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Kobe Bryant immortalized with 19-foot bronze statue at Lakers' arena

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LOS ANGELES -- It was a seemingly impossible task to distill Kobe Bryant's 20-year, Hall of Fame career with the Los Angeles Lakers into one lasting pose, sculpted in bronze, to honor the basketball great forever.

And so Bryant's family and the Lakers chose three.

The first, featuring Bryant in his No. 8 uniform, a finger pointed to the sky as he walked off the court after his 81-point game against the Raptors in 2006, was unveiled Thursday afternoon with dozens of Lakers luminaries on hand.