Kawhi Leonard devoted his NBA All-Star Game Kobe Bryant MVP Award to the Los Angeles Lakers terrific for whom it’s called.
Leonard’s 30 points assisted Team LeBron beat Team Giannis 157-155 in Chicago on Sunday night.
The award was relabelled in honor of Bryant, the Lakers terrific who passed away in a helicopter crash together with his 13- year-old child, Gianna, and 7 other individuals last month.
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Leonard thanked Bryant, informing “The NBA on TNT”: “It suggests a lot to me.
” Words can’t even describe, simply making this the first Kobe Bryant MVPtrophy I wish to thank Kobe for whatever he (has) provided for me, all the long talks, the exercises, thank you.
“This one is for him.”
Leonard added: “( The NBA) did a terrific task with the format this year. They had us come out playing hard in the 4th quarter and completing for an overall points score.
” That’s practically how we got to completing out there.”