Last year's NBA season finale brought us plenty of excitement between the anticipation of the Golden State Warriors winning its record-breaking 73rd game of the season and saying one last goodbye to Los Angeles Lakers icon Kobe Bryant after 20 years of service to the franchise.

While many expected Bryant to have more leeway with not much stakes to play for, but the memories engraved in the minds of Angelenos and fans viewing around the world — the man known as the Black Mamba put on a scoring display worthy of his moniker.

Bryant took a mind-blowing 50 shot attempts against the Utah Jazz, pouring in a season-high 60-point gem worthy of the savage, venomous snake to which he was nicknamed after.

“That's the one game I can watch…” Bryant told ESPN's Baxter Holmes, “…and just enjoy.”

After a first few possessions, it was evident that it wasn't meant to be just another night for Bryant, but rather a special one to let the fans relive his magical career shot-after-shot.

“After the first couple minutes, I was like, ‘Oh, s***,'” Bryant said. “It became apparent really, really quickly that this night was not going to go down with me just playing OK.”

“It was either going to have to be an epic one or the worst one ever, because they were just going to keep throwing me the damn ball and the crowd wanted me to shoot every time — almost to the point where I felt bad for my teammates, because if they took a shot, the crowd was ready to boo. So it was like, ‘Oh, s***. I gotta go.'”

The plan was to get Bryant the ball as much as possible throughout the game, but a 60-point welfare could only be scripted by the basketball gods or those who will themselves to score with such ferocity — and who better than “Vino” to constantly attack and watch his opponent weakening after every bucket made.

Fittingly so, Bryant made most of his damage in the fourth, scoring 23 of his 60 points when it counted the most and giving the Lakers their 17th win of the season, turning an era to forget into one of the most memorable performances of his career.

Kobe Bryant has perhaps the most spectacular farewell game in the history of the NBA, and the outpour of love and admiration from the fans at Staples Center couldn't have been more evident as the then-37-year-old smelled blood with the same intensity he's had throughout his illustrious 20 years in the league.