Kobe Bryant Finds Team Plane Decked Out In Celebration

Kobe Bryant Finds Team Plane Decked Out In Celebration Of His Points Milestone

By Cory Buck | Dec 15, 2014

Dec 14, 2014; Minneapolis, MN, USA; Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant (24) celebrates after surpassing Michael Jordan on the NBA All-Time Scoring List during the second quarter against the Minnesota Timberwolves at Target Center. Mandatory Credit: Brace Hemmelgarn-USA TODAY Sports /

The Los Angeles Lakers team plane was decked out in celebratory signs after Kobe Bryant passed Michael Jordan for 3rd all-time in points scored.

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Kobe Bryant has scored more points than all but two players to ever appear in the NBA. The feat didn’t go unnoticed when he clinched that distinction with a pair of free throws in Minnesota, and it certainly didn’t escape the peripheral of those manning the Los Angeles Lakers team plane after the game.

Watch below as Kobe enters the team plane, which was decked out to congratulate Bryant on becoming the third-highest scoring player in NBA history.

Ever the professional, Kobe Bryant keeps chugging along even as the Lakers flounder around him. The team sits at 8-16 after their 100-94 victory over the Timberwolves, but that’s not for lack of Kobe, who has averaged over 25 points per game during the team’s wretched start. Now Bryant sits behind only Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Karl Malone on the all-time points list.

There’s no word on whether or not there was a big cake with 32,923 candles on it to celebrate each of Bryant’s NBA points, but it appears the team at least made sure to give the five-time champion the special recognition he deserves for not only piling on the points, but for doing so with the same team for so long.

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