On January 26, 2020, I slept until midnight that morning, woke up like my biological clock, and turned on my phone habitually. The screen was full of news: NBA legend Kobe Bryant died in a plane crash. From then on, I never fell asleep again until dawn.

From your student days to your graduation from college and your entry into the world, we have witnessed you scoring 81 points in a single game, 4 consecutive games with 50 points or more, almost being traded to Chicago in the summer of 2007, your lonely departure from the North Shore Garden Arena in Boston in 2008, 2009 and 2010. Back to the top. As you grow older, injuries begin to affect your competitive status. After the Achilles tendon ruptured in 2013, you pulled back and continued to play to complete free throws. In retirement, you gave your best for 60 points... You left us so many indelible memories. memory.

Time flies so fast. In the summer of 2016, Kobe left the NBA, and that year was also the first year that I left college and entered the workplace. At that time, I always felt that 30 years old was an unattainable age. Looking back in the blink of an eye, 18 years old was already far away from me. I can no longer sweat like a middle school student on the basketball court. As we enter middle age, we are always busy with work. Any recreational activities that are not related to work will give you a sense of guilt.

Looking back, I really miss the summer of 2009. I was still in high school that year. In that era before smart phones were popular, I would go to the newspaper office near the school every once in a while to buy an issue of a magazine or newspaper related to Kobe Bryant, and open the newspaper to read the articles in my spare time. , I look forward to Kobe and the Lakers taking a further step forward in the scoring and rankings. After losing at the Boston Garden in 2008, Kobe and his Lakers reached the Finals again the next year, and this time he proved that he could win the championship without O'Neal🏆. The Lakers brought us so much excitement that summer, and I still remember many of the scenes after winning the championship.

Balloons, saxophones, riot police, champagne, the sound of cameras and screams filled the Staples Center.

The summer of 2009 was a sunny summer, and it was also the summer when I was about to enter adulthood from a minor. Perhaps, what we miss is not only Kobe, but also the youthful years that we can never go back to. Friends who grew up together are now busy with their own lives, and we have entered the adult world. The adult world is far more complicated than campus life in middle school.

In 2016, Kobe left the NBA. In 2020, Kobe crashed and passed away. Gone with Kobe is our youth that we can never get back.