{"id":289,"date":"2020-10-12T14:29:05","date_gmt":"2020-10-12T14:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=289"},"modified":"2020-11-20T14:42:20","modified_gmt":"2020-11-20T14:42:20","slug":"kobe-bryants-widow-congratulates-lakers-for-winning-nba-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=289","title":{"rendered":"Kobe Bryant's widow congratulates Lakers for winning NBA title"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Vanessa<\/p>\n

Kobe Bryant’s widow Vanessa led congratulations for the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday night after the late sportsman’s former team beat Miami Heat to take home the NBA Championship title. <\/p>\n

It was the team’s first win of the championship in over a decade but, as they celebrated, the memory of their former teammate, who was killed in a helicopter crash alongside daughter Gianna in January, was on their minds. <\/p>\n

“I know he’s looking down on us, proud of us,” Anthony Davis said after the game. “I know Vanessa’s proud of us. The organization’s proud of us. It means a lot to us. It’s a tough moment… He was a big brother to us. We did this for him.” <\/p>\n

Vanessa was quick to share her congratulations for the team, posting a snap of Kobe and Lakers’ general manager Rob Pelinka as she wrote: “Go Lakers! Congratulations Uncle P! Congratulations @lakers. Kobe was right, RP! ‘Stay the course– block out the noise.’ @kobebryant.” <\/p>\n

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This one is for you brother, for you Gianna, for Vanessa, for Natalia, for Bianka and for Capri. ??<\/p>\n

Congratulations to the entire @Lakers<\/a> team, @JeanieBuss<\/a> and the Lakers family for winning the 17th championship!! ???? pic.twitter.com\/glYG421whq<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Pau Gasol (@paugasol) October 12, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“Wish Kobe and Gigi were here to see this,” she concluded, adding a red heart emoji. <\/p>\n

Pau Gasol and Rick Fox were among the other sports stars dedicating the Lakers’ win to Kobe. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kobe Bryant\u2019s widow Vanessa led congratulations for the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday night after the late sportsman\u2019s former team beat Miami Heat to take home the NBA Championship title. <\/p>\n

It was the team\u2019s first win of the championship in over a decade but, as they celebrated, the memory of their former teammate, who was killed in a helicopter crash alongside daughter Gianna in January, was on their minds. <\/p>\n

\u201cI know he\u2019s looking down on us, proud of us,\u201d Anthony Davis said after the game. \u201cI know Vanessa\u2019s proud of us. The organization\u2019s proud of us. It means a lot to us. It\u2019s a tough moment\u2026 He was a big brother to us. We did this for him.\u201d <\/p>\n

Vanessa was quick to share her congratulations for the team, posting a snap of Kobe and Lakers\u2019 general manager Rob Pelinka as she wrote: \u201cGo Lakers! Congratulations Uncle P! Congratulations @lakers. Kobe was right, RP! \u2018Stay the course\u2013 block out the noise.\u2019 @kobebryant.\u201d <\/p>\n

This one is for you brother, for you Gianna, for Vanessa, for Natalia, for Bianka and for Capri. ??Congratulations to the entire @Lakers team, @JeanieBuss and the Lakers family for winning the 17th championship!! ???? pic.twitter.com\/glYG421whq\u2014 Pau Gasol (@paugasol) October 12, 2020<\/p>\n

\u201cWish Kobe and Gigi were here to see this,\u201d she concluded, adding a red heart emoji. <\/p>\n

Pau Gasol and Rick Fox were among the other sports stars dedicating the Lakers\u2019 win to Kobe.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=289"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":291,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289\/revisions\/291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}