The Lakes became a living tribute to Kobe Bryant — never allowed to forget his loss. They didn’t mind. They wanted the pressure that came with dedicating the rest of their season to him.
The Lakers’ latest championship team features LeBron James and Anthony Davis. But the biggest star was the memory of Kobe Bryant, columnist Bill Plaschke writes.
The LeBron James Era started with losses and the first serious injury of his career. Magic Johnson’s resignation in the spring of 2019 caught him by surprise, and his patience was tested by a group of 20-somethings who wanted to impress him but didn’t know how.The reset in the summer of 2019 wasn’t smooth or painless, but it set the stage for a major recovery. It gave James the co-star he had yearned for — publicly at times.
James and Davis were perfect together. They won 24 of their first 27 games. They balked at the insistence that they weren’t beating strong teams. They began waiting for each other to leave the court after games, like best friends on a playground, though they had a much more serious purpose. They got through a December lull and stormed through January. On January 25, James passed Kobe Bryant on the All-Time scoring list during a game in Bryant’s hometown of Philadelphia. Bryant congratulated him on Twitter.
On their flight back to the West Coast, Lakers center Dwight Howard woke his teammates up to a nightmare. Bryant’s helicopter had crashed in Calabasas.
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