The Mamba farewell tour has been pretty wretched IMO. Going to be watching the Warriors.

Favourite moment is probably the 82 point game, especially watching it live on TV without having any clue he'd reach 82 - he had only a handful of points at the half, like 20ish? I think a couple of Raptors players probably had money on Kobe scoring more than 80 with the way they defended him, though.

81.....but who's counting... ;)

I am so emotional today, so more emotional than what I thought i would be. Hopefully I don't burst into tears as I might cause water damage to the computer in the office.

I guess the feeling i have at the moment is like a little kid having a hero in a film/book and that hero dying.

You never want your heroes to die/stop doing what they're doing.


I guess the emotion also comes from the fact of knowing how much the game meant to Kobe and watching him having to deal with his body failing him is hard to watch.

For a guy many regard as selfish and shoot first, my Kobe greatest moment is an assist to Shaq on the alley oop, Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals 2000 v Portland to seal the biggest fourth-quarter rally in a Game 7 in league history.

I have mixed emotions today. One of my favourite all time players who's given me so many great days watching hoops, but this farewell season has been a suckathon and the circumstances regarding his contract etc played a big part in that and the momentous suck of the past couple of seasons. Injuries of course played their part and the franchise is certainly responsible as well.

I'll miss watching him play though and he remains one of my 3 favourite all time Lakers

Who would watch the 16 win lakers over the chance to see steph curry and the Warriors make history?? LOL

Ironic given your handle is 'Ingles13'. Kobe is my favourite athlete of all time, I just wish he had retired 3-4 years ago. I'll be watching today as he winds the clock back a little

Kobe going for 60 on the 14th of April 2016.... Oh wait

Good to see he stayed true to form, only needed 50 shots to score 60 points.

Is it over yet? Finally! Now can we get on with building this team up to be a serious contender? What a joke this farewell tour has been.

The 'joke' of a farewell tour may end up being the sole reason the Lakers keep their draft pick. If it happens, it's probably because of Kobe. Which is a new kind of genius really.

He took four more shots than the day he scored 81.

The NBA, where amazing happens!

Love Kobe!!!!

He's not a flog :)

My favourite Kobe memory is when he torn is achilles and still went to the free throw line. All time great

Probably that time I saw him drop 60 in his final game in person with a few facials at Ingles expense. I'd put that as my favourite Kobe moment. The entire city was insane, as if it was playoffs or something

Speaking of the city going crazy, nosebleed seats for the game were selling for over $700....and courtside for up to $27500. Say what you like about the guy but he put bums on seats and dollars in the owner's pockets....right to the last game.

Regardless of how much Kobe humbled Jingles, he also humbled a lot of the other Jazz players as well.

Jingles will always be the only Aussie who can tell his grand-kids he guarded the great man in Kobe's last game when he dropped 60 on the Jazz. Well done, Joe.