The 2006 NBA Playoffs Game 7 between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Phoenix Suns still is one of the most debated games in Kobe Bryant ’s career. Kobe started strong in the first half.

Jim Jackson was a member of the seventh-seeded Los Angeles Lakers team that blew a 3-1 lead against the second-seeded Phoenix Suns in the first round of the 2006 NBA Playoffs.

In the wake of the Lakers’ crushing Game 7 loss to the Suns in 2006, Kobe Bryant was slammed with accusations that he had quit on his team—taking only three shots in the second half. But Alvin ...