Shane Battier: He was the one guy that I didn’t think I could ever mentally wear down. So he was brilliant obviously and he was the killer. So the only way I could ever have a chance against Kobe was like I never said I could guard Kobe. In my mind, I knew Kobe’s weaknesses because of the numbers, and they’re all relatives, even his weaknesses were strengths. But like I knew like when he went left and I kept him out of the pain it was a 42% shot versus when he went right and got in the pain it was a 62% shot, right? So I just played by the book, and I wouldn’t say like a great success, but I was like a human yellow light against him, but I never said like I’m a Kobe stopper because I knew that would just piss him off and he would go at my neck… And he already tried to go at my neck anyway.