldn't find a story with how many Harden had, but I can be certain he had at least two. Two that might as well been worth 20. Because holy mother of oop.
And before all of this, Kobe performed a nice wind mill during practice to get the crowd wild.
