WATCH: Classic 🏀: Kobe drops 49 on Iverson, Melo's Nuggets

What's the next best thing after live NBA basketball? Classic footage of NBA basketball.

Thursday's stream takes us back to Game 2 of the first round of the 2008 playoffs, with Kobe Bryant's Los Angeles Lakers taking on Allen Iverson, Carmelo Anthony, and the Denver Nuggets.

Though several generational scoring talents shared the floor that night, one rose above the rest, finishing with 49 points and 10 dimes.

Rewatch the stream below:

HEADLINES

Mikko and Gabe 🥲❤️

All respect between Rantanen and Landeskog 💙

WYATT FREAKING JOHNSTON ‼️ STARS LEAD LATE IN THE THIRD PER...

Johnston gives Stars the lead late in Game 7 👀

MOOSE DON'T NEED NO HELP!!! 🫎🫎🫎🫎🫎🫎

Rantanen 2, Avalanche 2 😲

HE'S GOT THAT DOGG IN HIM 🐶 Nathan MacKinnon scores his se...

Nate Dogg bags his 7th goal of series 31 seconds into the 3rd 🐶

AARON GORDON WITH A GAME-HIGH 18 POINTS 🔥

Gordon's crafty lob puts Nuggets up 28 vs. Clippers in Game 7 😱

“I wanna hit. It would be fun to do that. I think eventually...

Royals pitcher Lorenzen muses about shifting to outfield 'down the line' 🤔

Oh, Fernando. Where do we even begin?

Tatis sneaks in to score go-ahead run on wild pitch that bounces barely 2 feet away 😤

WALK-OFF GRAND SLAM 🚨 KYLE STOWERS SENDS 'EM ALL HOME 🔥

Marlins' Stowers stuns A's with walk-off grand slam off Mason Miller 😱

Ever feel like EVERYONE has that one song stuck in their hea...

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