Yazid Powell pulled off the ultimate Kobe tribute, scoring 81 points in a junior college ...
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Yazid Powell doesn´t usually wear No. 24. But a Community College of Beaver County teammate who has the number knew Powell was a lifelong Kobe Bryant fan. Just for one game, on Monday night, Kobe´s old jersey number would be Powell´s number. That was just the start of the tribute. The night after Bryant and eight others died in a helicopter crash, Powell, a freshman from West Philadelphia, pulled off maybe the most unique Kobe tribute of them all --scoring 81 points, matching Bryant´s famous 2006 NBA career high. Related stories Lower Merion High honors Kobe Bryant with 33-second moment of silence Zhaire Smith no longer wearing No. 8 for Sixers in honor of Kobe Bryant Sixers pay tribute to...