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LOS ANGELES, CA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2020 - Richard Miranda of Baldwin Park delivers a Kobe! chant as he views a diorama dedicated to the fallen Laker near Staples Center. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)
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LOS ANGELES, CA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2020 - Richard Miranda of Baldwin Park delivers a Kobe! chant as he views a diorama dedicated to the fallen Laker near Staples Center. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

Richard Miranda of Baldwin Park delivers a Kobe! chant as he views a diorama dedicated to the fallen Laker near Staples Center.  (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES CA FEBRUARY 24, 2020 -- Fans leave Staples Center following the the 'Celebration of Life' for Kobe and Gianna Bryant in Los Angeles Monday, February 24, 2020. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Fans leave Staples Center following the the ‘Celebration of Life’ for Kobe and Gianna Bryant in Los Angeles. (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES CA FEBRUARY 24, 2020 -- Fans leave Staples Center following the the 'Celebration of Life' for Kobe and Gianna Bryant in Los Angeles Monday, February 24, 2020. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Fans leave Staples Center following the the ‘Celebration of Life’ for Kobe and Gianna Bryant in Los Angeles. (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES CA FEBRUARY 24, 2020 -- Jaden, 10, with her father, Jay Calderon, outside Staples Center Monday, February 24, 2020, where the 'Celeration of Life,' was being held. Jaden is an aspiring basketball player. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Jaden, 10, with her father, Jay Calderon, outside Staples Center, where the ‘Celeration of Life,’ was being held. Jaden is an aspiring basketball player. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES CA FEBRUARY 24, 2020 -- Manuel Hernandez gets emotional listening to Vanessa Bryant's words during the Kobe Bryant memorial outside Staples Center, Monday, February 24, 2020. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Manuel Hernandez gets emotional listening to Vanessa Bryant’s words during the Kobe Bryant memorial outside Staples Center. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES CA FEBRUARY 24, 2020 -- Fans who were not able to get tickets to the Kobe Bryant memorial gather outside Staples Center, Monday, February 24, 2020. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Fans who were not able to get tickets to the Kobe Bryant memorial gather outside Staples Center. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

Michael Jordan helps Vanessa Bryant off the stage at the Kobe & Gianna Bryant Celebration of Life ceremony at Staples Center.

Michael Jordan helps Vanessa Bryant off the stage at the Kobe & Gianna Bryant Celebration of Life ceremony at Staples Center. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times/Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES, CA., Vanessa Bryant speaks at the Kobe & Gianna Bryant Celebration of Life on Monday at Staples Center on Monday 24, 2020 (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Vanessa Bryant speaks at the Kobe & Gianna Bryant Celebration of Life on Monday at Staples Center. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times/Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES CA FEBRUARY 24, 2020 -- Crowds watch the memorial on a big screen TV near Staples Center, where the 'Celebration of Life' for Kobe and Gianna Bryant, is being held. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Crowds watch the memorial on a big screen TV near Staples Center, where the ‘Celebration of Life’ for Kobe and Gianna Bryant, is being held.  (Al Seib/Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES CA FEBRUARY 24, 2020 -- Aragon and Janet Navia cry as they watch the Kobe memorial on a big screen TV near the Staples Center Center, where the 'Celebration of Life' for Kobe and Gianna Bryant, is being held. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Daniel Aragon and Janet Navia cry as they watch the Kobe memorial on a big screen TV near the Staples Center Center, where the ‘Celebration of Life’ for Kobe and Gianna Bryant, is being held.  (Al Seib/Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES CA FEBRUARY 24, 2020 -- Jimmy Kimmel host the 'Celebration of Life' for Kobe and Gianna Bryant, honoring the late NBA legend and his 13-year-old daughter who died along with seven others in a helicopter crash in Calabasas last month. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Jimmy Kimmel host the ‘Celebration of Life’ for Kobe and Gianna Bryant inside Staples Center. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES CA FEBRUARY 24, 2020 -- NBA players and coaches inside Staples Center for the 'Celebration of Life' for Kobe and Gianna Bryant, honoring the late NBA legend and his 13-year-old daughter who died along with seven others in a helicopter crash in Calabasas last month. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

NBA players and coaches inside Staples Center for the ‘Celebration of Life’ for Kobe and Gianna Bryant. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES CA FEBRUARY 24, 2020 -- People outside Staples watch the 'Celebration of Life' for Kobe and Gianna Bryant on their phones. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

People outside Staples Center watch the ‘Celebration of Life’ for Kobe and Gianna Bryant on their phones.  (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES CA FEBRUARY 24, 2020 -- An image of Kobe and Vanessa Bryant is projected on the overhead screen inside Staples Center for the 'Celebration of Life' for Kobe and Gianna Bryant, honoring the late NBA legend and his 13-year-old daughter who died along with seven others in a helicopter crash in Calabasas last month. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

An image of Kobe and Vanessa Bryant is projected on the overhead screen inside Staples Center for the ‘Celebration of Life’ ceremony. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES CA FEBRUARY 24, 2020 -- A car honoring Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gianna, pulls up outside the Staples Center area as fans queue outside Staples Center the the 'Celebration of Life' for Kobe and Gianna Bryant. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

A car honoring Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna pulls up outside the Staples Center area as fans line up for Monday’s memorial. (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES CA FEBRUARY 24, 2020 -- A fan outside Staples Center where the the 'Celebration of Life' for Kobe and Gianna.

