The NBA bid farewell to a legend on Wednesday night in Los Angeles.
Kobe Bryant went off for 60 points in a performance that, despite his 50 shots, will go down as one of Kobe’s greatest performances of his career. Kobe not only dropped the NBA season high, but he orchestrated a Lakers rally in the final 3 minutes to win.
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Meanwhile, Stephen Curry and Warriors were re-writing the NBA record books in Oracle Arena. Curry led the way with 10 three pointers and 46 points as Golden State easily got win No. 73 on the season, setting the new bar for the best regular-season record in history. Curry also surpassed 400 threes on the season. Just wow.
73-9. Congrats to the @Warriors for re-writing the record books tonight. pic.twitter.com/lySZJb840E
— SLAM (@SLAMonline) April 14, 2016
Earlier in the night, Boston outscored the Heat by 34 in the second half with Celtic legends watching in the crowd. The Hawks lost to the Wizards, leading to a three-way tie in record with Boston and Miami. The tie-breakers worked out such that Miami took the 3-see, Atlanta the 4-seed and Boston the 5-seed.
It was a historic night for the League, and in just three days, we’ll be watching the Playoffs. Here are your first-round matchups:
Eastern Conference first-round matchups:
(1) Cavs vs (8) Pistons
(2) Raptors vs (7) Pacers
(3) Heat vs (6) Hornets
(4) Hawks vs (5) Celtics— SLAM (@SLAMonline) April 14, 2016
Western Conference matchups:
(1) Warriors vs (8) Rockets
(2) Spurs vs (7) Grizzlies
(3) Thunder vs (6) Mavs
(4) Clippers vs (5) Blazers— SLAM (@SLAMonline) April 14, 2016
With such a busy night around the League, we decided to post just scores and final records for the 28 teams that played on Wednesday night. We’ll see you all back here on the weekend!
Heat 88 (48-34), Celtics 98 (48-34)
Raptors 103 (56-26), Nets 96 (21-61)
Magic 103 (35-47), Hornets 117 (48-34)
Pistons 112 (44-38), Cavs 110 (57-25)
Hawks 98 (48-34), Wizards 109 (41-41)
76ers 105 (10-72), Bulls 115 (42-40)
Spurs 96 (67-15), Mavs 91 (42-40)
Kings 81 (33-49), Rockets 116 (41-41)
Pacers 97 (45-37), Bucks 92 (33-49)
Pelicans 109 (30-52), T-Wolves 144 (29-53)
Grizzlies 104 (42-40), Warriors 125 (73-9)
Jazz 96 (40-42), Lakers 101 (17-65)
Clippers 105 (53-29), Suns 114 (23-59)
Nuggets 99 (33-49), Blazers 107 (44-38)
