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The Lakers retired Bryant’s jerseys — Nos. 8 and 24 — during a ceremony on Dec. 18, 2017. #KobeBryant #LosAngelesLakers #NBA Kobe Bryant, who made the leap directly from high school to a glittering 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers that established him as one of basketball’s all-time greats, was among nine people  killed in a helicopter crash  on Sunday north of Los Angeles. Bryant was 41. The crash also killed  Gianna Bryant , 13, the second oldest of Kobe Bryant’s four daughters with his wife, Vanessa. They were traveling from the family’s base in Orange County, Calif., to Thousand Oaks, 30 miles northwest of Los Angeles. A budding star herself, Gianna was scheduled to play an afternoon game with her travel team, coached by her father, at Kobe Bryant’s Mamba Sports Academy. News of Bryant’s death predictably rocked the N.B.A., which is filled with players who grew up watching Bryant as he won five championships with the Lakers and scored 81

#Dunk #KobeBryant #NBA #LosAngelesLakers  Check out Kobe Bryant's athleticism on display as we look at his BEST 40 Dunks of his career!

#KobeBryant #HelicopterCrash #NBA #Calabasas Former Los Angeles Laker and five-time NBA champion Kobe Bryant died Sunday in a helicopter crash in the Los Angeles area. Four other people were also killed. It is with great sadness that we learn of the death of Kobe Bryant and four others in a helicopter crash in Calabasas. The aircraft went down in a remote field off Las Virgenes around 10:00 this morning. Nobody on the ground was hurt. The FAA and NTSB are investigating. — City of Calabasas (@CityofCalabasas) January 26, 2020 A call for a downed helicopter in Calabasas went out at 10:01 a.m. local time, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. People who were out mountain biking in the area reported the accident. David Shapiro, a Former mayor of Calabasas and currently a city councilman, confirmed to NBC News that Bryant was on the helicopter. "Unfortunately there were no survivors," Los Angeles County Fire Captain Tony Imbrenda told

#HoustonRockets #SanAntonioSpurs #JamesHarden #NBA The NBA refs got it wrong. When Houston Rockets star James Harden dunked the ball in the fourth quarter Tuesday night, it should have counted. The refs admit they called it wrong, but they also claim that doesn’t matter. Transcript: NBA Referee James Capers Comments to Pool Reporter after Rockets – Spurs game. pic.twitter.com/rVD6HF9Tca — NBA Official (@NBAOfficial) December 4, 2019 The dunk wasn’t the issue, it was Mike D’Antoni’s timing. The 68-year-old D’Antoni didn’t challenge the play fast enough, according to NBA Crew Chief James Capers. That issue is at the center of the controversy surrounding the Rockets’  135-133 loss  to the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday. The game, which went into double overtime, could have been decided much earlier if the refs had reviewed Harden’s dunk. Wow, they didn't give Harden points for his dunk... pic.twitter.com/45vC1Mrvwd — Dime (@DimeUPROXX) December 4, 2019 With 7:4

#NBA #Rankings #LosAngelesLakers #MilwaukeeBucks #LukaDoncic  #CarmeloAnthony By Tomas Satoransky  -espn.com The 2019-20 season is just over a month old, and we've already witnessed the abrupt fall of a dynasty, the rebirth of the Lake Show,  Luka Doncic  becoming appointment television and, of course, the return of  Carmelo Anthony  to the NBA. Which teams are rising and falling in the final Power Rankings before the calendar flips to December? Throughout the regular season, our panel (ESPN's Tim MacMahon, Andre' Snellings, Royce Young and Bobby Marks, and The Undefeated's Marc J. Spears) is ranking all 30 teams from top to bottom, taking stock of which teams are playing the best basketball now and which teams are looking most like title contenders. 1.  Los Angeles Lakers Record: 14-2 Week 5 ranking: 1 The Lakers are rolling, but they've also had a relatively easy schedule in November (they've faced only four teams all month that are cur