Although Kobe Bryant dominated the NBA throughout his 20-year career, there was one player he consistently struggled to get past on defense. Because of that, he once called him the best defender he ever faced,

Tyrese Haliburton is the ONLY player with three go-ahead shots in the final 5 seconds in a single postseason. He’s got more of those in the 2025 postseason than Kobe Bryant had in his entire career. Since play-by-play began in 96, LeBron is only player with more than Hali.

Tyrese Haliburton made his fourth of the 2025 playoffs alone. Haliburton has now made one such shot in each of the four rounds this postseason, doing so in Game 5 against the Milwaukee Bucks, Game 2 against the Cleveland Cavaliers and Game 1 against the New York Knicks.