The Lakers remember Kobe Bryant with a 'straight from the heart' game

The Lakers remember Kobe Bryant with a 'straight from the heart' game

After the death of Kobe Bryant and eight others in a helicopter crash, the Lakers returned to court for the first time, a game more than a reflection.

The Lakers honored Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna by wrapping their jerseys in two court seats.

The Lakers honored Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna by wearing their court jerseys for two court seats, where they sat during a game in December. Credit ... Philip Cheng for the New York Times

LOS ANGELES.. There is nothing simple about the game. Not a tribute. Not a mantra. Not emotion. Not a reflection.

He needs to look back before the Lakers move on with Kobe Bryant's death on Sunday. Anthony Davis returned to the Olympic Games in London in 2012, the youngest member of the United States men's basketball team and the last man off the bench. The United States was big when Davis finally called for his warm-up and play in Nigeria. But there was one problem: Davis, at 19 years old, forgot to put his jersey on all his troubles.

Bryant, the oldest player on the team at the time, angrily told Davis. The lesson is stuck.

Before.every game.. I see that.. my jersey .is up to date," Davis told reporters"they ..taught.. me how to dress.. before the game........

It was late Friday night, and the Lakers have been eliminated from playing their first game since the death of Bryant and nine others in a helicopter crash last Sunday outside of Los Angeles. Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna Ware. Davis sits in a large concrete room at the Staples Center next to LeBron James and has been making extensive comments since Bryant's death. About his conversation with Bryant. It was about what he represented and why he was so important.

Imagelebron James threw his notes aside and told Bryant before the game that he would continue to speak "from the heart."

LeBron James threw his notes aside, talking about Bryant before the game, saying he was moved to speak "straight from the heart." Credit ... Philip Cheng for the New York Times.

It was a quiet conversation with James and Davis, rather than the lively moments that resonated: the advice and morality he displayed prompted his peers to excel. Bryant, who has four daughters with his wife Vanessa, said he was devastated when he retired after playing the last game of his 20-year career with the Lakers in 2016.

"Do you know what madness is**/James asked**these past three years.. he's had all the success..five rings, many MVPs, all-star game MVP, first-team everything, all-life, all-world, all-basketball - these past three years have been the happiest I've seen him all. If we can stay with our daughters, stay with our family, because May may be when we play this basketball game....

Gloomy and awkward, exciting and exhausting nights, the Lakers spent three hours paying tribute to Bryant, learning the more mundane business of playing basketball. He lost to the Portland Trail Blazers 127–119, but the result was difficult.

***Letters .to the .Blazers .on .Emotional .Night Honoring Kobe.Bryantzen./31/2020

Trailblazers Damian Lillard, who burned the Lakers for 48 points, 10 assists and 9 rebounds, also said the best basketball of his life was empty.I don't think .anyone will .walk away from this .moment and .this situation. he said.

Bryant was everywhere at the Staples Center. His name and uniform number on the T-shirt - 24 and 8 - was worn by thousands of fans. In the video clip that appears on the scoreboard at the end of time. On the new "Mamba"