After riding off into the sunset after dropping 60 points in his final game, Kobe has found time to do other things such as be on Jimmy Kimmel Live, where he details an interesting game of 1-on-1 with Magic Johnson.
Mamba says the two basketball icons only squared off one time during a Lakers practice … but Magic made sure to tweak the rules — and the score — in his favor.
“What’s the score?” Kobe says Magic would ask.
“It’s 10-6,” Kobe would respond.
“No, it’s not, it’s 10-9.”
“I’m like, ‘Wait, what the? All right, I’m done.'”
Personally I’m not surprised that the older and less athletic Magic Johnson was playing “old man YMCA” rules on Kobe, but I am impressed that Magic managed to score 6 points on Kobe in what I’m gonna assume was a game that was probably first to 11 points or so. Gotta give it up to Magic for being able to ball at his age or Kobe for showing respect to the OG and not embarrassing him in front of the team and staff. Flip below to check out Kobe’s interview with Jimmy Kimmel and for you young guys some highlights of Magic Johnson.