No game today — Jan. 28, 2020

This cartoon, by the late Bill Gallo of the New York Daily News, which captures the tragedy of Thurman Munson’s death at 32, is what Mike Breen was talking about on Sunday during the Knicks-Nets game. We urge you to listen to his monologue here.

The Lakers and Clippers just don’t feel like playing ball today, either. They announced last night the game, scheduled for Tuesday, would be postponed. That’s OK, fellas.

The next Lakers game is Friday at Staples Center. 

More great writing on Kobe:

• Bleacher Report: The making of an NBA icon

• Yahoo! Sports: The tragedy of losing Kobe because he was trying to be the best dad

• Yahoo! Sports: Admiring Kobe Bryant’s maturation from afar

• The New York Times: Kobe Bryant always believed in his own greatness

More Kobe moments:

• When Matt Barnes tried to make him flinch

• When Chris Rock tried to make him laugh

• When Kobe destroyed his teammates and made Jimmy Kimmel laugh without saying anything

• When Kobe, after a bad loss, forced all of his teammates to throw away their Nike Kobes

• When Kobe rapped on a Destiny’s Child song

• When Kobe’s high school point guard crashed a press conference and got a great answer out of him

• When a young Kobe and Jimmy Fallon went on a beer run

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