While Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant was on his way to a 60-point night in the final game of his career, even the Warriors couldn’t turn away from going on despite their games being played at the same time Wednesday.
“Man, I was checking his stats at halftime, at halftime of our game,” Warriors guard Shaun Livingston told ESPN Peoria on Thursday. “I mean, seriously. It was that serious. I had to know. Kobe, he’s the greatest player that I ever faced. He’s the hardest player that I ever had to guard. I’m not ashamed to say that he gave us (Los Angeles Clippers in a 2006 game) 50, and I took the majority of that 50.