NBA, Video / Sep 3, 2008 / 2:45 pm

We Reminisce: Kobe Bryant baptizes Dwight Howard

The announcer is so flustered, he calls Dwight Howard “Josh Howard.” Kobe later described this as the play where he “baptized” Dwight. And look out for Pat Garrity’s admirable attempt at stopping Kobe on his way to the rim.

22 Responses to “We Reminisce: Kobe Bryant baptizes Dwight Howard”

  1. jnuh says:

    Kryptonite chestnuts, Shazaam!

  2. Scott says:

    I thought Howard didn’t get dunked on, except for maybe twice?

  3. iceman anaba says:

    i found stevie franchise’s push-off on kobe (after the dunk) quite unnecessary..

  4. ERIC says:

    what is amazing is when you keep an eye on Kobe’s footwork going up for the dunk. he barely plants his front foot, doesnt bend the knee, getting no leverage, yet somehow is able to elevate that high. his momentum looked like it was going to carry him forward, but not high like that. it was so fast that dwight had no idea kobe was going up for the dunk

  5. Ibleedraptorpurple says:

    LOL…. remeber steve fracis?

  6. it aint easy being green says:

    who?

  7. fallinup says:

    The dunk was MAMBA-TASTIC!

    wth is Steve Francis?

  8. loganlight says:

    What we didn’t see in the highlight was Kobe running down the court singing:

    “Hey Dwight, tell me how my nuts taste!”

  9. K Dizzle says:

    Steve Francis? Damn! Has any player with a nickname ever fallen off so quick in the history of the game?

  10. ya boy says:

    Look as D.H’s face.That’s the look right before a car crash when everybody at the club told you ass to be careful while motoring whith your inattentive butt.that split second where you go , “shoulda had one more aquafina, or 15 minutes to regroup.Fluuuuk !!

  11. Jah says:

    I like how the commentator goes:

    “Well, I’ll tell you something…HEE, HEE, HEE!”

  12. George W Kush Sr says:

    Franchise got old real quick…

  13. Gmoney says:

    handing out Lipton Specials all day long…

  14. Ansonious says:

    What the hell was Dwight thinking? He was behind the line which should’ve been a foul, then again it’s pretty harsh to call that on him after being teabagged like that, and that my friends concludes todays episode of basketball theater. I’m out like Dwight saying he doesn’t know what balls taste like peace!

  15. kevin k says:

    kobe has humiliated Dwight twice now. 1st with that dunk. 2nd with his failure to D Rudy Fernendez with his lazy steal attempt and allowing Rudy to posterize Dwight for Kobe’s mistakes. Kobe is Dwight’s kryptonite

  16. Jeff says:

    Honestly why did steve (formally known as franchise) francis push kobe 4?? KMT

  17. asmaticasiatic says:

    for real yo, I used to watch tapes of Francis, tryed to pick up his cross and step back..disapointing…basically just picking up a check the last few years…

  18. Gerard says:

    I’ma keep it real, in terms of impact that T-Mac over Bradley in the Rockets-Mavs playoff series was probably hotter, but this was over D-Howard.

  19. biggeddy says:

    Gerard, everyone and there mothers dunked on Bradley. Best Damn Sports Show could make an episode titled “Best 50 Dunks on Shawn Bradley” and they still have more then enough left for an honorable mention section. This is Kobe putting his nuts Dwight Howard face and saying welcome to the league big man. This dunk is just plane nasty. Howard’s just lucky he had his hands up… Kobe might’ve just showed Vince what it’s like to jump over a man (instead of a surrendering Frenchie bitch).

  20. Luigi says:

    dude. i mean even Derek Fisher has dunked over him…man kmon. no shawn bradley stuff.

    Kobe over howard was nasty.after all. barely ANYBODY does that to him anymore. i was watching NBA stories n when they showed the dunk. Dwight was like…..[blank]…… i was goin LMAO.

    but what amazes me is what dwight became and what steve francis became. i mean Kobe could go back when he retires. and say. “I Dunked over that guy..posterized his ass” and thats when dwight becomes the 2nd coming of Shaq + FT’s

  21. Saud says:

    Cool interview with Kobe:

    http://www.squidoo.com/KobeBryantDunk

  22. Ian says:

    luigi
    what FTs???

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