Kobe Bryant estuvo incontrolable en su ultima noche como jugador activo de la NBA.
El veterano de 20 años, fallo su primer intento, pero despues no se canso de encestar y encestar….
Bryant termino su ilustre carrera con 60 puntos, la mayor cantidad que cualquier jugador haya logrado esta temporada, contribuyendo a la victoria de Los Lakers 101-96 sobre los Utah Jazz.
Despues de la glorioso noche de fiesta ante los miles de fanaticos en el Staple centers, sus 14 compañeros destaparon champaña en el vestuario y le dieron el homeneja que se merecia el veterano de 37 años de edad…quien gano 5 anillos de Campeon de la NBA con Los Lakers 3 consecutivos entre el 2000-01- y 02 y 2 mas 2009 y 2010.
No way Kobe Bryant was going to go away quietly.
The 20-year veteran missed his first five shots of his career finale, but just kept on shooting and shooting and shooting and…
Bryant concluded his final chapter by erupting for 60 points — the most of any player in the league this season — while piloting the Lakers’ 101-96 comeback over the Utah Jazz.
After Bryant delivered a victorious retirement speech to the sold-out Staples Center crowd, balloons and confetti fell from the ceiling. Back in the locker room, 14 teammates armed with champagne bottles were waiting to douse the now-retired icon.
“Honestly, I can’t believe this actually happened, to be honest with you,” Bryant said. “This is kind of crazy to me, the last game at home. It’s hard for me to believe that it happened this way, it really is. I’m still in shock about it.”
With a decorated reputation for clutch shots, Bryant lifted the final two and a half minutes of his career straight off a script from nearby Hollywood.
His Lakers trailed, 96-86, but then he bolted out on a one-man, 13-0 run to stun Utah. Using a full arsenal that included a layup, three jumpers and a couple free throws, Bryant managed to steal the lead at 97-96 with 31.6 seconds left on a 20-foot pull-up.
Utah couldn’t respond and was forced to foul Bryant, who cashed in his free throws to reach 60 points for the sixth time in his career and first since dropping 61 in New York on Feb. 2, 2009.