the Mood was heavy, sad and shocked, as the night of Monday Danish time played matches in the north american basketliga the NBA.
– It was Kobe, which we thought we could. He is in our hearts, it is a really sad day, says Portland’s Damian Lillard, according to AFP.
the Matches were all played in the shade by the news that the us basketball icon Kobe Bryant and his daughter 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, was among the nine people Sunday perished in connection with a helicopter crash in the city of Calabases, west of Los Angeles.
In all the fighting was Kobe bryant’s death marked. In several places with a moment of silence before kick-off.
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Kobe bryant’s death is marked all the places. Photo: Jonathan Bachman / Ritzau Scanpix.
Sunday’s matches opened according to Reuters with that of Memphis in the fight against the Phoenix held a 24-second spilpause. The opponents from the Phoenix gave then a eight seconds long spilpause.
Both breaks was an honor for Bryant, who in his professional career playing in the jersey number 8 and 24.
This gesture was later repeated in several of Sunday’s other matches.
the Dallas Mavericks announced that the pensionerer jersey number 24 in honor of Bryant. Several NBA teams are expected to take the same initiative, writes AFP.
Several NBA stars told before and after their matches, that they had difficulty entering basketbanen, after they had received the news.
– I don’t know how ready we are to play this match tonight.
– It gives me the stomach ache. It is disruptive, it sounded from Portland’s Damian Lillard, according to the AFP, before the team slot Indiana with 139-129.
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Damian Lillard is shocked Kobe bryant’s sudden death. Photo: Sobuum Im / Ritzau Scanpix
He added that the team’s coach Terry Stotts had encouraged the players to go out on the track and honour of Bryant to play through.
Clippers coach Doc Rivers was affected by the situation. He had a hard time keeping back the tears when he met the press ahead of his team’s match against the Orlando Magic.
– We are all Lakers right now, said Rivers, according to Reuters and referred to themselves as “lucky” to have coached a team that had faced Bryant.
Kobe Bryant played in his entire career for the Los Angeles Lakers, until he stopped his career in 2016.
In the course of his 20-year career, which began in 1996, won Kobe Bryant’s five NBA championships. He played 1346 matches in the NBA.
Kobe Bryant
23. august 1978 in Philadelphia, UNITED states
26. January 2020 (41 years)
196 cm.
96 kg
the Guard
8 (until the 2006/2007 season) and 24 – both withdrawn by the LA Lakers
No. 13 in 1996 (Charlotte Hornets – traded to LA Lakers)
1996-2006: The La Lakers
33.643 – fourth most in NBA history
5 NBA championships (2000, 2001, 2002, 2009 and 2010)
1 times the MVP in the base game (2008)
2 times MVP in the final series (2009 and 2010)
2 times the NBA’s top scorer (2006 and 2007)
2 times the OLYMPIC gold (2008 and 2012)
Bryant won moreover the academy award for best animated short film, ‘Dear Basketball’ (2018)
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