Kobe Bryant has been voted the NBA MVP once, NBA Finals MVP twice, All-Star Game MVP four times, NBA Slam Dunk championship once, and he holds the Los Angeles Lakers' all-time scoring record. Born in 1978 in Philadelphia, he has played all his professional basketball for the LA Lakers since 1996. In 2006, Bryant scored 81 points in a game against Toronto Raptors at the Staples Center. It was the second-highest single scoring performance in NBA history, exceeded only by Wilt Chamberlain's 100 points in 1962.
