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Break The Box Score: Kobe Bryant's 60-point farewell crippled (0:55)
Relive Kobe Bryant's last show arsenic a Laker successful which helium recorded an astonishing 60 points connected April 13, 2016. (0:55)
Dan HajduckyOct 2, 2025, 02:37 PM ET
- Dan Hajducky is simply a unit writer for ESPN. He has an MFA successful originative penning from Fairfield University and played connected the men's shot teams astatine Fordham and Southern Connecticut State universities.
The archetypal No. 24 jersey worn by Kobe Bryant with the Los Angeles Lakers precocious sold for $889,000, including buyer's premium, astatine Sotheby's.
A jersey utilized by Jerry West from 1964 to 1967 besides sold for $533,400 connected the aforesaid night.
Bryant wore the jersey portion posting 23 points successful a 118-112 triumph against the Seattle Supersonics connected Nov. 3, 2006. He would people 50 points oregon much successful a crippled connected 10 occasions successful that 2006-07 play en way to his 2nd consecutive -- and last -- league scoring title.
The jersey is signed by him with the inscriptions "FIRST 24" and "1/1" connected the jersey's numbers, including an Upper Deck hologram, arsenic the institution had an autograph and memorabilia woody with Bryant until 2009.
MeiGray Authenticated besides photo-matched the jersey to the Lakers' 2006 media time successful October.
The astir ever paid for immoderate Bryant jersey is $7 million -- for a jersey that was photo-matched to 7 games from his 1996-97 rookie season. That jersey was sold by Sotheby's successful April.
West's jersey was definitively worn during Game 6 of the 1965 and 1966 Western Division finals and Game 2 of the 1966 NBA Finals, according to photo-matching by Sports Investors Authentication.
SIA's missive of authenticity states the jersey was "likely" worn during some the 1965 and 1966 NBA Finals. The Lakers mislaid to the Boston Celtics successful some those series, with West averaging 33.8 and 33.9 points per game, respectively.
The West jersey batch besides included a warm-up jacket, shorts and socks, which the auction location "also believes to beryllium game-worn." In 1967, Frank O'Neill, a erstwhile Lakers trainer, received the items erstwhile the squad moved to The Forum and they've remained successful a backstage postulation until now.
A collector purchased a jersey photo-matched to 4 games from the 1969-70 Lakers play for $868,000 successful May, an all-time grounds for a West item.
The jersey that Wayne Gretzky wore successful his last NHL crippled for the New York Rangers connected April 18, 1999, was predicted to merchantability for much than $1 million, but Sotheby's confirmed that bidding didn't conscionable a acceptable reserve terms and the jersey went unsold.
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