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IT WILL BE A HISTORIC NIGHT
IN LAKERS HISTORY.
AS KOBE BRYANT PLAYS HIS FINAL
GAME.
THIS MORNING JOINED BY ANDREW
BERNSTEIN, LAKERS TEAM
PHOTOGRAPHER.
WHAT A GREAT LIFE I SHOULD
POINT OUT.
AWESOME.
EMBEDDED WITH THE TEAM FOR A
LONG TIME.
THAT'S TRUE.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME THIS
MORNING.
HOW DOES THIS WORK TO BE A
TEAM PHOTOGRAPHER.
YOU'RE THERE DURING GAMES WITH
PLAYER AND TEAM BUT IN PRIVATE
MOMMIES AS WELL.
FOR SURE.
STARTED BACK MAGIC AND I WERE
ROOKIES TOGETHER.
PAT RILEY WELCOMED ME INTO THE
LOCKER ROOM AND TRAVEL AND KIND
OF I GOT A LOT OF CONFIDENCE
FROM THAT.
AND FORGED RELATIONSHIPS WITH
MAGIC JAMES WORTHY AND SHAQ AND
KOBE.
SO YOU HAVE TO BE LIKE A
PIECE OF FURNITURE.
NOT GET IN THE WAY.
YOU HAVE TO GAIN THEIR TRUST
BECAUSE THEY'RE PRIVATE.
THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT WHO IS
AROUND AT ALL TIMES HOW DO YOU
STAY OUT OF THE WAY AND CAPTURE
THE MOMENT?
IT'S A TRUE FLY ON THE WALL
TECHNIQUE, AND FLY ON THE WALL
WITH A CAMERA, AND BIGGEST
PROBLEM I HAVE IS HONESTLY JUST
A CLICK OF THE SHUTTER SOMETIMES
CAN BE DISTRACTING SO I'VE BEEN
IN SITUATIONS WHERE I'VE HAD TO
HANG BACK OR YOU KNOW FILL
WELCOME IN THE LOCKER ROOM IN 11
OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP LOCKER ROOMS
WITH PHIL JACKSON WHICH WAS
AMAZING, AND YOU KNOW GUYS LIKE
KOBE HAS WELCOMED ME INTO THEIR
LIVES AS WELL.
YOU HAVE TAKEN A LOT OF
FANTASTIC SHOTS.
YOU HAVE SOME FAVORITES?
WELL, THERE'S A FEW OVER O
THE YEAR.
YEAH THIS ONE YOU'RE SHOWING
RIGHT NOW, THIS HAPPENED TO BE
FROM THE 2008 FINALS WHICH I
KNOW IS NOT ONE OF KOBE'S
FAVORITE MEMORIES OF THE FINALS
BECAUSE HE --
AVENGED THAT LOSS IN 2003.
THIS IS AN EARLY KOBE FROM --
TEENAGER USED TO BE A DUNK
MACHINE.
THREE OR FOUR GREAT DUNKS A GAME
OUT OF HIM.
THIS IS HIS FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP.
POIGNANT PICTURE FOR TODAY.
HOW YOUNG HE WAS.
I REMEMBER KOBE WHEN HE WAS A
17-YEAR-OLD KID.
THEY WERE HAVING A LIMO
TRANSPORT HIM TO THE GAMES.
IT WAS A WHOLE NEW WORLD FOR
HIM.
[LAUGHTER]
BUT THEN --
IS WHAT HAPPENS WITH WITH ALL OF
THESE WONDERFUL, INCREDIBLE
TALENTS, THEY GETS OLDER AND
THEY START TO BREAK DOWN.
AND SO YOU WERE ALSO AROUND HIM
DURING THOSE DAYS WITH LOTS OF
ICE PACKS ABOUT AND PAIN.
ABSOLUTELY.
BUT *** GOT HIMSELF READY TO
PLAY MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY.
ANY ATHLETE BETTER THAN KOBE
BRIENGTS.
WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO BE
TONIGHT?
ON MY COUCH O.
I WILL BE AT STAPLESSER IN MY
NORMAL SPOT LAKER BENCH AND YOU
KNOW WAITING FOR THAT DEFINITIVE
MOMENT OF HIM ENDING HIS CAREER
ARE NOT SURE HOW THAT WILL
UNFOLD BUT THAT'S WHAT THE
CHALLENGE IS TONIGHT.
I KNOW THESE PLAYERS LOVE
YOU.
TEAMS LOVE YOU.
YOU'VE BEEN AROUND THEM A LONG
TIME.
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN ASKED IT
LEAVE DURING A MOMENT?
NO, ACTUALLY I PICK AND
CHOOSE MY MOMENTS BUT COUPLE OF
TIMES AS GIVEN ME THE EYEBALL.
PHIL JACKSON, AND I KNEW THAT
WAS THE TIME.
I'VE NEVER BEEN ASKED TO LIKE
GET OUT.
BUT I KIND OF KNEW INSTINCTIVELY
HOW TO GET OUT OF THE SITUATION.
SO MANY PEOPLE WANT YOUR JOB.
YOU MUST BE LIVING THE DREAM.
LIVING THE DREAM.
YES, IT'S YOU KNOW LIKE MY
JOB LIKE YOU GUYS GET UP
EARLY --
I HAVE TO WAKE UP IN THE
MORNING TAKE MY LITTLE ONE TO
SCHOOL.
REAL LIFE GETS IN THE WAY OF
WORK, AND YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN A
GREAT RUN WITH KOBE.
I'M SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE BEEN
PART OF IT.
GRATEFUL TO HAVE YOU IN HERE
AMAZING RUN, MAGIC KOBE WONDER
WHO WILL BE NEXT.
FINAL GAME IS AGAINST JAZZ 7:30