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NBA: The best tribute to Kobe Bryant: first Lakers victory after his death | NBA 2019

Sunday,
two
February
2020

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With a triple double of LeBron James, the Los Angeles team beat the Kings in Sacramento on another emotional night

LeBron James enters the basket in the game against Sacramento.

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The Lakers achieved their first victory at the dawn of Sunday since the tragic death of Kobe Bryant a week ago. One day after the emotional tribute at the Staples Center in the loss to Portland, LeBron James threw the team behind him in Sacramento with a triple double that allowed the Kings to be knocked down (113-129).

Bryant's memory was constant again during the game. In the first time dead a video of Bryant and his daughter Gianna was shown, also died in the helicopter accident that claimed the lives of a total of nine people, playing basketball, before the eyes of the players of Lakers and Kings. In addition, numbers 8 and 24 appeared on the court with the voice of the background intent.

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The tributes continued throughout the game while the attendees, many with Bryant's shirts, repeatedly sang his name. A memorial wall with images of Kobe and Gianna was also placed in one of the main entrances to the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento. A space to collect messages and flowers from fans.

Defeat of the Willy Hornets

Meanwhile, the Spanish pvot Willy Hernangmez scored 10 points in another defeat of the Charlotte Hornets, this time by 114-90 in his visit to San Antonio Spurs who still fight to get into the playoffs. Hernangmez completed his statistics with two rebounds, two assists and a steal of ball in the 18:02 minutes he was on the AT&T Center park, where the 25 points of his partner Miles Bridges did not prevent a new stumbling block of the Hornets.

Thus, the Charlotte franchise occupies the twelfth place in the Eastern Conference, with a balance of 16-33. For his part, DeMar DeRozan scored 24 points and was the top scorer of the Spurs, whose irregularity makes them go tenth in the Western Conference (22-26).

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Gabby is someone who is interested in all types of sports, she loves to attend watching matches live. Whenever there is a match being played in her city, she makes sure to get the tickets in advance. Due to the love for sports, she joined Sportsfinding, and started writing general sports news. Apart from writing the news, she is also the editor for the website who checks and edits every news content before they go live.

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