Kobe Bryant had his final game against a team coached by Sam Mitchell, and the Minnesota Timberwolves head coach could not be happier. After scoring 81 points on the Toronto Raptors just over 10 years ago when Mitchell infamously refused to double-team him, Bryant had his best scoring performance of the 2015-16 season against Mitchell's Timberwolves. The 37-year old scored 38 points against Minnesota, including 14 of the Lakers' final 18 points of the hotly contested late contest, willing the Lakers to a win.
Before the game, Mitchell told reporters he did not want to talk about Bryant's scoring explosion 10 years ago, telling Mark Medina of the L.