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Kobe Bryant: 5 Things We’ll Miss Most About The Mamba

By Carter Johnson

LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 13: Kobe Bryant #24 of the Los Angeles Lakers celebrates after scoring 60 points against the Utah Jazz at Staples Center on April 13, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. Bryant played his last game as a Laker and retired from basketball. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using the photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 13: Kobe Bryant #24 of the Los Angeles Lakers celebrates after scoring 60 points against the Utah Jazz at Staples Center on April 13, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. Bryant played his last game as a Laker and retired from basketball. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using the photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) /
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Following Kobe Bryant’s final performance, we reflect on the five things we’ll miss the most about the Black Mamba.

Kobe Bryant
LOS ANGELES, CA – APRIL 13: Kobe Bryant #24 of the Los Angeles Lakers celebrates after scoring 60 points against the Utah Jazz at Staples Center on April 13, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. Bryant played his last game as a Laker and retired from basketball. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using the photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) /

Well, it’s finally come to an end.

One of the greatest Los Angeles Lakers–and greatest, period–players of all time played his final game Wednesday night, and what a performance it was.

Kobe Bryant came out, turned back the clock and wowed the crowd one last time, dropping 60 points (albeit on 50 shots) and hitting the go-ahead bucket to give the Lakers a win over the Utah Jazz, breaking multiple records in the last game and arguably one of the greatest performances of his career.

In this game, he displayed all of the characteristics that made Lakers fans love him and others hate him.

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With his last display, he showed the world once again of all the intangibles that made him such a rare, dangerous and dominant player for so long. What makes it all the more rare is the fact that not many superstars today have the same characteristics to the same level that Bryant does.

Without further adieu, let’s take a look at the five things we’ll miss most about the Black Mamba.

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