It was their first game since Sunday’s shocking death of Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others in a helicopter crash in Calabasas. 24, 6-6, 20th year, from Lower Merion High School, Kobe Bryant!” longtime public address announcer Lawrence Tanter intoned, again and again and again and again and again. It felt as if the ever-resilient Kobe Bryant would have slyly grinned, then approved. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times) 6 / 12 LeBron James speaks to the crowd at Staples Center on a night the Lakers honored the life of Kobe Bryant. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)Yet on this night, that shock finally gave way to a bit of serenity during an event that was a metaphor for Los Angeles’ collective experience since the death.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 01, 2020 07:00 UTC