Here is the @paugasol tribute that just played on the @STAPLESCenter videoboard. https://t.co/q6pxs6W65L
— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) January 30, 2015
For the first time since his departure from the Los Angeles Lakers, Chicago Bulls power forward Pau Gasol returned to Los Angeles to play the Lakers, a city he called home for 7 years.
Gasol partnered up with his close friend Kobe Bryant achieved great success in Los Angeles highlighted by their back-to-back titles in 2009 and 2010. The Lakers might not have achieved such feats without the services of Gasol in the Purple and Gold uniform.
In the most recent series of video tributes, Gasol was honored in the first quarter during a timeout of the Bulls versus Lakers game on TNT.
Gasol had 20 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and handed out 6 assists on the night but it wasn’t enough as the Lakers defeat the Bulls in double overtime.