LOS ANGELES — Of course Kobe Bryant scored an astonishing 60 points in his final NBA game. And of course he took 50 shots to do it
The Lakers even won on Wednesday.
But that was a footnote. This occasion was less a basketball game than a piece of basketball theater.
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An icon’s retirement supersedes a game between two playoff-ineligible teams. That rule is doubly true when the icon is Bryant, who’s still with the Los Angeles Lakers — the only NBA team he’s played for since entering the league out of high school in 1996. It’s also the team he led to five titles. Read more…
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