When you're Kobe Bryant and winding down on the final season of your career, sometimes everything just breaks your way.
Kobe Bryant accidentally faked out the defense by losing control of the ball
Kobe from WAY downtown! #NBARapidReplay @NBAonTNT #MEMatLAL https://t.co/4R8EwC4Ufz
— NBA (@NBA) March 23, 2016
Bryant was trying to pass, only to be foiled by a slippery ball. Except instead of losing the ball in comical fashion like his teammate Jordan Clarkson did earlier in the game, the ball came right back to Kobe and worked as a perfect ball fake so he knocked down a three.
Consider it a retirement gift from the basketball gods.
















