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CATCHES UP TO THE AV AFFLUENZA
TEEN.
I AM SANDRA MITCHELL.
AND I AM LEYNA NGUYEN.
BRYANT FOR THE WIN.
20 YEARS, 5 NBA TITLES, AND
MORE POINTS THAN ALL BUT TWO
THOR NBA PLAYERS, KOBE BRYANT
BIDS GOOD-BYE TO LAKERS AND
FANS.
THOUSANDS OF FANS, LUCKY
ENOUGH, WITH TICKETS FOR THE
GAME AT STAPLES CENTER, VEN
PEOPLE WITHOUT TICKETS FLOODING
INTO DOWNTOWN L.A.
WE HAVE LIVE TEAM COVERAGE
FOR YOU THIS AFTERNOON, WE BEGIN
WITH DAVE LOPEZ IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE CROWD YOU SAW.
REPORTER: HELLO.
WE'RE A LITTLE BIT OF A LIFT
HERE, PEOPLE ARE HERE, YOU CAN
SEE HUGE CROWD GATHERED IN CHIK
HEARN COURT, THE STREET IS
BLOCKED OFF.
THIS IS REMARKABLE, WHEN YOU
THINK.
LAKERS ARE A TEAM WON 16 GAMES
THIS YEAR, I DON'T THINK THAT
ANYONE KNOWS THAT.
THEY JUST KNOW THIS IS KOBE'S
FAREWELL, AND THEY WANT TO BE
HERE.
KOBE IS WORTH EVERYTHING.
KOBE.
KOBE, MAN.
THAT IS MAJORED AN.
REPORTER: KOBE FAITHFUL, THERE
ARE LEGIONS OF THEM, SINGING THE
PRAISES OF THEIR MAIN MAN, DON'T
TRY TO SAY, SUDDEN ANY BETTER.
HE IS MAKE A SHOT ANY TIME.
REALLY.
JORDAN.
WAY BETTER.
CURRY.
WAY, BETTER, CURRY SUCKS.
HOW ABOUT MAGIC.
HE IS BETTER THAN MAGIC.
HE IT NO IDEA WHO W WHO -- BAYLR
WAS.
ON THIS HIS LAST GAME, THIS
LINE, PEOPLE WAITED FOR HOURS,
TO BUY KOBE SHOES THEY SPENT
$400 FOR KOBE SHOWS, HE IS THAT
BIG A DEAL.
I HAVE 80 PAIRS OF KOBE
SHOES.
REPORTER: FROM CHINA TO HERE.
YES.
REPORTER: BECAUSE OF THE LAST
KOBE GAME.
REPORTER: THEY HAVE THEIR
TICKETS $1500 A PIECE FOR WHAT
THEY SAY ARE LOUSY SEATS, BUT
THEY DON'T CARE.
I DON'T CARE, LIVE KOBE.
I WOULD LIKE THESE TWO KICK
ITS WHAT WOULD IT COST DLSHES
5,000 FOR THE PAIR.
HE SAID THIS IS OVER THE TOP.
I BELIEVE THIS IS BIGGEST
REGULAR SEASON GAME EVER.
3 OUNCES OF GOLD, GOING
PRICE?
34,000.
IT IS A REMARKABLE STATUE OF
MAGIC, AND KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR,
I THINK NOT FAR OFF A STATUE OF
KOBE IN THERE, BIG GIANT
SCREENS.
I WANT TO MAKE THIS
ANNOUNCEMENT, LAPD AND FIRE
DEPARTMENT, THEY WILL NOT ALLOW
THE GAME TO BE SHOWN ON THE BIG
SCREENS HERE TONIGHT.
THEY DON'T THINK THAT THEY WANT
THAT CROWD OUT HIRE, IF YOU WANT
TO SEE THE GAME, EITHER STAY
HOME OR GO ON A NEARBY BAR, BUT
YOU WILL NOT SEE THEM HERE IN
THE STREET, QUITE A SIGHT, WE
HAVE 4 HOURS TO GO BEFORE
TIP-OFF, THEY ARE DELAYING
TIP-OFF.
REMARKABLE SCENE, I HAVE BEEN
HERE COVERING STORES SINCE 1964.
SPORTS, I HAVE NEVER, EVER SEEN
THIS KIND OF ENTHUSIASM.
FOR A PLAYER WHO IS RETIRING ON
A TEAM THAT IS GOING NOWHERE,
BUT HATS OFF TO KOBE.
LET'S HOPE THEY WIN TONIGHT.
WE'LL SEE HOW THAT GOES.
A LOT OF POLICE ARE HERE, WE
DIDN'T' TO FOCUS ON THEM TOO
MUCH, A NUMBER OF UNDER COVER,
THEY HAVE BEEN THROUGH THIS
BEFORE, NOT QUITE IN THIS TYPE
OF SITUATION, BUT, THEY KNOW HOW
TO HANDLE A CROWD LIKE THIS,
THAT IS A REASON WHY THEY ARE