Star power
No other player attracts as much adoration in an NBA arena as Kobe Bryant. Bryant walked onto the court for warm-ups before the game and everyone in the building knew it. There was a wall of cameras surrounding the Lakers end of the court as Kobe shot, with plenty of shouts for autographs coming from the stands. Kobe seems very much at home at the center of it all.
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