Kobe's last game (60) is an underrated sports moment

[StrongLurk]

I mean sure, the guy was a shell of himself the last 3 years of his career and sucked due to injury...but that makes his last game even more unbelievable.

The dude scored SIXTY points and singlehandedly led the Lakers back from like down 10 to WIN the GAME...he wasn't statpadding out there and putting up meaningless shots...all at 37 years old. Snapped a 6 game losing streak and did his best to go out with a W.

This wasn't just a legendary basketball moment, but a legendary moment for all sports.

60/4/4 on 44/29/83, 54.3TS%, 36.3 GmSc

If you aren't hyped up watching the end of this game...you are a sad troll.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y64OsZNYhp0

[Manny98]

Utah weren't even playing defense that game and it still took BrickBe 50 shots to score 60 :roll:

[StrongLurk]

Utah weren't even playing defense that game and it still took BrickBe 50 shots to score 60 :roll:

Pathetic, sad troll. You know deep down the truth.

You are the outcast here. 99% of sports fan LOVED this moment...

You are the sad 1% and you know it.

So insecure and afraid over nothing.

[Stephonit]

In terms of being underrated, Steph's performance with 10 threes that same night to finish the season with 402 threes for the season is more underrated. 46 points in under 30 minutes.

[superduper]

In terms of being underrated, Steph's performance with 10 threes that same night to finish the season with 402 threes for the season is more underrated. 46 points in under 30 minutes.

Honestly Kobe's game that same night was monumentally more surreal.

[StrongLurk]

In terms of being underrated, Steph's performance with 10 threes that same night to finish the season with 402 threes for the season is more underrated. 46 points in under 30 minutes.

:roll: :roll: :roll:

Just...no man. Kobe's was in a different realm. A Phoenix rising from the ashes, 20 YEARS of blood, sweat, and tears.

Steph's 2016 season is historically great offensively, but that is referencing a single season.

Kobe's was capping off 20 years.

[dirkdiggler41]

he wasn't statpadding out there and putting up meaningless shots

He took 50 shots...

[StrongLurk]

He took 50 shots...

If you want to put it that way, then he almost singlehandedly beat another NBA team by himself at 37 years old, 1,300+ games.

Watch the vid breh.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y64OsZNYhp0

[Ainosterhaspie]

Perfect ending for Kobe. Fantastic game. Zero reason to hate on him for that game. To do that at age 37 was amazing. And it was a perfect representation of his career, good and bad. It was a moment that should give any basketball fan chills. Many greats don't get to go out with an epic performance like that.

[Real Men Wear Green]

His overall career deserves tremendous respect but that last game was WWE.

[Smoke117]

The performance was one quarter away from being a complete laughingstock. He's lucky he got hot in the 4th quarter. That's beside the fact that the Jazz were playing some of the softest D ever on him during the entire game. They basically let him do whatever he wanted and he still needed the 4th quarter to make the game respectable.

[pegasus]

It was a legendary performance from a legendary player. Probably the best last game ever.

[Levity]

Insane 4th quarter. one of my favorite games.

[Replay32]

Legendary performance. Couldn't of went out a better way. This was a great game.

[tpols]

The performance was one quarter away from being a complete laughingstock. He's lucky he got hot in the 4th quarter. That's beside the fact that the Jazz were playing some of the softest D ever on him during the entire game. They basically let him do whatever he wanted and he still needed the 4th quarter to make the game respectable.


:roll:

Oh man...

That's what Kobe does you clown. It was a perfect microcosm of his career.

[StrongLurk]

The game had all the good and all the bad of...Kobe...Bean...Bryant

[scuzzy]

It was a perfect microcosm of his career.


High volume shooting in a meaningless regular season game, capping off another 17 win lottery season.


Vintage Bean it twas :bowdown:

[Draz]

I remember watching this live. What a way to end his career

[LAmbruh]

Great game for fans of Harlem Globetrotters and WWE

[ImKobe]

:roll:

Oh man...

