One of the greatest Los Angeles Lakers-and greatest, period-players of all time played his final game Wednesday night, and what a performance it was. Golden State going for 73 wins, and Kobe Bryant going into retirement. “This is insane. This is absolutely insane”. So he finished with an incredible 60 points and 50 shots, the most Kobe Bryant way possible to end his career.
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“There were a lot of points there when I started getting emotional and when I first ran out of the tunnel”. “Inside the NBA” features Kobe’s former teammate/nemesis Shaq, Kenny Smith, and Charles Barkley, and is one of the most popular basketball-centric shows on TV.
Young offered this tidbit to the media Thursday during his exit interview, when asked how much fun Bryant’s farewell game – which featured an epic, 60-point outburst by the Lakers superstar – was for the 30-year-old swingman. They got their tickets in November, when the prices were merely sky-high and not yet astronomical.
Bryant, the competitor supreme who played on five National Basketball Association championship-winning Lakers teams, stopped short of describing it as the flawless ending however. “And then the last night, they’re like, ‘Don’t pass it!'” I mean, you’re real serious right now, you know… but last night, was that a fun night for you? Fans lucky enough to get inside Staples Center greeted him with ovations at every opportunity.
Celebrities were out in force for one of their own, a man who fellow LA Laker legend Magic Johnson described as “the greatest”. However, Bryant abruptly refused to put his name on the leather, instead throwing the trainers in the bin and telling Young to locate a pair of Nikes if he wanted the 18-time NBA All Star’s autograph. “For 20 years, excellence”. For 20 years, Kobe Bryant has never cheated the game, he has never cheated us as fans.
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“It gives us something to look forward to and work on in the offseason”.
