Monday night was a special one for Rodney Hood. In what was arguably the best performance of his Utah Jazz career–Hood scored 30 points on 11 of 13 shooting in a single half of play–the second-year wing helped his team hand Kobe Bryant the worst defeat of his entire career in what was his swan song in Salt Lake City.
On the back of Hood’s performance, the Jazz walloped Kobe and the Los Angeles Lakers by an incredible 48 points.
However, the best was yet to come for Hood, who left the arena that night with a precious memento from one of the greatest players in the history of the game.