Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Rick Brunson and Kobe Bryant

This is the detail of NBA games in which Rick Brunson and Kobe Bryant played against each other, including head-to-head record, stats average, game highs and game-by-game data both in the Regular Season and Playoffs.

Player comparisons:
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They faced each other a total of 13 times in NBA games. Kobe Bryant has a 9-4 winning record over Rick Brunson, including a 2-0 record in Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

Rick Brunson
vs.
Kobe Bryant
NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2023-24
Rick Brunson:
1997-98 to 2005-06
Kobe Bryant:
1996-97 to 2015-16
13 Games played
11 in Regular Season
2 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

 Games Won in
Regular Season		 in
Playoffs
Rick Brunson
4
4
0
Kobe Bryant
9
7
2

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Rick Brunson 4.4 1.2 1.5 0.10.1
Kobe Bryant 27.0 5.2 4.51.40.9
Game Highs
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Rick Brunson 19 4 7 11
Kobe Bryant 43 10 11 53
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Rick Brunson 0

games		 2

games		 3

games		 0

games		1

game
Kobe Bryant 13

games 		10

games		 10

games		 8

games		8

games
Both had same stat 0

games		 1

game		 0

games		 5

games		4

games

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1997-98 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 08, 1997
1. Trail Blazers 105   Rick Brunson 11 3 2 0 1 1 3 18 2-3 .667 2-2 1.000 5-6 .833
Lakers 99   Kobe Bryant 19 2 1 1 0 3 3 25 6-14 .429 1-3 .333 6-8 .750
Feb. 04, 1998
2. Trail Blazers 115   Rick Brunson 19 4 2 0 0 1 2 16 6-8 .750 2-3 .667 5-6 .833
Lakers 122   Kobe Bryant 26 4 4 3 1 1 4 29 6-10 .600 1-2 .500 13-13 1.000
Feb. 10, 1998
3. Trail Blazers 117   Rick Brunson 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 6 0-2 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Lakers 105   Kobe Bryant 17 4 2 1 1 1 4 30 6-13 .462 2-3 .667 3-5 .600
Mar. 11, 1998
4. Trail Blazers 107   Rick Brunson 11 3 6 0 0 3 2 28 4-9 .444 3-4 .750 0-2 .000
Lakers 121   Kobe Bryant 13 2 2 0 0 1 2 20 4-10 .400 1-2 .500 4-5 .800
1999-00 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Apr. 02, 2000
5. Knicks 82   Rick Brunson 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 03 1-2 .500 0-0 - 0-0 -
Lakers 106   Kobe Bryant 17 6 8 0 1 2 1 29 5-11 .455 0-0 - 7-7 1.000
2001-02 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 17, 2002
6. Trail Blazers 111   Rick Brunson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
Lakers 105   Kobe Bryant 28 5 2 1 1 3 5 43 11-26 .423 0-4 .000 6-6 1.000
Mar. 29, 2002
7. Trail Blazers 79   Rick Brunson 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
Lakers 91   Kobe Bryant 34 7 6 2 0 0 3 41 12-26 .462 0-1 .000 10-11 .909
2002 Playoffs - Western Conference First Round
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Apr. 21, 2002
8. Trail Blazers 87   Rick Brunson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
Lakers 95   Kobe Bryant 34 7 3 2 3 1 3 44 10-28 .357 2-7 .286 12-13 .923
Apr. 25, 2002
9. Trail Blazers 96   Rick Brunson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
Lakers 103   Kobe Bryant 19 6 5 2 0 3 5 43 5-21 .238 1-4 .250 8-9 .889
2004-05 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 17, 2004
10. Clippers 89   Rick Brunson 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 7 1-2 .500 0-0 - 0-0 -
Lakers 103   Kobe Bryant 23 6 11 5 2 5 5 45 9-16 .563 0-1 .000 5-5 1.000
Dec. 11, 2004
11. Clippers 87   Rick Brunson 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 11 0-1 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Lakers 89   Kobe Bryant 37 10 5 0 2 4 2 45 13-32 .406 1-6 .167 10-10 1.000
Mar. 08, 2005
12. Clippers 110   Rick Brunson 10 3 7 0 0 0 2 34 4-10 .400 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000
Lakers 101   Kobe Bryant 41 5 3 0 1 3 3 43 12-21 .571 1-3 .333 16-16 1.000
2005-06 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Apr. 02, 2006
13. Rockets 88   Rick Brunson 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 9 0-1 .000 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Lakers 104   Kobe Bryant 43 3 6 1 0 2 3 36 19-32 .594 3-5 .600 2-2 1.000
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