With the United Center honoring Kobe Bryant on the outside, the Bulls and John Paxson continued to pay tribute to the late Lakers star on the inside.
“First of all, obviously this is a really tough time for our game given what happened (Sunday),” Paxson said, referencing the helicopter crash that claimed Bryant, his daughter and seven others. “I think it goes without saying that Kobe Bryant was one of the great players in the history of our game. So much of our thoughts last 24-plus hours have been about his family, the other families, what they all must be going through.