Lakers win NBA title, Vanessa Bryant congratulates team on championship win

October 12, 2020

Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty ImagesBy ABC News

(ORLANDO, Fla.) — Game 6 of the NBA Finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and Miami Heat ended with LeBron James and Anthony Davis leading the Lakers to their 17th championship Sunday night, after beating the Heat 106-93.

Vanessa Bryant, the widow of the late NBA star Kobe Bryant, celebrated the team’s victory by expressing her heartfelt congratulations to the Lakers and team general manager Rob Pelinka.

“Congratulations Uncle P! Congratulations Lakers,” Bryant penned in a Sunday night Instagram story, via her daughter Natalia. “Kobe was right RP ‘stay the course- block out the noise’ –

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