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Kobe Bryant Dunk-Off

Kobe Bryant Dunk-Off

Achieved by defeating Kobe Bryant in a Dunk-Off.

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How to unlock the Kobe Bryant Dunk-Off achievement in NBA 2K8 - Definitive Guide

Far and away the hardest achievement in the game. To do this you have to beat Kobe Bryant in a Sprite Slam Dunk competition. However, you can't just pick him as one of the contestants, you have to have him show up after the competition is over. The problem is that whether or not he (or anyone) shows up is completely random, so be prepared to play a LOT of dunk offs.

There's a few things that will help:

- Practice your dunks in dunk school. If you can consistently nail the dunk where you do two full clockwise circles and two full counterclockwise circles, you'll be able to cream Kobe. If you're like me and can't consistently nail those dunks, then you'll have to rely on a bit of luck. Practice the up up, down down, and right right dunks.
- Start a dunk off with the following 4 players: Vince Carter, Jason Richardson, Tracy MacGrady, and Lebron James. The reason for this is that these 4 players (along with Kobe) are the 5 that could possibly show up for the "extra match" after a dunk off, so by choosing these 4 you increase the probability that Kobe will show up.
- Make sure you set all 4 players to human controlled.
- For the first three rounds, just keep doing the up up dunk (which is super easy), and after the 3rd scoreboard comes up DO NOT HIT ANY BUTTONS UNTIL EITHER KOBE SHOWS UP OR THE MENU FOR A REMATCH COMES UP.
- If the menu pops up, you'll just have to try again.
- If Kobe shows up then it's all up to you to beat him. If you can consistently (and I mean CONSISTENTLY, as in you are 100% sure you can always nail them) do the full circle dunks, then do them, and you'll very likely kick his ass. If you can't (like me) then for your first dunk put the bench prop down in the centre, and do a down down dunk over top of it. You'll score in the mid-high 80's. For your second dunk do the sprite sign prop in the centre, and do the right right dunk overtop of it. I scored 91 when I did this.

I've seen Kobe have a combined score anywhere from 130 (he screwed up his 2nd dunk) to 185+, so if you are always scoring in the 170+ range it's just a matter of time before you manage to beat him.

Be patient though, this will take some time unless you're very lucky. I ended up playing roughly 20 dunk offs, with about a third of those against Kobe before I finally pulled it off.

And for the record (since some have suggested this): editing Kobe's stats has absolutely no effect on this. I've seen Kobe score under 150 with unedited stats, and I've seen him score over 180 with edited stats.
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13 Jul 2009 19:00

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I am beginning to think this is a glitched achievement for me at least spend 4-5 hours doing 4 player dunkoff's.

Used LeBron, T-Mac, Carter and Richardson using 1 controller, then 4 different controllers then using LeBron (myself) and the rest as CPU's beat them every time and it just went to the rematch screen nothing. Will try one last time before snapping my disc in 1,000,000 pieces.
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By Steve Redman on 23 Oct 2009 16:36
For me too...i've done 10 Dunk-off match and nobody challenge against me...
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By IllCl0wn on 13 Dec 2009 09:53
It really is random, so yeah, sometimes you can go on a bad streak and not get challenged, whereas others will be challenged by Kobe a couple times in a row. All I can suggest is to keep trying.
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By Pedle Zelnip on 13 Dec 2009 17:51
you can skip all of the emcee's speeches and can still be challenged. you dont have to listen to him. that makes no difference, just like youtr scores through the first three rounds dont make a difference.
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By DSTEW DAS on 01 Apr 2010 16:56
I finally got Kobe for the first time today...and he beat me by 1 point 185-184. I had a 99 point first dunk and felt great. Later, not so great. This was probably the 6 or 7th time I've set up a dunk contest with these specific 4 dunkers.

