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NBA: The Lakers 'emotional tribute to Kobe Bryant: 24 “of silence,' Hallelujah ', LeBron James' speech … | NBA 2019

I think we've never seen a match like the one they played Los Angeles Lakers and the Portland Trail Blazers. Not because of the game, the result or the performance of any of the players, but because of what happened before.

The Lakers made this long awaited homage to Kobe Bryant, legend of the team and the league, icon of the city, who died last Sunday in a helicopter accident in which eight more people also lost their lives, including his daughter Gigi, only 13 years old.

For Kobe and Gigi it was the ceremony, the music, the silence and the emotion of the previous moments to a game that surely won't have to be played after an ace tribute. The players of both teams with tears in their eyes and the fans thinking of everything but basketball.

The California franchise distributed almost 20,000 t-shirts from the legendary '8' and '24'that Kobe wore in purple and gold. They acted Usher and Boyz II Men …

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The cellist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Ben Hong rang the 'Hallelujah'…

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Gabby Barker

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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