• On Friday, the Los Angeles Lakers faced the Portland Trail Blazers at the Staples Centre in LA – the first game since Kobe Bryant’s sudden death.
• Bryant, 41, died in a helicopter crash on Sunday along with his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, and seven other people.
• The Lakers’ game on Friday included several tributes in honour of Bryant, including a powerful halftime performance of “See You Again” performed by Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth.
• The duo first released “See You Again” in 2015 in honour of late actor Paul Walker of “The Fast and the Furious.”
• “Love you, Kobe,” Khalifa said at the end of the performance on Friday.
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