Lakers: Interesting Stats You Might Have Missed From Kobe Bryant’s Last Game
By Eric Yee
This may be the end for Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers but he sure did go out with a bang
The smoke is only just beginning to clear from Kobe Bryant’s amazing last game with the Los Angeles Lakers, but when it finally does and the delirium desists, it won’t be a performance that fans soon forget.
By now, we have all read the basic stat line but it’s only by diving into the numbers that you get a better feel of the magnitude of Kobe Bryant’s incredible last night, subtleties that may have gotten lost in the hysteria.
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Kobe finished the night with 60 points, on 22-of-50 shooting, adding four rebounds, four assists, a steal and one nostalgic block along the way. The Black Mamba’s performance was the highest point outburst this season by any player slightly edging out Anthony Davis’ 59 point gem, making him the oldest player ever to hit 60.
If that wasn’t enough, in addition to doing so, Kobe broke Michael Jordan‘s record for most field goal attempts in a game since 1983, along with his own previous high of 47 attempts in 2002.
More over, during the game Kobe surpassed 10,000 free throw attempts, just narrowly missing 1500 career offensive rebounds, falling one board short at 1499.
When it comes to Kobe, for the better part of 20 years, the only thing that has mattered is winning games, so it is only right that he go out with his 37th game winning basket, one for every year of his age.
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Last night was the perfect send off for Kobe Bryant and though the Lakers have a ton of questions to answer before the start of next season, for now, all is quiet on the western front.