Oregon women's basketball star Sabrina Ionescu was in tears before Sunday's game against Oregon State as she mourned the loss of her friend Kobe Bryant. The Los Angeles Lakers legend and his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, died in a helicopter crash on Sunday morning.
TMZ was the first to report that Bryant was among five people on a helicopter when it went down in the hills of Calabasas and a fire broke out. The crash occurred before 10 a.m. PT, and the fire made it difficult for firefighters and emergency personnel to get to the aircraft, according to the Los Angeles Times.