{"id":271729,"date":"2023-08-19T09:40:20","date_gmt":"2023-08-19T16:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ballislife.com\/?p=271729"},"modified":"2023-10-22T09:10:49","modified_gmt":"2023-10-22T16:10:49","slug":"was-kobes-final-game-the-greatest-final-game-an-nba-player-ever-had","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ballislife.com\/was-kobes-final-game-the-greatest-final-game-an-nba-player-ever-had\/","title":{"rendered":"Was Kobe's Final Game The Greatest Final Game An NBA Player Ever Had?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kobe Bryant Drops 60 in Final Game of Career!!\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BdGeXcJ-hfo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm\/?e=BIL7916057150\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Two weeks before Kobe Bryant's final NBA game, Shaquille O'Neal told his 37-year-old former teammate, \"I need 50 that night. Can you do it? Your last game, your last home game at the Staples, can you give us 50?\" <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"Uh, no,\" Bryant said, laughing. \"No. Absolutely not.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We all laughed too because we all knew there was no chance Kobe, who was averaging just 16 points on 36% shooting over his previous 30 games, had any chance of scoring his first 50-point game since 2009. And NBA legends rarely ever even score 20+ in their final NBA game. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Admiral: 7 <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AI: 13<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Barkley: 2<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bird: 12<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dirk: 20<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr J: 24<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Duncan: 19<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ewing: 12<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hakeem: 8<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Iceman: 0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kareem: 7<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>KG: 2<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>K. Malone: 2<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kobe: 60 <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Magic: 6<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Melo: 10<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MJ: 15<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nique: 2<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pippen: 2<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pistol: 10<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shaq: 2<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Skywalker: 4<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>T-Mac: 2<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Truth: 0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wade: 25<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>West: 5<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wilt: 23<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>On April 13th of 2016, The Black Mamba not only got Shaq his unreasonable 50 but he added 10 MORE POINTS to finish with the most points ever by a NBA player in their final NBA game. If that wasn't impressive enough, he did it in a comeback victory against the Utah Jazz by outscoring the entire Jazz team 23-21 in the 4th quarter. Yes, he took an insane 50 shots in this game and did miss 15 of his 21 three-point attempts but taking the most shots ever in a final game is the most Kobe-est Kobe thing he could do. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"Mother Effin amazed!!!!!!\" Tweeted Kyrie Irving. \"Left the game on his terms and his way! Legend engraved in history forever!\" <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the latest episode of <strong>FIRST BALLOT: THE HALL OF FAME PODCAST<\/strong>, the always entertaining and though-provoking Oscar winner <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VanLathan\" target=\"_blank\">Van Lathan Jr<\/a>. joins host Neil Punsalan to discuss why Kobe is their favorite NBA player and take a deep dive into Kobe's curtain-closing act that he once compared to the ending of Quentin Tarantino's <strong>KILL BILL 2<\/strong> and most of us will agree was the greatest final game by an NBA player. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kobe compares final game to Kill Bill 2 ending\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/81RouDKEsNc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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