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\n\tPlaying one-on-one with Kobe Bryant<\/a> was a hooper\u2019s dream while growing up, but that quickly turned into a nightmare for Bow Wow<\/a>, who got shut out 10-0 when facing the Mamba Mentality. <\/p>\n \n\tBow Wow joined Club Shay Shay<\/em> for an interview on Thursday (April 30), during which he reflected on having the chance to play Bryant one-on-one back in 2011<\/a> when Bow pulled up to the Lakers superstar\u2019s day camp.<\/p>\n \n\tAs far as the stakes, Bow had to pay $1,000 in cash if he lost, but if he could\u2019ve just scored a single bucket on Bryant, the Hall of Famer would\u2019ve gifted the Like Mike<\/em> star a pair of floor seats to every home game for an entire season.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cHe took it for real. I left that gym and I said, \u2018I will never play in the NBA, nor do I want to,’\u201d Bow said before being pressed by Shannon Sharpe about how many points he scored. \u201cNone! He smothered me. He had his thumb in my waist. He was hand-checking.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tBow continued: \u201cHe was telling me, \u2018You\u2019re gonna go wherever the f\u2013k I want you to go.\u2019 \u2026 What was so dope about the one-on-one was people got to see Kobe in a light that they never got to see Kobe in. You hear about the Mamba Mentality, but it\u2019s tough to hear on TV. You hear \u2019em in the one-on-one \u2026 He talking to me crazy like I\u2019m not Bow.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tEven though it\u2019s been 14 years, Bow Wow still recalls the one chance he had to make an open jump shot, but Bryant\u2019s 6\u20196\u2033 frame closed quickly, and the glance at a clean basketball was gone within seconds. \u201cBy the time I raised up, it was no time. The way he closed out, that 6\u20196\u2033 turned into 7\u20191,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n \n\tBryant ended up dishing out the $1,000 to his campers, and even with the loss, Bow has a memory he\u2019ll cherish for a lifetime. <\/p>\n \n\t\u201cThat right there is like a bucket list [goal],\u201d Bow Wow said. \u201cEvery kid would love to play Kobe Bryant one-on-one. And then for [his death] to tragically happen, that\u2019s something I\u2019m going to hold dearly to my heart.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tBryant, his daughter Gigi and seven others were killed in a helicopter crash on Jan. 26, 2020. Bow Wow paid tribute to Kobe<\/a> shortly after his death by posting a photo<\/a> with his own daughter along with the hashtag \u201cGirl Dad,\u201d which went viral as Bryant was a father to four girls himself.<\/p>\n \n\tWatch the full interview and one-on-one game with Bow Wow below.<\/p>\n