As Bryant departs, Curry steps up
Lee U-Wen
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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.
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