Kobe Byrant, who has died in a helicopter crash at the age of 41, is regarded as one of the greatest basketballplayers of all time.

科比·布莱恩特，41岁因空难离世，被认为是史上最杰出的篮球运动员之一。

Here is why:

（用数字）来告诉你为什么：

1

The number of Most Valuable Player awards Bryant won. Theaccolade is given to the best-performing player in the regular season - Bryant won it in 2007-08.

布莱恩特获得1次最有价值球员奖。这一荣誉授予常规赛季表现最佳的球员——布莱恩特在2007－08赛季获得。

Also his number of Oscar wins. Bryant won the award for best short animated film in 2016 for Dear Basketball, a five-minute film based on a love letter to the sport he wrote in 2015.

他还获得过1次奥斯卡奖。布莱恩特在2016年因为《亲爱的篮球》获得最佳动画短片奖，这是一部5分钟长的电影，根据他在2015年给篮球运动写的情书拍摄。

2

The number of NBA Finals MVP awards won by Bryant, in 2008-09 and the following year. It is also the number of Olympic gold medals he won, helping the United States top the podium in 2008 and 2012.

布莱恩特分别在2008－09和2009－10赛季获得过2次NBA总决赛最有价值球员奖。他还在2008年和2012年奥运会获得过2块奥运金牌，当时美国位于奖牌榜第一名。

Also the number of shirts the Lakers retired in his honour - eight and 24.

湖人队为向他表示敬意，退役了两件球衣——8号和24号。

4

All-Star MVP Awards won - in 2001-02, 2006-07, 2008-09 and 2010-11. He is tied with Bob Pettit for the most in NBA history.

在2001－02、2006－07、2008－09和2010－11赛季共4次获得全明星最有价值球员奖。他和鲍勃·佩蒂特是在NBA历史上获得该奖项次数最多的人。

5

Bryant won five NBA championships.

布莱恩特获得过5届NBA总冠军。

9

Just four players in NBA history - Bryant, Michael Jordan, Kevin Garnett and Gary Payton - have been selected for the NBA All-defensive first team nine times.

NBA历史上只有4位球员——布莱恩特、迈克尔·乔丹、凯文·加内特和加里·佩顿——9次入选NBA最佳防守阵容一阵。

11

He made the All-NBA First Team selection 11 times, second-equal with Karl Malone. LeBron James is the only player to have made it in 12 times.

他11次入选NBA最佳阵容一阵，与卡尔·马龙并列第二。勒布朗·詹姆斯是唯一一个入选12次的球员。

15

That is how many starts Bryant has made in the NBA's annual All-Star Game - the second most in history, one behind James, who was selected to make his 16th just two days ago.

布莱恩特15次入选NBA一年一度的全明星赛首发阵容，是历史上入选次数第二多的球员，第一名詹姆斯两天前第16次入选。

16

And 16 is the number of times Bryant has played on Christmas day - again, the most in NBA history.

布莱恩特16次在圣诞节当天打球，在NBA历史上占第一。

18

As well as making 15 starts, Bryant was picked for the All-Star Game 18 times in a row. That is the longest streak in NBA history and only Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, with 19, made the All-Star Game more times.

除了入选15次首发，布莱恩特连续18次入选全明星赛，属NBA历史上连续入选次数最多。总次数仅次于卡里姆·阿卜杜·贾巴尔，他入选全明星赛共19次。

20

Bryant spent 20 seasons with the Lakers. Only Dirk Nowitzki, who had 21 seasons with the Dallas Mavericks, has had a longer one-club career in the NBA.

布莱恩特在湖人队打了20个赛季。在NBA一个俱乐部打球时长仅次于德克·诺维茨基，他在达拉斯独行侠队打了21个赛季。

25

The number of games in which he scored 50 points - only Wilt Chamberlain (118) and Michael Jordan (31) have scored 50-plus points more times.

科比在25场比赛中得分50分或以上，仅次于威尔特‧张伯伦（118场）和迈克尔·乔丹（31场）。

60

The number of points scored against the Utah Jazz in his final game. It was the seventh time he had scored 60-plus points and the first time he had achieved the feat since 2009.

他在最后一场与犹他爵士队的比赛中得分60分。那是他第7次得分超过60分，也是自2009年以来第一次达到这一成绩。

81

When the Lakers beat the Toronto Raptors 122-104 on 22 January 2006, Bryant scored 81 of his side's points. Only Wilt Chamberlain, with a 100-point gamein 1962, has scored more.

湖人队在2006年1月12日以122比104分打败多伦多猛龙队时，布莱恩特单场得分81分。仅次于威尔特·张伯伦于1962年创造的单场100分纪录。

5,640

Bryant's 5,640 points scored in the NBA playoffs is the fourth highest total in NBA history behind James (6,911), Jordan (5,987) and Abdul-Jabbar (5,762).

布莱恩特在NBA季后赛中总共获得5640分，在NBA历史上是第四位，前三位分别是詹姆斯（6911分）、乔丹（5987分）和贾巴尔（5762分）。

33,643

Bryant, who made his debut in the 1996-97 season, scored 33,643 regular season points, putting him fourth on the all-time scoring list behind Abdul-Jabbar (38,387), Karl Malone (36,928) and LeBron James (33,655),who overtook Bryant while playing for the Lakers on Sunday.

在1996-97赛季出道的布莱恩特常规赛季总共获得33643分，在总得分榜上位于第四名，前三名分别是贾巴尔（38387分）、卡尔·马龙（36928分）和勒布朗·詹姆斯（33655分），詹姆斯星期天在湖人队比赛时超过了布莱恩特。

​48,637

His 48,637 minutes played is the eighth-highest total in the NBA.

他总共打球48637分钟，在NBA历史上占第8位。

单词与短语

1. helicopter crash，直升机坠毁

2. Most Valuable Player (MVP)，最有价值球员

3. Olympic gold medal，奥运会金牌

4. retire，退役

5. All-Star MVP Awards，全明星最有价值球员奖

6. NBA All-defensive first team，NBA最佳防守阵容一阵

7. All-NBA First Team，NBA最佳阵容一阵

8. All-Star Game，全明星赛