Imagine an NBA without the Los Angeles Lakers. Elgin Baylor (right, with Clippers owner Donald Sterling) can laugh today, but the plane crash wasn't funny. A pretty damn dull league, if you ask me.
Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna were among the nine victims who died in a helicopter crash on Jan. 26 The Los Angeles Lakers — the ... up about the emotional plane ride home.
the Lakers quickly reestablishing their defensive intensity after a four-game road trip where they never totally made it off the plane. “We knew we had to be better,” Luka Doncic said.