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How the Shaq-Kobe feud began". NewsComAu. March 30, 2016. Archived from the original on May 13, 2018 . Retrieved January 31, 2020. Bryant was the youngest of three children. He grew up with two older sisters, Sharia and Shaya, and had a close relationship with them until his death. [9] [399]

Larry Bird held the previous record; he was 35 when he had 49 points, 14 rebounds, and 12 assists on March 15, 1992, against Portland. [271] In the season finale on April 13, Bryant scored an NBA season-high 60 points against Utah in his last NBA game, outscoring the entire Jazz team 23–21 in the fourth quarter, in the Lakers' 101–96 victory. [312] [313] He became the oldest player to score 60 or more points in a game at 37 years and 234 days old. [314] The Lakers finished the season with a 17–65 record, their worst record in franchise history. [315] National team career Bryant avoiding a collision in a game against China at the 2008 Summer Olympics On January 22, 2006, Bryant scored a career-high 81 points in a 122–104 victory against the Toronto Raptors. [117] In addition to breaking the previous franchise record of 71 set by Elgin Baylor, Bryant's 81-point game was the second-highest point total in NBA history, surpassed only by Chamberlain's 100-point game in 1962. [118] Whereas Chamberlain was fed repeatedly by teammates for inside shots in a blowout win, Bryant created his own shot—mostly from the outside—in a game which the Lakers trailed at halftime by 14 and did not pull away until the fourth quarter. [119] [120] Chamberlain, playing in an era when the games were paced faster and scoring opportunities were more plentiful, [120] [121] accounted for 59 percent of his team's points in Philadelphia's 169–147 win, compared to Bryant scoring 66 percent of the Lakers' 122 points. [122] [123] In that same month, Bryant also became the first player since 1964 to score 45 points or more in four consecutive games, joining Chamberlain and Baylor as the only players to do so. [124] For the month of January, Bryant averaged 43.4 points per game, [125] the eighth highest single month scoring average in NBA history and highest for any player other than Chamberlain. [126] By the end of the 2005–06 season, Bryant set Lakers single-season franchise records for most 40-point games (27) and most points scored (2,832). [127] He won the league's scoring title for the first time by averaging 35.4 points per game, becoming just the fifth player in league history to average at least 35 in a season. [b] Bryant finished in fourth place in the voting for the 2006 NBA Most Valuable Player Award but received 22 first place votes—second only to winner Steve Nash. [130] Bryant Scores 38 as Lakers Beat Jazz in Game 1". NBA.com. Archived from the original on June 24, 2008 . Retrieved June 18, 2008. Bryant was a practicing Catholic. He said his faith and a priest helped him through difficult times, such as the period following his accusation of rape. A Catholic cantor said she was inspired by Bryant's faith, and the respect that he showed her. [12] [13] [14] [416] Bryant and his family were regular attendees at Our Lady Queen of Angels Catholic Church in Newport Beach. Bryant and his daughter, Gianna, received the Eucharist together just hours before they died. [417] [418]

Before the 1996 NBA draft, Bryant had worked out in Los Angeles, where he scrimmaged against former Lakers players Larry Drew and Michael Cooper and, according to then-Laker general manager Jerry West, "marched over these people". [48] The mindset isn’t about seeking a result – it’s more about the process of getting to that result. It’s about the journey and the approach. It’s a way of life. I do think that it’s important, in all endeavors, to have that mentality,” he remarked. Game – Tennis means life and death for the residents of the magical kingdom of Nova, and for twelve-year-old Legacy, it’s the only thing getting her through the long days taking care of the other kids at the orphanage. That’s all about to change when she hears about Silla’s tournament. Gus’s life is about one thing―swimming. He is determined to make it to the Olympics and he knows that the only coach in town who can get him there is Coach Marks. So it seems like a simple plan: convince Coach Marks to train him. Everything from there on in is just hard work – and Gus has never been afraid of hard work.

The Federal Aviation Administration, National Transportation Safety Board, and the FBI [515] launched investigations into the crash. [523] [524] [525]

The Bryants' first daughter, Natalia, was born in January 2003. [406] The birth resulted in a reconciliation between Bryant and his parents. Due to an ectopic pregnancy, Vanessa suffered a miscarriage in the spring of 2005. Their second daughter, Gianna Maria-Onore (also referred to as "Gigi"), was born in May 2006. [407] On December 16, 2011, Vanessa Bryant filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences, and the couple requested joint custody of their daughters. [408] [409] On January 11, 2013, Bryant and his wife both announced via social media that they had called off their divorce. [410] In early December 2016, Vanessa gave birth to their third daughter, [411] [412] and in January 2019 the Bryants announced they were expecting a fourth daughter. [413] Their daughter was born in June 2019. [414] [415] Shaq, Kobe lead freestyling West All-Stars past East". NBA.com. February 16, 2009. Archived from the original on May 1, 2010 . Retrieved June 8, 2010. See also: List of career achievements by Kobe Bryant Bryant handling the ball in 2014, when he became the first NBA player with over 30,000 points and 6,000 assists [366]