Two weeks before Kobe Bryant’s last NBA game, Shaquille O’Neal asked his 37-year-old former teammate if he could score 50 points that night. Bryant, averaging just 16 points on 36% shooting over his previous 30 games, laughed and said, “Uh, no. Absolutely not.”

We all chuckled because we knew that Kobe could not have his first 50-point game since 2009. Even NBA legends rarely score 20+ in their last NBA game.

Here’s a comparison of some NBA legends’ points in their final games:

• Admiral: 7
• AI: 13
• Barkley: 2
• Bird: 12
• Dirk: 20
• Dr J: 24
• Duncan: 19
• Ewing: 12
• Hakeem: 8
• Iceman: 0
• Kareem: 7
• KG: 2
• K. Malone: 2
• Kobe: 60
• Magic: 6
• Melo: 10
• MJ: 15
• Nique: 2
• Pippen: 2
• Pistol: 10
• Shaq: 2
• Skywalker: 4
• T-Mac: 2
• Truth: 0
• Wade: 25
• West: 5
• Wilt: 23

However, on April 13th, 2016, The Black Mamba met Shaq’s audacious 50-point request and exceeded it by adding 10 MORE POINTS to finish with the most points ever by an NBA player in their final NBA game.

Moreover, he achieved this in a comeback victory against the Utah Jazz, outscoring the entire Jazz team 23-21 in the 4th quarter. Y

es, he took an insane 50 shots in this game and missed 15 of his 21 three-point attempts, but taking the most shots ever in a final game is the most quintessential Kobe move he could make.

“Mother Effin amazed!!!!!!” Tweeted Kyrie Irving. “Left the game on his terms and his way! Legend engraved in history forever!”

The latest episode of FIRST BALLOT: THE HALL OF FAME PODCAST features the always entertaining and thought-provoking Oscar winner Van Lathan Jr. joining host Neil Punsalan to delve into why Kobe is their favorite NBA player and take a deep dive into Kobe’s curtain-closing act that he once compared to the ending of Quentin Tarantino’s KILL BILL 2, a game that most of us will agree was the greatest final game by an NBA player.