NEW YORK -- No matter whom Kobe Bryant guards this season the opposing coach goes right at him.

Gilbert Arenas scorched him up for the majority of his 60. Michael Redd scalded him for 45, Wade fricasseed him for 40. Vince Carter barbecued him for 31 in three quarters before Maurice Evans came to his rescue. And Gerald Wallace and Matt Carroll (career high 27) combined to pan-sear him for 55.

Watching ESPN's highlights you would've thought Kobe, who busted the Bobcats for 58 consensual points, ruled supreme. Only if you watched Wallace (suffered a separated right shoulder last night in Indy) and Carroll abuse him would you know what really went down: