Los Angeles (AFP)
The year 2020 started in tears for the Lakers Nation, the community of Lakers supporters, before ending in jubilation.
On a foggy morning January 26, Kobe Bryant, 41, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, and seven others were killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, near Los Angeles.
For the world of sport, the shock is brutal.
For the Lakers, the penalty is immeasurable.
LeBron James promises to perpetuate the legacy left by the idol by going to the conquest of the title, ten years after the last gleaned by his glorious elder.
Eight and a half months later, on October 11, in an unprecedented context, between the Covid-19 pandemic and the fight against racial injustice which has never mobilized the players so much, the "King" keeps his word.
Winners of the Miami Heat (4-2), the Lakers won their 17th star, the most "Bryant".
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