"The fact that we lost probably the world's greatest Laker, the world's greatest basketball player is just - listen, people are going to say take your time and get better, but this is going to be hard for me," O'Neal said. TNT was supposed to televise a doubleheader, but the NBA canceled the Lakers-Clippers game that was scheduled to be the nightcap because the Lakers organization is still too devastated after the death of Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, in a helicopter crash Sunday. All the basketball idols that I grew up (watching), I see them.