Kobe Bryant was killed in a helicopter crash Sunday in California, along with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven other people. It is known that the helicopter 【小题1】(carry) Bryant and the others crashed into a hilly area in 【小题2】(fog)conditions, and the cause of the crash is still   【小题3】investigation.

Bryant was 【小题4】(wide)considered one of the greatest basketball players of his generation during his 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers. After the tragic accident, many 【小题5】(celebrity)showed their great grief over the 【小题6】(lose)of the great basketball player. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said, "Kobe 【小题7】(remember)forever for inspiring people around the world to pick up a basketball." All-time basketball great Michael Jordan said Kobe was a   【小题8】(choose) one and he would miss those conversations very much.

Thousands of people gathered to remember the star outside the Staples Center in Los Angeles, 【小题9】the Los Angeles Lakers played their home games. From then on, the city would not be   【小题10】it used to be due to the death of the great basketball star.

Michael Jeffrey Jordan （ born February 17, 1963 ）, also 【小题1】（know）by his initials, M J, is an American former professional basketball player, entrepreneur, and majority owner and chairman of the Charlotte Bobcats. His biography on the National Basketball Association（NBA） website states, “By acclamation （喝彩）, Michael Jordan is the 【小题2】 （great） basketball player of all time.” Jordan was one of the most 【小题3】（effective）marketed athletes of his generation and 【小题4】（consider） helpful in popularizing the NBA around the world in the 1980s and 1990s.

After a three-season career at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 【小题5】 he was a member of the Tar Heels national championship team in 1982, Jordan joined the NBA’s Chicago Bulls in 1984. He quickly grew as a league star, entertaining crowds 【小题6】 his plentiful scoring. His leaping ability earned him the nickname “Air Jordan”. He also gained a reputation for being one of the best defensive 【小题7】（play）in basketball. In 1991, he won his first NBA championship with the Bulls, and followed that achievement with titles in 1992 and 1993, securing a “three-peat”. Although Jordan suddenly retired from basketball at the beginning of the 1993-1994 NBA season to pursue a career in baseball, he rejoined the Bulls in 1995 and led them to three 【小题8】（addition） championships（1996, 1997 and 1998）as well as an NBA-record 72 regular-season wins in the 1995-1996 NBA season. Jordan retired for 【小题9】 second time in 1999,   【小题10】 returned for two more NBA seasons from 2001 to 2003 as a member of the Washington Wizards.