As Bryant departs, Curry steps up
THE state of California was the place to be on Wednesday evening for basketball fans. Two famous arenas - one in Los Angeles, the other in Oakland - were about to witness history in the making.
The final day of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) regular season was the last time that Kobe Bryant - the Los Angeles Lakers stalwart for the past 20 years - would play a competitive match.
No one would have begrudged the 37-year-old if he had a poor game against the Utah Jazz at the Staples Center, but Bryant was determined to cap his professional career in style.
He took 50 shots and scored an astonishing 60 points in the Lakers' 101-96 comeback victory, with the sold-out crowd - some of whom paid …
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