Geno in Los Angeles....

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Some more coverage and quotes.

‘We promise to carry Gigi’s legacy:’ Geno Auriemma, Diana Taurasi among speakers at public memorial service for Kobe and Gigi Bryant

To Geno Auriemma and Diana Taurasi, Kobe Bryant wasn’t just a mega-basketball star who defined his time, and Gianna ‘Gigi’ Bryant wasn’t just Kobe’s daughter. To Aurie…

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and another focusing on Gigi. So heartbreaking.

The Legacy of Mambacita

Something magical happens when a girl touches a basketball for the first time. Power is in her palms. She can do anything, be anything. When she is on the court, she doesn't have to shrink...

bleacherreport.com

Gigi is 11. She and her family are at the Final Four, hoping UConn will take it all. But the Huskies lose in the semifinals on a last-second shot in overtime by Notre Dame's Arike Ogunbowale.

Walking out of Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, Gigi is crying her eyes out. And she's angry. Her face is all twisted up. She gets into a car full of family and crosses her arms tightly across her chest.

Kobe sees her in the rearview. "You OK?" he asks.

"When I get to UConn," she manages, between tears, "this is never happening! I promise you that!"




Outside the poignancy of the story itself, I find it remarkable how I am sure Kobe would gravitate and enjoy Arike's last second shot as being Mamba mentality but Gigi saw team over individual.

 

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and another focusing on Gigi. So heartbreaking.

The Legacy of Mambacita

Something magical happens when a girl touches a basketball for the first time. Power is in her palms. She can do anything, be anything. When she is on the court, she doesn't have to shrink...

bleacherreport.com

Gigi is 11. She and her family are at the Final Four, hoping UConn will take it all. But the Huskies lose in the semifinals on a last-second shot in overtime by Notre Dame's Arike Ogunbowale.

Walking out of Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, Gigi is crying her eyes out. And she's angry. Her face is all twisted up. She gets into a car full of family and crosses her arms tightly across her chest.

Kobe sees her in the rearview. "You OK?" he asks.

"When I get to UConn," she manages, between tears, "this is never happening! I promise you that!"




Outside the poignancy of the story itself, I find it remarkable how I am sure Kobe would gravitate and enjoy Arike's last second shot as being Mamba mentality but Gigi saw team over individual.

Ready to avenge a loss she wasn't even part of. Wow!