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CAREER.
ELSA: THANK YOU.
JEFF: ON HIS LAST NIGHT IN THE
NBA KOBE BRYANT GAVE IT ALL FOR
HIS TEAM BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY
FOR HIS FANS.
ELSA: TOM WAIT IS LIVE AT
STAPLES CENTER WITH THEIR
HEARTFELT GOODBYE AND THEY DID
GET A SHOW TONIGHT.
Reporter: HUGE SHOW, ELSA,
JEFF, ASGHAR I WAS SAYING THE
ATMOSPHERE WAS SO WONDERFUL
INSIDE THE STAPLES CENTER AND
KOBE WAS SET TO ADDRESS THE
AUDIENCE AFTER THE GAME WAS
OVER.
KOBE, KOBE.
RIGHT NOW, IS IT LIKE
CAPACITY?
IT IS AS CROWDED AS I'VE EVER
SEEN IT.
GO LAKERS!
KOBE BRYANT'S EPIC CAREER
ENDS, BUT FANS DIDN'T COME OUT
TO STAPLES CENTER FOR A FUNERAL.
THEY CAME OUT TO CELEBRATE A
PLAYER WHO GREW INTO THE MAN HE
IS TODAY.
20 YEARS.
THAT'S A LONG TIME.
HE'S PUT IN SO MUCH WORK AND
MAINTAINED 20 YEARS OF
EXCELLENCE.
THAT'S AMAZING.
FELT LIKE IT WAS A GOOD
OPPORTUNITY FOR MY SON TO COME
DOWN HERE EXPERIENCE THIS FOR
ONE LAST TIME.
HE HAS A YOUNGER BROTHER WHO
DOESN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
SEE HIM PLAY BUT AT LEAST HE CAN
TELL THE STORIES TO HIM.
FANS TRAVELED FROM OUT OF
STATE TO SEE THIS MOMENT, KOBE
BRYANT MAKING HIS LAST PRE-GAME
APPEARANCE.
WE TRAVELED ALL THE WAY FROM
AUSTIN, TEXAS AND WE ARE HERE TO
SEE ONE OF THE BIGGEST LEGENDS
THE GAME HAS EVER OFFERED.
FANS SPENT IN THE HUNDREDS,
THOUSANDS, AND EVEN TENS OF
THOUSANDS ON THEIR TICKETS TO BE
HERE.
GOOD TO BE HERE.
I CAN'T EXPLAIN.
SUPER EX EXCITING.
FOR THE FINAL TIME, NUMBER
24, KOBE BRYANT.
THERE YOU HAVE IT, MANY FANS
SAYING THIS WAS SUCH AN
EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE FOR THEM,
THEY'VE BEEN WATCHING KOBE SO
MANY YEARS AND HE BROUGHT SO
MUCH JOY TO THE CITY, STAPLES
CENTER STILL PACKED BEHIND ME
EVERYONE WAITING FOR HIM TO
ADDRESS THE CROWD AS HE LEAVES
STAPLES CENTER FOR THE LAST
TIME.
JEFF: A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THAT
STADIUM ARE PROBABLY GOING TO
CALL IN SICK TOMORROW.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE THREAT OF
COUNTERFEIT TICKETS.
THIS WAS SUCH A BIG GAME THERE
WAS FEAR THAT COUNTERFEIT
TICKETS WERE GOING AROUND.
IN SORT OF ISSUES TONIGHT?
WELL, WE SPOKE TO A NUMBER OF
PEOPLE OUTSIDE.
IT SEEMED LIKE THEY HAD THEIR
TICKETS IN HAND, EVERYONE
REALIZED IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE
EVERYTHING BUTTONED DOWN THEY
WOULD BE IN TROUBLE BECAUSE THEY
HAD SO MUCH SECURITY HERE THEY
HAD EVERYBODY CHECKING
EVERYTHING.
THERE WAS NO WAY TO GET INTO
STAPLES CENTER WITH A TICKET
THAT WAS COUNTERFEIT.
IF THERE WERE ANY ISSUES LEADING
UP TO GAME TONIGHT IT SEEMED
LIKE EVERYTHING WAS UNDER
CONTROL.
ELSA: GOOD TO HEAR THAT.