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Key Moments in Kobe Bryant's Hall of Fame Career

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Goodbye, Inglewood

Photograph By Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE/Getty Images

Showtime! A young Kobe Bryant played above the rim. Here, he glides to the rack in the final season of the Great Western Forum, the Inglewood, California, home of the franchise's previous L.A. titles. The Staples Center would open in the 1999-2000 season with the first leg of a three-peat.