Two Olympic medals, 4 times MVP of the All-Star Game, 11 first-season selections and 60 memorable points in the retirement game.
Kobe Bryant. Shock in the whole world of sports
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Kobe Bryant, one of the greatest basketball players of all time, was killed yesterday in the crash of his private helicopter in Clavas, California, and the world is having trouble digesting the news. Bryant was one of the great players in the history of the game. Team-wise, he won five NBC championships with the Los Angeles Lakers and two Olympic gold medals with the US team (2008 and 2010).
Lakers fans try to find solace in the Los Angeles rivers // Photo: Reuters
His personal cupboard is cluttered: He was selected once for the regular season's outstanding player (2008), twice for the finalist of the final series (2009, 2010), participated 18 times in the All-Star Game, was included 11 times in the season five, nine times in the season's defensive five and even In 2009, he was named the decade-long basketball player for the prestigious Sporting News magazine.
Kobe Bryant's career in numbers:
1 regular season MVP (2007/8)
2 MVP of the final series (2008/9, 2009/10)
2 Olympic gold medals (2008, 2012)
2 of his jerseys were secreted by the Lakers and hung in the hall ceiling (8 and 24)
4 All-Star Game MVP (2001/2, 2006/7, 2008/9, 2010/11)
5 championship rings
9 selections for the first defensive quarter of the season
11 first-season squad selections
18 appearances in the All-Star Game (15 in the Quintet)
20 seasons in the Los Angeles Lakers
25 games in which he scored more than 50 points
60 points in his retirement game against Utah
81 Kobe's career record against Toronto in 2006, second only to Willett Chamberlain's 100
5,640 The number of points he scored in playoff games
33,643 Number of points scored in career, fourth on all-time scoring list
48,637 minutes on parquet in the best league in the world
