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Photos: Lamar Odom attends Lakers game as Kobe Bryant’s guest

Kobe Bryant left tickets for Lamar Odom at the Staples Center.
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Former NBA star Lamar Odom was in attendance at the Staples Center on Wednesday night to watch Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers take on the Miami Heat.

Bryant left tickets for Odom to pick up, according to ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne. Odom also played for the Heat from 2003–04.

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Odom played for the Lakers from 2004–11 and won two NBA championships. He was traded to the Dallas Mavericks in 2011.

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Odom was hospitalized in Los Angeles and in physical therapy after he was rushed to the hospital following a stay at a Nevada brothel that left him unconscious on Oct. 13, where he is also suspected of using cocaine and sexual performance enhancing drugs.

In the days that followed, Odom regained consciousness and his condition improved enough to relocate from Las Vegas to L.A. 

Odom made his first public appearance at a Kanye West fashion show at Madison Square Garden last month.