The NBA has officially postponed Tuesday night’s Los Angeles Lakers-Los Angeles Clippers game at Staples Center in Los Angeles following the death of NBA superstar Kobe Bryant.
Bryant had played for the Lakers for two decades, winning five championships with the team. When he retired four years ago, he was the NBA’s third all-time leading scorer and achieved a number of other accolades.
On Sunday night, NBA commissioner Adam Silver confirmed the deaths of Bryant, 41, and his daughter, Gianna. They died in a helicopter crash near Calabasas, California, on Sunday.
“But yesterday when I came to work I immediately saw it as I came down into the valley, that it was just socked in,” she said. “So I already knew [LAPD Air Support] weren’t going to be flying unless it burned off quick. And it did not burn off quick.”
Sheriff’s officials told reporters on Sunday that nine people in all died in the crash.