Los Angeles Lakers

Kobe shows he's not too old to posterize someone

Published Dec. 18, 2015 12:13 a.m. ET

Andre Vergara

Kobe Bryant showed he's not too old to still dunk on someone, posterizing Houston's Clint Capela on Thursday night for his first slam of the season.

Old legs? Not on this play. Check it out in the video below.

The 37-year-old Bryant hadn't dunked in the Lakers' first 25 games, and Staples Center roared when he drove the lane and threw down on Capela in the third quarter. Bryant had dunked just eight times in 63 games over the past three seasons since his 2012-13 campaign ended early due to a torn Achilles tendon.

Bryant finished with 22 points on 9-of-16 shooting with eight rebounds in 32 minutes. So how soon do we start talking about Kobe unretiring? In 3, 2, 1 ...

Still, the Lakers lost 107-87 to drop to 4-22.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

VINO! Kobe Bryant with the jam #NBAVOTE 3rd quarter on ? @NBAonTNT https://t.co/NpZ5H5eBC3
— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) December 18, 2015

@kobebryant told me that he surprised himself with that one, Me too ?????????? #StillGotIt Great team win #RedNation #Pursuit
— Clint Capela (@CapelaClint) December 18, 2015

I asked Dwight Howard about Kobe's dunk on Clint Capela and his answer is very Dwight. pic.twitter.com/I9t6NYuY04
— Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) December 18, 2015