That's what Kobe does you clown. It was a perfect microcosm of his career.

:roll: :roll:

For real though, it's crazy he pulled off a vintage 2007 Kobe type performance in his last game after all those injuries. Achilles, knee and rotator cuff... players' careers have been ended by just one of those injuries. People can say the game didn't matter but it's not like they let him score on wide open layups, he had to earn all those points.

Ended his career with an assist as well. :pimp:

[sammichoffate]

Greatest Final Game by any athlete ever, it was beautiful to watch.

[Manny98]

Greatest Final Game by any athlete ever, it was beautiful to watch.
https://youtu.be/JYgkDIUvO0c

[StrongLurk]

https://youtu.be/JYgkDIUvO0c

This dude truly ethers himself constantly.

[Real14]

Utah weren't even playing defense that game and it still took BrickBe 50 shots to score 60 :roll:
Now that's pitiful. Kobe is an overrated bitch.

[baudkarma]

This dude truly ethers himself constantly.

No. Robinson had a great performance in a Championship clinching game. Kobe put up a bunch of points in a game that was totally meaningless. Utah knew by halftime that they were out of the playoffs, so they let Kobe do pretty much whatever he wanted in the second half.

[Manny98]

This dude truly ethers himself constantly.
Scoring 60 points off awful efficiency in a meaningless regular season game where the other team wasn't even trying

Or hanging 17/13 with championship winning big defensive plays like the Admiral did in his final game

Easy choice for me :applause:

[HylianNightmare]

The most Kobe way to go

[stalkerforlife]

The 60 was great.

But clutch shot after clutch shot in a tight game is what made it legendary.

Went out like a true alpha.

Bran would just stop shooting to protect percentages.

[StrongLurk]

Scoring 60 points off awful efficiency in a meaningless regular season game where the other team wasn't even trying

Or hanging 17/13 with championship winning big defensive plays like the Admiral did in his final game

Easy choice for me :applause:

You've lost at life, this is why you behave like this. Sad.

[Manny98]

You've lost at life, this is why you behave like this. Sad.
Huh? David Robinson literally won a championship in his final game how is that not more impressive than dropping 60 in a meaningless game where the other team was barely trying :facepalm

[Manny98]

The 60 was great.

But clutch shot after clutch shot in a tight game is what made it legendary.

Went out like a true alpha.

Bran would just stop shooting to protect percentages.
The other team was literally letting him shoot :oldlol:

I could drop 50 with the defense Utah was playing that game and if my teammates let me take every shot

[Keno]

it was truly iconic, shot jacking to get 60 in a meaningless regular season game, basically sums up kobe's career in a nut shell. :applause:

[ImKobe]

No. Robinson had a great performance in a Championship clinching game. Kobe put up a bunch of points in a game that was totally meaningless. Utah knew by halftime that they were out of the playoffs, so they let Kobe do pretty much whatever he wanted in the second half.

Yeah sure, Kobe was scoring on wide open layups and uncontested jump shots. :facepalm

It's not like the Spurs weren't clearly the better team in the 03 Finals and in a close-out game at home.. Tim duncan had 20/20/10 in that game with 8 blocks. D-Rob had a pedestrian performance and wasn't the reason they pulled away in the 4th quarter.

[stalkerforlife]

The other team was literally letting him shoot :oldlol:

I could drop 50 with the defense Utah was playing that game and if my teammates let me take every shot

You're a liar.

He was heavily contested, especially down the stretch.

[MrFonzworth]

It wasn't really basketball. Nobody on the court cared about the game except for Kobe.

[imdaman99]

Fun moment. I thought it was telling how no one gave a shit about the Warriors setting their record (I think, my memory is hazy on that) and everyone tuned in for his last moments on an NBA court as a player.

[FultzNationRISE]

Greatest Final Game by any athlete ever, it was beautiful to watch.


John Elway won a Superbowl MVP in his final game.


...But Kobe hoisting 50 shots against traffic cones to end a pitiful regular season is by far da bess :roll: