This article from the micro-channel public number: chief character concept (ID: sxrenwuguan), Author: full Jianfeng Edit: Jiang Yue.
On December 19, 2017, Bryant ’s No. 8 and No. 24 jerseys were hung high at the Staples Center Arena in Los Angeles. Since then, the Lakers have no Kobe.
Soon before retiring, the star who was hard to define with adjectives other than greatness wrote in his farewell letter “To Dear Basketball”: “My body knows, it’s time to say goodbye.” p>
The Staples Center Arena has witnessed many miracle moments for Kobe. The iconic roll-up and back-up jumper, the basketball slipped out of the fingertips, draw an extremely beautiful arc in the air, and finally hit the net hollow, the buzzer issued a sharp alarm, and the game was over.
“Kobe killed the game! Saved the Lakers!”
This scene is the ultimate romantic dream of countless boys. But the legend always ends. When the jersey is high, people can only watch him leave with reluctance and blessings, waiting for him to continue to write the wonderful black mamba outside the stadium.
However, on the morning of January 26, 2020, Los Angeles time, news of Kobe’s death came, and no one believed it to be true. Farewell to the unexpected is the most decisive and the most sad.
Outside the Staples Center Arena, there are 6 statues related to the Lakers, including O’Neill, Logo Male West, Jabbar, Magic Johnson, Elgin Baylor, and Lakers Voice Kick Hearn. Kobe statue should be the seventh. Unfortunately, he can no longer see it with his own eyes.
In Tiger Flutter, someone immediately made an old picture of Kobe.
“Kobe lives forever at his peak and won’t even show us how old he is.”
Picture: Tiger flutter 丨 @ 劳资 何 胖 十斤
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On January 26, local time, the fog was thick in Los Angeles.
Kobe, along with her daughter Jaina and others, is preparing to fly to Mamba College in Thousand Oaks for basketball practice. Local air tracking data showed that Kobe’s helicopter encountered heavy fog for the first time as it passed the Los Angeles Zoo.
Picture: Kobe and second daughter Jaina
At 9:30, the helicopter contacted the radar center on the ground. The conversation between the pilot and the Burbank airport tower revealed that the heavy fog prevented the pilot from discerning the direction. In order to wait for the fog to dissipate, the helicopter circled at least six times at a very low altitude.
After 10 minutes, the helicopter encountered more severe foggy weather. In order to avoid the fog, the pilot turned to the south and flew into a mountainous area. At this time, the pilot quickly raised the helicopter’s altitude to 2000 feet. And eventually flyInto a big mountain.
Around 10 o’clock, Kobe ’s helicopter crashed on the mountainside. When it touched the ground, the fuselage ignited a raging fire. It took almost an hour for rescuers to extinguish the fire. Foreign media confirmed that 9 people on the plane All killed. In the end, they were only 9 miles from their destination.
Picture: Helicopter crash site
This is an unacceptable fact for everyone.
People have witnessed Kobe’s first farewell on April 14, 2016, which was the last battle of Kobe’s career. The Lakers faced the Jazz at home. Kobe made 42 minutes and scored 60 points, becoming the oldest player with 60+ points in NBA history.
Picture: 60 points in the last game of Kobe’s career
In this epic farewell battle, the 38-year-old Kobe went to great lengths to give his best to all the fans, and then officially announced his retirement. On this day, Los Angeles will rename the subway station closest to Staples Center to “Kobe Station”.