On December 8, 2013, Bryant played in his first game since tearing his Achilles tendon on April 12, 2013.[237] However, on December 17, 2013, he suffered a broken bone in his knee, and did not return for the remainder of the season.[238][239] On March 25, 2014, the Lakers scored 51 points in the third quarter against the New York Knicks, the most points scored in a quarter in the history of the franchise.[240] The Lakers went on to miss the NBA playoffs for the first time since 2005, for just the second time in the last two decades and for just the sixth time in franchise history.