Pau Gasol comforts the late Kobe Bryant's daughter Natalia as they watch the Lakers play after ceremony honoring her father with a statue - four years on from his shock death at 41 in a California helicopter crash

Lakers hero Pau Gasol sat with Kobe Bryant's daughter Natalia - his goddaughter - for Thursday night's game against Denver Nuggets, hours after a ceremony unveiling a statue honoring her late father had been held by the NBA team.