Parteek Katyal of Bethpage had planned to wear a Knicks RJ Barrett jersey to Sunday night’s game against the Nets at the Garden. But as he stood in the fourth row from the baseline watching pregame warm-ups, he proudly displayed a No. 24 white Lakers jersey in honor of Kobe Bryant.
“I’ve only worn this jersey twice in my life to any game,” Katyal, 26, told The Post. “That’s when I saw him play here in 2012 and then today. I grew up watching him. I couldn’t stop crying when I heard the news. I started shaking. First you thought it was a basketball tragedy.