A fan outside Staples Center where the the ‘Celebration of Life’ for Kobe and Gianna Bryant is being held. (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES CA FEBRUARY 24, 2020 -- Fans queue outside Staples Center the the 'Celebration of Life' for Kobe and Gianna Bryant, honoring the late NBA legend and his 13-year-old daughter who died along with seven others in a helicopter crash in Calabasas last month. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Fans queue outside Staples Center for the Bryant memorial. The NBA legend died along with his 13-year-old daughter and seven others in a helicopter crash in Calabasas last month.  (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES CA FEBRUARY 24, 2020 -- Mia Tervia takes a photo of a Kobe Bryant diorama outside Staples Center by artist is Fletcher Collins. Collins, from Elizabethtown North Carolina, drove the diorama 2600 to show his love for the NBA legend. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Mia Tervia takes a photo of a Kobe Bryant diorama outside Staples Center by Fletcher Collins. The artist drove the diorama to L.A. from his home in Elizabethtown, N.C. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES CA FEBRUARY 24, 2020 -- Fans queue outside Staples Center the the 'Celebration of Life' for Kobe and Gianna Bryant, honoring the late NBA legend and his 13-year-old daughter who died along with seven others in a helicopter crash in Calabasas last month. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Many of the fans wore Kobe Bryant gear for the memorial. (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES CA FEBRUARY 24, 2020 -- Fans with tickets to the Kobe Bryant memorial line up along Olympic Blvd. walking toward the first of three checkpoints to get into Staples Center, Monday morning, February 24, 2020. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

People with tickets to the Kobe Bryant memorial line up along Olympic Boulevard.  (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES CA FEBRUARY 24, 2020 -- Fans queue outside Staples Center the the 'Celebration of Life' for Kobe and Gianna Bryant, honoring the late NBA legend and his 13-year-old daughter who died along with seven others in a helicopter crash in Calabasas last month. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

A fan shows her Kobe Bryant T-shirt outside Staples Center before the “Celebration of Life” on Monday. (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES CA FEBRUARY 24, 2020 -- Fans take photos at a new Kobe mural on Grand at Pico -- blocks from the Staples Center as the 'Celebration of Life' for Kobe and Gianna Bryant, is being held. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Fans take photos at a new Kobe mural on Grand at Pico -- blocks from the Staples Center. (Al Seib/Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES CA FEBRUARY 24, 2020 -- Jazmine Jabi shows her nails that she created for the memorial at the Kobe Bryant mural on Lebanon St, just a short distance from Staples Center where the 'Celebration of Life' for Kobe and Gianna Bryant, is being held. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Jazmine Jabi shows her nails, decorated in Lakers colors. (Al Seib/Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES CA FEBRUARY 24, 2020 -- Lindsey Nolan from San Diego takes selfie at the Kobe Bryant mural on Lebanon St, just a short distance from Staples Center where the 'Celebration of Life' for Kobe and Gianna Bryant, is being held. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Lindsey Nolan from San Diego takes a selfie at the Kobe Bryant mural on Lebanon Street near Staples Center. (Al Seib/Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES CA FEBRUARY 24, 2020 -- David Chen says “I couldn’t get tickets for the memorial so I brought flowers” at the Kobe Bryant mural on Lebanon St, just a short distance from Staples Center where the 'Celebration of Life' for Kobe and Gianna Bryant, is being held. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

“I couldn’t get tickets for the memorial so I brought flowers,” said David Chen, at the Kobe Bryant mural on Lebanon Street. (Al Seib/Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES CA FEBRUARY 24, 2020 -- Oliver Higgins from Jamaica writes a condolence message at the Kobe Bryant mural on Lebanon St, just a short distance from Staples Center where the 'Celebration of Life' for Kobe and Gianna Bryant, is being held. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Oliver Higgins, from Jamaica, writes a condolence message at the Kobe Bryant mural on Lebanon Street. (Al Seib/Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES CA FEBRUARY 24, 2020 -- Fans gather outside Staples Center the the 'Celebration of Life' for Kobe and Gianna Bryant, honoring the late NBA legend and his 13-year-old daughter who died along with seven others in a helicopter crash in Calabasas last month. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Fans gather outside Staples Center for the memorial; 20,000 bought tickets for the sold-out event. (Al Seib/Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES CA FEBRUARY 24, 2020 -- Fans with tickets to the Kobe Bryant memorial line up outside Staples Center, Monday morning, February 24, 2020. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

An aerial view shows Staples Center and fans. Police closed the area surrounding the venue and checked tickets carefully. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES CA FEBRUARY 24, 2020 -- Security is tight as fans gather outside Staples Center the the 'Celebration of Life' for Kobe and Gianna Bryant, honoring the late NBA legend and his 13-year-old daughter who died along with seven others in a helicopter crash in Calabasas last month. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Security is tight as fans gather outside Staples Center for the “Celebration of Life” for Kobe and Gianna Bryant. (Al Seib/Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES CA FEBRUARY 24, 2020 -- Fans gather outside Staples Center the the 'Celebration of Life' for Kobe and Gianna Bryant, honoring the late NBA legend and his 13-year-old daughter who died along with seven others in a helicopter crash in Calabasas last month. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Mourning fans wait for the Staples Center doors to open for Bryant’s memorial.  (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times)

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