On a night filled with so many raw emotions and tears before the Lakers' first game since Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gianna, were among nine killed in a helicopter crash last Sunday in Calabasas, California, it was Lillard who paid the ultimate tribute by going full Mamba. I tried not to think too hard on it and just focus on the game," Lillard told Yahoo Sports. I wasn't going to buy into, 'Everyone needed to have the Mamba Mentality.