The NBA league is the best basketball league in the world, and in China, the NBA is also one of the most popular events, including Jordan, Kobe, James, Curry, Harden and other superstars, and their popularity in China is very high. When they started their trip to China, they were often crowded, the streets were flooded, and the fans were screaming wildly.
Unconsciously, 6 years have passed since Bryant's last game in the NBA. Fast forward to April 14, 2016, when Bryant retired from the game, the Lakers played at home to the Jazz. The focus of the whole game is on Kobe, it is not about winning or losing, everyone just wants to watch a generation of superstars play the last game of their careers and enjoy a wonderful 48 minutes.
At the beginning of the game, Kobe Bryant played more restrained, because many American celebrities watched his curtain call at the Stamps Center, and Kobe Bryant definitely hoped to repay everyone's enthusiasm with excellent performance. As the game progressed, Kobe gradually got into the form, his teammates asked Kobe not to pass the ball, and the Jazz were tenacious and tried their best to take the lead.
In the final quarter, Kobe Bryant dragged his tired body and scored key goals again and again, he used a sharp jumper to tear open the Jazz's defense line, and in the last moment, he successfully played consecutive singles, leading the Lakers to reverse the Jazz. At the end of the game, Bryant shot 22-of-50, slashing 60 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists. There is no doubt that there are no ancients before such a curtain war, and there may be no one after that. It even stole the limelight from the Warriors' all-time best record of 73 wins and 9 losses this season.
Kobe Bryant is the most popular NBA player in the Chinese, and Chinese fans in order to watch Kobe's retirement game, even some college students have written leave notes to counselors, hoping to watch Kobe's final game.
There is a leave of absence note written by a student from East China Normal University: Dear counselor, hello, because Kobe Bryant retired and today is the last battle of his career, I must go to bid farewell to Kobe Bryant and send off youth. Kobe Bryant is so good, I want to go and see, hope approval.
Another Student at Wuhan University wrote, "At 10:30 a.m. on April 14, it was Kobe's last ball game. If time is used to study, the efficiency is not very high, and I hope that the counselor will approve the leave and give me a chance to say goodbye to the youth."
At that time, there were too many such leave slips, and in addition to students, some companies took the initiative to give employees a day off. "The company decided to take a day off on April 14, due to the NBA Kobe Bryant's final battle + retirement ceremony, and work normally on April 15. Even if there is a second Kobe, we don't have a second youth to follow."
Time flies, Kobe Bryant has been retired for a full 6 years, because of the helicopter accident died, it has been more than 2 years. Kobe Bryant's influence and motivation on fans is comparable to any basketball player in history, and it is not limited to basketball. Two years ago, after the news of Kobe's death came out, The Crown Meramus wore Kobe's No. 10 national team jersey, Griezmann entered the field wearing Kobe's No. 8 shirt, and Neymar scored a penalty, using gestures to compare the number 24. Bryant influenced too many people, his spirit, his dedication to basketball.