The halftime break was about to begin, and none of the Lakers and Warriors players approached the player channel and returned to the locker room. Instead, they stayed on their own bench and watched the darkening Staples Center around them.

The lights went out, and the fans screamed, and the spotlight wandered around the field, and finally fell on Kobe.

Bryant smiled and stood up and walked towards the center of the court.

His eyes kept sweeping the surroundings, waving, nodding, and shaking his hands at the crowds of all walks of life. His face that had been sculpted for years showed a mixed smile.

Kupchak, the current president of the Lakers, also walked out of the shadows and had a deep hug with Kobe.

"Hello, Lakers country!" Kupchak said loudly, "We are here to celebrate, the best player among the players wearing purple and gold jerseys."

On the sidelines, O’Neal, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magician, and Jerry West took the lead in applauding and shouting. Although these few have the ability to compete with Kobe for the best Lakers, today they have no dispute about the "best" The title "let" was given to Kobe.

"In the past 20 years, he has excited us countless times and made our scalp numb..."

"Created countless moments of'what did I just see', and..."

"Brought us 5 NBA championships!"

The fans on the scene cheered and screamed again, and Kobe's face showed a toothy smile again, enjoying the fans' love for him.

"Let's take a look," Kupchak continued, "You in jersey No. 8, brought us three championship trophies..."

"Then there are two on the 24th!"

The shot was given to O'Neal on the sidelines. The big man had a smile on his face. He was saying something to the people around him. It seemed that the mouth shape was "I took the first three with him!"

"It's so lucky to have a player like him in the past 20 years. He is good and hardworking. His desire to win is very, very explosive," Kupchak choked a little. "However, tonight, we are lucky enough to retire him at the same time. Two jerseys-No. 8, and No. 24!"

"I hope you recorded every game, including tonight, because there will never be a second Kobe Bryant!"

The shot was taken to Kobe’s wife and daughter on the sidelines. The little princess Beyoncé, who is less than one year old, waved her little hand constantly in Vanessa’s hands, as if she felt the love of the fans for her father, and her little face showed cuteness. Smile.

"Who remembers Kobe's 81 points in a single game? Who remembers the moments when Kobe killed the game!?" All the fans shouted excitedly, "I remember", Kupchak was also excited, "Finally, never again No player will surpass this guy in the battle of retirement!"

"60 points! Man!"

Kupchak's excitement ignited all the fans in the audience, and the screams revived, and there was a burst of warm applause, accompanied by countless "Mabam" shouts.

This concludes Kupchak's opening remarks, and the atmosphere on the scene has undoubtedly been fully mobilized.

Next, the Lakers boss-Jeanne Buss also played, and after hugging Kobe, the 50-year-old half-aged **** continued her speech with a crisp voice.

"I know that hanging the jersey there is not the motivation for you to play, but it is our tradition, so that we can remember the journey you have taken with us in the past 20 years!"

"We will retire your two jerseys at the same time, because even if you look at the two jerseys separately, each of their achievements and honors can also be included in the Hall of Fame."

"Tonight, I have the honor to represent all the Lakers fans, and countless of us are extremely excited to let me convey to you your gratitude for all your achievements!"

Although many famous players have retired jerseys on multiple teams at the same time in history, it is unique in NBA history to retire two jerseys on the same team at the same time!

Just as Jeanne Buss said, take the career time of these two numbers apart and look at it-the 8th symbolizes Kobe's youthful youth, and the 24th represents the age of the king after his maturity.

Two different periods of Kobe brought different memories to Lakers fans, so no one felt that there was anything inappropriate about retiring two jerseys for Kobe.

Jeanie Buss handed the microphone to Kobe, and he will give his final speech before hanging his jersey above the Staples Center.

In fact, this speech should have been after Kobe's jersey was hung on the top of the arena, but they seemed to have changed this order.

But no one cares about this, the fans can't wait to hear what Kobe wants to say.

"Do you know that I didn't prepare a line for this speech..."

Kobe's opening speech caused laughter from the fans, and many fans who had already burst into tears burst into laughter again.

Unlike the player period, Kobe now has a higher status, but his momentum is much softer.

"At the press conference before the game, someone asked me: the difference between the 8th and the 24th..." Kobe disturbed his bald head, "I think the most significant difference should be a few words-the 24th is always long. No. 8 hair is gone."

The fans continued to laugh, and the originally sad occasion was suddenly full of laughter, which may be the effect Kobe wanted.

"First of all, I want to say, thank you everyone who is here tonight, we are here, not just about hanging my jersey there," Kobe's voice is sonorous, "but also every one who retired before me. Superstars, without them, there would be no me who I am today. They inspired me to become a better player."

"The Magician, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Shaq, Baylor, Chamberlain, Goodrich, West, Worthy, etc. They inspire me every day."

"Secondly, this is about the Lakers team, the Buss family, thank you for believing in that thin boy from Philadelphia!"

"Third, tonight, it is more about the next generation of the Lakers. Now these children of the Lakers, there are also some old guys who have come from my time..."

Katie, Dayao, and Yi Lian on the sidelines all smiled knowingly, and the iconic smile of Head Yao made the Kyushu audience who was watching the live broadcast leaned forward and backward with laughter.

"The spirit carried in those jerseys is passed on to them today, driving the Lakers forward and driving the league forward...Make the next 20 years better than the last 20 years, this is the most important thing!"

Yu Huo took the lead and raised his hands over his head to applaud again and again. Ingram, Caruso, Kuzma, Hart and Zubac all clapped together.

As the president of the NBA League, Kobe said this now more like announcing his vision for the future of the league. This has nothing to do with him, his love, his love of basketball, has begun to penetrate into the league.

Everyone knows that he will make this alliance better and better!

"Fourth, it's more important. It's about the fans and the media. You don't understand how important you are..."

"When I woke up at 5:30 in the morning to exercise, at a moment when I didn’t know if I could survive, I would think of your high standards and high expectations for me and the Lakers, which allowed me to survive those from 100 times to 800 times. Shot again because of you guys!"

Bryant held the microphone, folded his hands and thanked everyone at the scene, then turned his eyes to his wife and daughter.

"Fifth, and about the family, about my wife Vanessa," the two eyes collided, and their love was overwhelming. "Last time I played here, in the last game of Staples, I said I I'm so tired, I can't make it anymore..."

"Vanessa replied, my dear, show you a baby..."

"She showed me all the videos of retiring jerseys before me, from Baylor to Magic, to O'Neal, to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, as well as Michael Jordan, Bill Russell, Larry Bird, I know, I have to tried……"

Vanessa fluttered her long hair on the sidelines, smiling like a flower.

"Thank you, thank you, for supporting me and encouraging me as always for so many years!"

"Finally, there are my daughters, Natalia, Jaina, Bianca... You must know that working hard will give you a chance! But I hope that after tonight, you will know that you will get up early and work hard. The days when you stayed up late, the nights when you feel too tired and can’t stand up but still support yourself to get up, that’s the power of your dreams!"

"The important thing is not the result, but the process!"

"If you realize this, you will find that maybe your dreams will not come true, but better ones will come."

Kobe's speech is coming to an end. His experience of basketball, life, and dreams summed up in his life has taken root in the hearts of every fan on the scene in these short ten minutes.

"Thank_you_guys_so_much! I_love_you!" Kobe's voice rose loudly, and the audience was noisy.

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