Then it was James's turn, his voice solemn as he recited the names of all nine killed when the helicopter went down in the rugged hills of Calabasas in suburban Los Angeles: Gianna's basketball teammates Alyssa Altobelli and Payton Chester, Alyssa's parents John and Keri Altobelli, Payton's mother Sarah Chester, basketball coach Christina Mauser, pilot Ara Zobayan and, finally, Kobe and Gianna Bryant.
"But Laker Nation, I'd be selling y'all short if I read off this shit so I'm gonna go straight from the heart," he added to cheers."As I look around this arena, we're all grieving, we're all hurt, we're all heartbroken. When we go through things like this the best thing you can do is lean on the shoulders of your family."
"This is a celebration of the 20 years of the blood, the sweat, the tears, the broken down body, the getting up, sitting down to everything, the countless hours, the determination to be as great as he could be.
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