Like every other team in the NBA, the Oklahoma City Thunder and Seattle SuperSonics saw domination from the late, great Kobe Bryant during the legend’s NBA career.
Bryant scored at least 30 points 28 times against the Sonics/Thunder, broke 40 points more than half a dozen times and even reached the 50-point plateau.
In 65 regular-season games against the franchise, Bryant averaged 24.2 points, 4.6 rebounds and 4.5 assists.
He played 14 playoff games against the franchise. In 1998, as a second-year pro, his Los Angeles Lakers beat the Sonics in five games. Bryant appeared in three of the games.
That was his only playoff series against Seattle. In 2010, the Lakers beat the Thunder en route to a championship, and in 2012, Oklahoma City overcame Bryant’s 31.2 points per game to get the series win in five games.
On the anniversary of Bryant’s death, we’re taking a look back at some of his best performances against the Thunder franchise going back to their Sonics days.
Stats are courtesy of Statmuse.com.