Phil Jackson deliberately substituted for Kobe Bryant in 81-point game

It’s a bit confusing and weird accusation, but a former NBA player John Surrey He made it sound like nothing.According to him, the league’s champion los angeles lakers In 2000, the franchise’s legendary coach, Phil Jacksonhe once confessed to him that he sat kobe ​​bryant during his game 81 points Like he couldn’t break the absolute record of 100 points Wilt Chamberlain.

“I didn’t agree with what Phil Jackson said to me, but in my 50s I understood. “Phil, Kobe scored 81. Whatever you did, I was going to get 104 feet. They kept passing the ball to him and the others didn’t want to hurt him.” They would have given him space and he would have reached 104,” he commented on the podcast. Shay Shay ClubAccording to him, this was answered by Jackson after his discussion: “Well, I have a record to stand. It’s okay. He already has number two. He doesn’t have to be number one.”.

In that famous match in January 2006, Kobe had 46 shots at the basket and had 28 shotswhich contains 7 out of 13 3 pointers. he played 42 of the 48 minutes And he left the field with 4.2 seconds left, so Surrey’s accusation is somewhat confusing. was enjoying on the court.

To cover up his intervention, the former player affirmed: NBA not interested in LeBron James defeating Kareem Abdul-JabbarWithout giving a good explanation of how, he said he wouldn’t let the Lakers star reach the numbers. is needed.