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Kobe Bryant News and Highlights

Mar 8, 2011: Kobe Bryant scored 26 points to reach 27,423 and pass Moses Malone for 6th on the NBA's career scoring list. This 2010-11 season Kobe went from 12th to 6th on the list of NBA's top scorers, leaving behind John Havlicek, Dominique Wilkins, Oscar Robertson, Hakeem Olajuwon, Elvin Hayes and Moses Malone. Next on the list is Shaquille O'Neal with 28,590 points, safe at least for this season. *** Feb 27, 2011: Kobe Bryant scored 17 points against the Thunder and moved past Elvin Hayes for 7th on the NBA's career scoring list. *** Feb 20, 2011: Kobe Bryant had 37 points and 14 rebounds and was the MVP in the 2011 All-Star Game. Kobe has earned the ASG MVP an NBA-record four times (tied with Bob Pettit). *** Jan 28, 2011: Kobe Bryant surpassed Hakeem Olajuwon for eighth place on the NBA's career scoring list. *** Jan 7, 2011: Kobe Bryant passed Oscar Robertson for 9th on the NBA's career scoring list. *** Jan 4, 2011: Kobe is now one of the NBA's all-time top ten scorers. He scored 17 against the Pistons to pass Dominique Wilkins for 10th with 26,671 points.. *** Dec 10, 2010: Kobe Bryant climbed to 11th on the all-time NBA scoring list with 26,398 points. *** Nov 9, 2010: Kobe Bryant became the youngest player (32 years, 80 days) in NBA history to reach 26,000 points, besting Wilt Chamberlain by 34 days. *** Apr 2, 2010: Kobe Bryant signed a 3-year, $83.5 million contract extension to remain a Laker for the next 4 seasons, until the end of 2013-14. *** Mar 24, 2010: Kobe had 24 points against the Spurs and passed Alex English for 12th in the NBA all-time scoring list with 25,636 points. *** Feb 24, 2010: Kobe had 20 points against Dallas and passed Reggie Miller for 13th in the NBA all-time scoring list with 25,298 points. *** Feb 1, 2010: With his 44 points at Memphis, Kobe Bryant reached the 25,208 mark, surpassing Jerry West's 25,192 and became the Lakers all-time scoring leader. He is also 14th in NBA history. *** Nov 19, 2009: Kobe passed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for second on the Lakers' all-time scoring list after a free throw with 6:07 left in the third quarter against the Bulls. He has now 24,182 points trails only Jerry West who has 25,192 *** Nov 17, 2009: In a 106-93 victory over the Pistons, Kobe Bryant had his 100th game with al least 40 points, becoming only the third player to do it. This exclusive list also includes Michael Jordan with 173 40+ games and Wilt Chamberlain with an incredible total of 271. *** Nov 6, 2009: By scoring 41 points against the Grizzlies Kobe Bryant became the youngest player to reach 24,000 points at 31 years, 75 days old, 38 days before Wilt Chamberlain and in the same night he surpassed Allen Iverson for 16th in the NBA all-time scoring list. *** May 14, 2009: Kobe Bryant won the 2009 NBA Championship, the fourth of his career and the first one without Shaquille O'Neal. Kobe was selected Final MVP after leading his team and averaging 32.4 points, 7.4 assists, 5.6 rebounds in 5 games. *** May 6, 2009: Kobe was selected for the 2008-09 NBA All-Defensive First Team. It is his 9th selection for an All-Defensive Team, the 6th for the First Team. *** Feb 2, 2009: in the Lakers victory 126-117 against the Knicks, Kobe Bryant set an arena record by scoring 61 points at the Madison Square Garden. It was the 4th highest point total of his career. *** May 12, 2008: Kobe was selected for the 2007-08 NBA All-Defensive First Team. It was his 8th selection for an All-Defensive Team, the 5th for the First Team. *** May 9, 2008: Kobe was the only player unanimously voted 2007-08 for the All-NBA First Team, earning this way his 10th selection for an All-NBA Team, the 6th for the First Team. *** May 6, 2008: Finally after 12 seasons in the NBA, Kobe Bryant won his long deserved MVP Award. In 2007-08 he took the Lakers to the first place in the strong Western Conference averaging 28.3 points, 6.3 rebounds and 5.4 assists. *** May 10, 2007: Kobe Bryant was selected for the 2006-07 All-NBA first team. It was his 9th selection for anAll-NBA team, the 5th for the first team. *** May 30, 2007: Kobe Bryant was selected for the 2006-07 NBA All-Defensive first team. It's his 7th time in anNBA All-Defensive team, and the 5th in the first team. *** April 18, 2007: Kobe Bryant won his second consecutive scoring title with an average of 31.6 points per game. It's the 7th scoring title won by a Laker.