With a threee-pointer in the second quarter of a 90-95 loss over the Philadelphia 76ers today, Kobe Bryant has surpassed former teammate Shaquille O’Neal to move into 5th place in the NBA’s all-time scoring list.

Shaq who had retired last season made 28,596 points in his 19-year career and is now relegated to 6th.

Picked 13th in the 1996 NBA Draft, Kobe is currently playing in his 16th year.

Kobe said of the achievement,

“All the battles we’ve been in, the playoff battles, the duo that we’ve been able to form. When you (consider) the championships, it makes it a little more significant.”

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With 1,600,390 votes, Dwight Howard is this year’s leading vote-getter in the NBA All-Star Balloting program presented by Sprint.

The starters for 2012 NBA All-Star Game were chosen in an online voting by fans at NBA.com. The game will be held on Sunday, February 26, 2012 at the Amway Center – Howard’s home arena.

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Phil Jackson, the winningest coach in NBA history with 11 NBA titles has always told media that this will be his final season in the NBA.

What an embarrassing way to end his Hall of Fame career though.

With his team’s season and quest for his fourth three-peat on the line,  Jackson’s LA Lakers took on the Dallas Mavericks at their home court for Game 4 of their Western Conference Semifinal series down 3-0.

While no NBA team has ever came back from that deficit to win a series, Kobe Bryant promised before the game that there will be a major turnaround this time.

It was empty though as Kobe just managed 17 points on an awful 7 of 18 shooting, Lamar Odom and Andrew Bynum got ejected for their needless flagrant fouls and Pau Gasol continues his softness as the Mavericks got the blowout win, 122-86.

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With his second free-throw in the second quarter of a 101-87 victory over the Atlanta Hawks today, Kobe Bryant has surpassed Mose Malone’s 27, 409 points to move into 6th place in the NBA’s all-time scoring list.

In the process, The Black Mamba have also surpassed Oscar Robertson, John Havlicek, Hakeem Olajuwon and Elvin Hayes just two months after he entered the top ten in January.

Playing in his 15th season, Kobe currently has amassed 27,423 points.

The truly entertaining countdown now begins as next on the list is former best buddy Shaquille O’Neal currently in 5th spot with 28,590 career points and counting.

If Kobe keeps up on his current pace of 25.1 points per game, he will likely one-up Shaq even more to move to fourth place.

When that happens, he can finally say that he is not lingering in Shaq’s shadow anymore.

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Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers was named as the MVP of the 2011 NBA All-Star Game to tie Bob Pettit’s NBA record with his fourth MVP award in just 10 years.

The Black Mamba scored 37 points and grabbed 14 rebounds in front of his hometown crowd at the Staples Center,  Los Angeles, to lead the West to a 148-143 victory over the East squad.

“This will be my last All-Star game in front of these home fans, so it feels good to be here.” Bryant said.

Kobe previously won the All-Star MVP award in 2002 and 2007 and shared it with former team mate Shaquille O’Neal in 2009.

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After the series of trailers used to advertise Kobe Bryant’s movie titled “The Black Mamba”, the ‘movie’ finally had its world premiere on Saturday, February 19.

It was released in conjunction with the NBA’s All-Star Weekend festivities.

The six-minute movie is actually a commercial for Kobe’s new line of shoes, the Nike Zoom Kobe VI.

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