Los Angeles Lakers To Wear Black Mamba Uniforms Following Kobe Bryant Statue Unveiling – beragampengetahuan News – Beragampengetahuan
The Los Angeles Lakers will wear their “Black Mamba” uniforms during Thursday’s game against the Denver Nuggets (10 p.m. ET on TNT) in celebration of Kobe Bryant, who will have a statue unveiled in his honor outside Crypto.com Arena earlier in the day.
Bryant, who died in a 2020 helicopter crash that also claimed the life of his daughter, Gianna, helped design the uniforms, which feature a snakeskin print and drop shadow numbers as a nod to the uniforms the Lakers wore during his rookie season in 1996-97.
The uniforms, which also include a stylized “LA 24” logo on the waistband and the Nos. 8 and 24 under the flaps on the shorts in reference the two numbers Bryant wore during his career, were originally unveiled as the Lakers’ 2017-18 City Edition set.
They returned in the opening round of the 2020 NBA Playoffs, as the Lakers donned the all-black uniforms in their 135-115 win over the Portland Trail Blazers on Aug. 24 – which is also expressed as 8/24.
Los Angeles went on to capture its record-tying 17th NBA championship with a 4-2 series victory over the Miami Heat, with every game of the postseason played in a “bubble” at Walt Disney World amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The uniforms, which were also worn in Game 2 of the Finals, notably featured a white heart-shaped patch with the No. 2 for Gianna, who played for the Los Angeles Lady Mambas, the Mamba Sports Academy basketball team coached by her father.
An 18-time All-Star and five-time NBA champion who played his entire 20-year career in Los Angeles, Bryant will be the seventh Laker with a statue, joining Elgin Baylor, Shaquille O’Neal, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson, Jerry West and Chick Hearn.
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