Back in 2000, a young Kobe Bryant was playing the Knicks and got involved in a heated fight with Chris Childs. According to Childs, Bryant is lucky the fight didn't get more serious.

Speaking on ESPN's True Hoop podcast, the former New York guard detailed what led to the fight. He's placing the blame on Bryant, because of course he is.

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“I mean, if you watch the tape, he elbowed me twice. He started it. The reason I did…I looked at the ref and said, ‘Are you gonna do something about this?’ [The ref] put his hands out like, ‘Whatever.’ I’m like, ‘Okay, no problem, I got this.’ We run up and down the court and I say, ‘Young fella, if you do that again, I’ma take off on ya. I’ma take off.' "So when you watch the tape, when he comes around a pick, he kind of lightweight head butts me to get me off. So once he did that, he’s taller than me and I’m in striking distance. So I took off on him. I didn’t want to knock him out, ’cause I could have. But if I did, I’d still be suspended right now. I didn’t put the shoulder in, I didn’t lean into it. I didn’t want to hurt him."

As the video shows, Childs got two punches in on Bryant, so the moment became a sort of legend considering his historic career. Childs said he took it easy on him because there was no need to get serious with it.