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- Portland Trail Blazers v Los Angeles LakersLOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 31: LeBron James #23 of the Los Angeles Lakers arrives for the game against the Portland Trail Blazers as he passes a sign to honor Kobe and Gigi Bryant at Staples Center on January 31, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
- Portland Trail Blazers v Los Angeles LakersLOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 31: The Los Angeles Lakers honor Kobe Bryant and daughter Gigi by covering the courtside seats they occupied with flowers, Gigi's #2 Mamba jersey and Kobe's #24 jersey before the game against the Portland Trail Blazers at Staples Center on January 31, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 31: The Los Angeles Lakers honor Kobe Bryant and daughter Gigi by covering the courtside seats they occupied with flowers, Gigi's #2 Mamba jersey and Kobe's #24 jersey before the game against the Portland Trail Blazers at Staples Center on January 31, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
- Portland Trail Blazers v Los Angeles LakersLOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 31: Members of Gigi Bryant's Mamba Sports Academy team sit courtside before the game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Portland Trail Blazers at Staples Center on January 31, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 31: Members of Gigi Bryant's Mamba Sports Academy team sit courtside before the game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Portland Trail Blazers at Staples Center on January 31, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
- Portland Trail Blazers v Los Angeles LakersLOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 31: Dwight Howard #39 of the Los Angeles Lakers warms up before the game against the Portland Trail Blazers at Staples Center on January 31, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
- Portland Trail Blazers v Los Angeles LakersLOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 31: LeBron James #23 of the Los Angeles Lakers warms up before the game against the Portland Trail Blazers at Staples Center on January 31, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
- Portland Trail Blazers v Los Angeles LakersLOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 31: The Los Angeles Lakers honor Kobe Bryant and daughter Gigi with images displayed on the scoreboard before the game against the Portland Trail Blazers at Staples Center on January 31, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
- Portland Trail Blazers v Los Angeles LakersLOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 31: The Los Angeles Lakers honor Kobe Bryant by spotlighting his jerseys prior to the game against the Portland Trail Blazers at Staples Center on January 31, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
- Celebrities At The Los Angeles Lakers GameLOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 31: Artists, Usher performs the Los Angeles Lakers pregame ceremony to honor Kobe Bryant before the game against the Portland Trail Blazers at Staples Center on January 31, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
- Portland Trail Blazers v Los Angeles LakersLOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 31: Cellist Ben Hong rehearses for the Los Angeles Lakers pregame ceremony to honor Kobe Bryant before the game against the Portland Trail Blazers at Staples Center on January 31, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
- Portland Trail Blazers v Los Angeles LakersLOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 31: Cellist Ben Hong performs during the Los Angeles Lakers pregame ceremony to honor Kobe Bryant before the game against the Portland Trail Blazers at Staples Center on January 31, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
- Celebrities At The Los Angeles Lakers GameLOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 31: Nathan Morris, Wayne Morris, and Shawn Stockman of Boyz II Men perform the national anthem during Los Angeles Lakers pregame ceremony to honor Kobe Bryant before the game against the Portland Trail Blazers at Staples Center on January 31, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
- Portland Trail Blazers v Los Angeles LakersLOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 31: LeBron James #23 of the Los Angeles Lakers and teammates look on during the pregame ceremony to honor Kobe Bryant before the game against the Portland Trail Blazers at Staples Center on January 31, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
- Portland Trail Blazers v Los Angeles LakersLOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 31: Kobe Bryant fans before the Los Angeles Lakers pregame ceremony to honor Kobe Bryant before the game against the Portland Trail Blazers at Staples Center on January 31, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
- Portland Trail Blazers v Los Angeles LakersLOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 31: LeBron James #23 of the Los Angeles Lakers speaks during the Los Angeles Lakers pregame ceremony to honor Kobe Bryant before the game against the Portland Trail Blazers at Staples Center on January 31, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
- Portland Trail Blazers v Los Angeles LakersLOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 31: (L-R) Anthony Davis, LeBron James, Quinn Cook and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope of the Los Angeles Lakers react at the end of the National Anthem during a ceremony to honor Kobe Bryant before the game against the Portland Trail Blazers at Staples Center on January 31, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
- Portland Trail Blazers v Los Angeles LakersLOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 31: LeBron James #23 of the Los Angeles Lakers points at the two retired jerseys in the rafters to honor Kobe Bryant before the game against the Portland Trail Blazers at Staples Center on January 31, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
- Portland Trail Blazers v Los Angeles LakersLOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 31: Shoes of LeBron James #23 of the Los Angeles Lakers worn to honor Kobe Bryant during the game against the Portland Trail Blazers at Staples Center on January 31, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
- Portland Trail Blazers v Los Angeles LakersLOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 31: Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth sing 'See You Again' as a tribute to Kobe Bryant during halftime of the game between the Portland Trail Blazers and the Los Angeles Lakers at Staples Center on January 31, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
- Gigi Bryant Through The YearsGianna Bryant, 13, grew up in the spotlight of her famous father, but had hoped to become a basketball star in her own right. She was killed Sunday in the crash that also took the lives of her father and seven others.
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