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Posted: 2020-02-07T01:56:03Z | Updated: 2020-02-07T01:56:03Z

The public memorial for NBA legend Kobe Bryant will be held at Staples Center, the home court for the Los Angeles Lakers , on Feb. 24.

The date represents the jersey numbers worn by Kobe and his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, also a victim of the helicopter crash that killed nine people on Jan. 26 in Calabasas, California.

Kobe, 41, retired from basketball in 2016, and the Lakers retired both of his jersey numbers, 8 and 24, in 2017. Gianna, a rising star athlete, played basketball and wore the No. 2 jersey for both the Mamba Sports Academy in Thousand Oaks, California, with Kobe as her coach, and at her school, Harbor Day School, in Newport Beach.

Harbor Day School retired Giannas jersey number on Wednesday during a memorial for the eighth-grader.

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