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Via boston25news.com. As everyone deals with the heartbreaking news that Kobe Bryant, his daughter, and seven other people died in a helicopter crash in California yesterday, tributes to the NBA legend are appearing around the country.
Here in Boston, where Kobe wreaked havoc on the Celtics at the Garden, the escalators at TD Garden on Causeway St. were bathed in Laker purple. A billboard on I-93 in Braintree has a photo of Kobe with the word, "Legend."
Joe Giza of WBZ-TV put together a fantastic clip of Kobe talking about how special it was to play the Celtics. You can see his eyes light up when he talks about the rivalry. Check out the video and tributes from Celtics players past and present...