I hope I see him again soon. I have confidence I can beat him if I meet him again. The double circle dunks are key. Both of Kobe's dunks were double circles at 92 and 93 points each and my first dunk was a double circle (counter-clockwise I believe) for 99. I tried to play it safe and do a fairly simple second dunk over the bench (I wanted to do a simple up takeoff and then a half circle for a little extra flair/points, but accidentally did just a left and only scored an 85).
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By Duderonomy420 on 19 Apr 2010 04:00
I say screw this achievement can hardly dunk as it is lol
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By P4NDA CAKES on 29 Dec 2010 21:56
Took me about 20 attempts before I actually was able to successfully pulled it off. However, I'd suggest adding to the guide that you don't need to actually participate in the first 3 rounds, as previously mentioned. If you've tired of working through the beginning portions, I suggest setting all 4 competitors as player 1 and just leaving the the controller idle. It takes about 32 minutes from opening scene to the end of the third round if you don't skip anything and just let the timer run down each attempt. Therefore you could just go do something else while it works through and then hope kobe shows. Just don't let it get trough and not be around at the end cause that would be disappointing.
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By Uranium Deposit on 15 May 2011 20:56
I finally got this one. I played about 15 games allt together, but today I only played 5 and Kobe showed up twice, actually back to back on my 4th and 5th tries. Finally beat him on my 5th try. His first dunk he missed first try and got the 2nd with an 80. Then my turn and I missed both tries and got a 40 and thought great this one is over (sad face, right?). Well, on Kobe's 2nd dunk.... HE MISSED BOTH TRIES!!! It WAS AMAZING LUCK! So he got a score of 4. So all I did was an up up dunk and got a 74, BOOM Kobe-84, Me-114! I think it was just straight up luck, because I've played against him about 6 times in all of my about 15 games and have never seen him miss both his tries. Man, I'm so relieved now. Now just gotta get the dunk off achievo in NBA 2K9
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By M0NKEY R4NGER on 31 Jan 2012 19:51
Awesome Mate, Got it on my first Try!!

1st Dunk: Forward, Forward With a CAR as a Barrier 93 Points
2nd Dunk: Full Clockwise, Full Clockwise without Barrier for 87 Points

Achievement UNLOCKED!!!

THANK YOU!
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By Iced Hawk on 15 May 2013 21:00
RIP Kobe Bryant! I will never forget unlocking this achievement.
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By YazFromAlcatraz on 01 Feb 2020 20:55
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this is how I did it, use Lebron, Mcgrady, Richardson and Vince. Control all of them but just let the contest run out. (about 25 mins.)
My two dunks
1. Set up construction barrier-- Right stick right then left (between the top of the key and 3pt line)-------94pts
2. Set up car--come from left corner aiming at hood (lowest point)----Right stick up then up (just after 3pt line)-----91pts
You get so many pts cuz not having done any dunks these are not repeats
Once you figure out where to initiate dunk so you clear obstacles, these are easier dunks than the double clockwise counterclock wise moves because they're simple and the window for pulling the Right trigger is a lot bigger.
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This worked perfectly. Kobe showed up on my 2nd contest and I beat him first try with a 93 and 90 with these 2 dunks. Thanks for saving me a ton of time having to keep retrying this.
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By erod550 on 12 Feb 2015 23:26

For this you need to win a Sprite Slam Dunk Contest and then you need Kobe to step out to challenge you. The problem is that there is 6 possible outcomes to the dunk contest, and they are: Lebron James challenges you, Vince Carter challenges you, Jason Richardson challenges you, Tracy McGrady challenges you, Kobe Bryant challenges you, or nobody shows up at all. The best method to go about this is use the other 4 people(LBJ, VC, Tmac, and Richardson) in the dunk contest to eliminate those 4 outcomes. Keep trying and eventually Kobe will show up. To beat him the best method is: for the first dunk take off by doing a full rotation counter-clockwise and then in the air do another full rotation counter-clockwise. You will score 95-100. Then for the second dunk do the opposite, spin clockwise both times, and you will again score 95-100. The dunk-off is only 1 round, 2 dunks.

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