In Kobe's rookie season, he won over fans. In the 1997 All-Star Game, Kobe won the slam dunk contest in one fell swoop and also became the youngest slam dunk champion in NBA history when Kobe was only 18 years and 175 days old. In Kobe's second season, he became the youngest player in NBA history to participate in the All-Star Game, when Kobe was only 19 years old and 175 days in the 99-00 season, Kobe helped the Lakers win the championship for the first time after Magic Johnson. In the 00-01 season, Kobe defeated the 76ers in the Finals to win back-to-back NBA Finals titles.On April 18, 2001, Kobe married Vanessa Lane. Kobe's family as well as his teammates on the Lakers did not attend their wedding. For some reason, Kobe's parents were very much against the marriage.In 2002, Kobe won his first career All-Star Game MVP in his hometown of Philadelphia.In the 02-03 season, Kobe averaged 30 points, 6.9 rebounds, 5.9 assists, and 2.2 steals per game, and set an all-time record with nine consecutive 40+ scoring games. in the 01-02 season, Kobe and his team Lakers were exceptionally united, cementing a strong Laker dynasty and winning three straight titles.
Record. 2006 in the game against the Raptors, Kobe individual scored 81 points, becoming the NBA history of the second highest single-game scoring December 23, 2007: against the Knicks to become the youngest player in the history of the league to reach 20,000 points.
2007: Selected to the NBA Defensive First Team;
2007: Selected to the NBA First Team;
2007: Won the NBA Scoring Championship with an average score of 31.6 points;
2007: Won the All-Star Game MVP again; May 7, 2008:Won the NBA 2007-2008 Regular season MVP. June 15, 2009, the Lakers 99-86 victory over the Magic, Kobe got 30 points, 5 assists, 6 rebounds, 4 caps and 2 steals, leading the Lakers 4-1 total score eliminated the Magic to win the championship, won the fourth NBA championship of his career! And won his personal career first championship MVP!
June 5, 2009, Kobe scored 40 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists, becoming the fourth after O'Neal, Jordan, West in the finals played "40 + 8 + 8" players, the Lakers won the finals by a score of 100-75! The Lakers won the first game of the finals by a 100-75 margin.
On May 30, 2009, Kobe scored 35 points to help the Lakers beat the Nuggets 119-92, and the Lakers advanced to the Finals 4-2 and defended their Western Conference title.
May 18, 2009, the Lakers 89-70 victory over the Rockets to advance to the Western Conference Finals with a total score of 4-3, Kobe scored only 14 points in the game, but became the youngest member of the NBA history of 4,000 points in the playoffs, the age at which he reached this height is 30 years and 264 days.
In 2009, he was named to the first team of the NBA Best XI for the 2008~2009 season.
In 2009, named to the First Team NBA Defense for the 2008~2009 season.
On April 11, 2009, the Lakers scored 32 points on the road 98-106 Trail Blazers, and their career total reached 23,788 points, surpassing Charles Barkley's 23,757 points and moving up to 17th on the NBA's all-time scoring list.
On April 8, 2009, the Lakers beat the Kings 122-104 on the road, Kobe got 22 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, and his personal career total rebounds exceeded 5000.!!!!
On April 4, 2009, the Lakers won 93-81 over the Rockets at home, scoring 20 points to lead the Lakers to 60 wins in the regular season again after a nine-year hiatus from the 1999-2000 season!
On March 13, 2009, the Lakers beat the Spurs 102-95 on the road, scoring 23 points to lead the Lakers to 52 wins and 13 losses in advance of locking up the playoffs, becoming the first team in the West to enter the playoffs.
Kobe dunked Mutombo on March 7, 2009 in the Lakers against the Timberwolves to get 23 points. His career total reached 23,354 points, surpassing the 23,334 points scored by Celtics great Robert "Chief" Parrish, and leapfrogging him into 18th place on the NBA's all-time scoring list.
On February 23, 2009, the Lakers played the Timberwolves on the road, Kobe cut down 28 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists, totaling 23,164 points, surpassing the Lakers' predecessor Baylor (23,149), not only among the NBA's all-time scoring list of the 20th, but also occupies the Lakers' all-time scoring list of the third, ranking only Jerry West and the sky hook Jabbar after.
February 16, 2009 with O'Neal *** with the 2008-2009 season All-Star MVP
February 11, 2009, in the Lakers and the Thunder's game scored 34 points, breaking the career 23,000-point mark, and becoming the youngest 23,000-point player in NBA history.
On February 3, 2009, he scored 61 points in a road game against the Knicks, surpassing Bernard King (60 points) and Jordan (55 points) to become the highest scoring player in a single game at Madison Square Garden.
The 2008-2009 season was honored with the All-Star Western Conference starting lineup. He was third in the league behind Howard "The Beast" and James "The Little Emperor".
December 17, 2008: scored 28 points in the game between the Lakers and the Knicks, raising his point total to 22,220, surpassing former Rockets point guard Clyde "The Glider" Drexler and moving into 21st place on the league's all-time scoring list.
December 3, 2008: scored 28 points in the Lakers-Pacers game, breaking the 22,000-point career mark and becoming the second-youngest player in NBA history to score 22,000 points.
November 15, 2008: scored 29 points in the Lakers-Pistons game, bringing his career total to 21,817 points, surpassing Larry "Big Bird" Bird's record of 21,791 points and Gary "The Glove" Payton's record of 21,813 points. The NBA's top scoring player, Gary Payton, has moved up to 22nd place in the NBA scoring list.
August 24, 2008: As the leader of the Dream 8 led the Dream 8 to win the 29th Beijing Olympic Games men's basketball gold medal.