i was lucky enough to watch the lakers vs wizards game the other night where my boy brian cook (illinois what?!) hit a 3 to tie the game and force overtime. but of course, the story of the game was kobe dueling gilbert arenas as they combined for 105 points.

unfortunately for kobe, it was arenas who dropped 60 points on him (kobe had 45) and while i was never a big fan of gilbert arenas, after watching that game (overtime in particular), dude is just SICK. with an array of moves that included three pointers, pull up jumpers, cutting to the basket and just drivin through the lane, mr buckets (my new nickname for arenas) was unstoppable.

now most players would tip their hat after seeing this and everyone praised kobe when …