Basketball is merely a game. If the last week taught us anything, it’s that life is delicate, our time on this mortal coil is finite, and there are forces far more important than who does what on the hardcourt.
Emotions are raw for a team, city, and world mourning the tragic loss of Kobe Bryant and eight others in a Calabasas helicopter crash on January 26. The sadness isn’t going anywhere for a long time.
Still, the season rolls on. That’s exactly what Mamba would want.
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LeBron James and crew returned to action for the first time since the tragedy on January 31 in a 127-119 loss to the Trailblazers.