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This Day In Lakers History (4/13/16): Kobe Bryant Scores 60 Points Against Jazz In Career Finale

Without a doubt, it is the greatest sendoff game in sports history.

Everyone remembers where they were when Kobe Bryant scored 60 points in his career finale, leading the Los Angeles Lakers to a win over the Utah Jazz.

Bryant’s final season was not a pretty one, to say the least. The rebuilding Lakers were a terrible team for the most part and due to multiple lower-body injuries over the previous couple of seasons, Bryant was a shell of his former self at this stage. However, on April 13, 2016, nothing else mattered.

It was about Bryant and Bryant only — and it was absolutely unbelievable.