Watch Kobe Bryant Turn Back Time with Statement Dunk on Josh Smith

Kobe Bryant's throwback dunk on Josh Smith provided the exclamation point on the L.A. Lakers' statement win over the Atlanta Hawks on Sunday, March 3.

Down by one with 2:16 left in the fourth quarter Bryant had Smith in an isolation situation at the top of the arc and drove hard to his right. Instead of stopping short, leaning in and trying to draw contact like most 34-year-old guards would, Bryant came to a two-foot plant and elevated.

His thunderous one-handed spike put the Lakers up by a point and may very well have caused a rift in the space-time continuum.

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