#5. 60 Points in a Final NBA Game - Kobe Bryant
Mamba out. Kobe Bryant etched his name in the history books regularly, but he saved arguably his most jaw-dropping and unfathomable moment for his last game. Kobe scored 60 in his last game, which easily sets the mark for highest individual score in a final NBA game.
The record was once owned by Jordan Crawford after he scored 41 points in 41 minutes of a meaningless game to end Golden State's 2014 regular season. Crawford, a scorer with too many flaws to be an effective NBA player, played hardly any minutes for Golden State but played almost the full game right before playoffs as the Warriors rested most of their starters and relevant bench players.
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Among the NBA's 50 greatest players of all time - a group of 50 recognized as part of the NBA's 50th anniversary - John Havlicek's 29 points in 1978 is the highest mark for a player in their final game.
That list is outdated, but modern legends such as Tim Duncan, Allen Iverson, Tracy McGrady, Shaquille O'Neal, Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, Chris Bosh, Ray Allen, and many others can't even top Havlicek's 29 points, let alone Kobe's 60.
Given that most players - even most NBA legends - never score 60 points in a game, it is pretty unlikely that any player will ever do so again in their final game when they are battling age and a worn-down body.
A player of Kobe's status hoisting 50+ field goal attempts during a farewell game is the only real chance of this record being broken, but Kobe's final game situation was the script of a movie, it's something we'll never see again, and as such, this record is all but untouchable.
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