The Los Angeles Lakers host the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday. It's the first game the Lakers are playing since the tragic death of Kobe Bryant.

The L.A. Live campus outside Staples Center has become a large Kobe memorial ever since he died this past Sunday in a helicopter accident. Hundreds of thousands of people have made their way through L.A. Live in the past week, leaving flowers, jerseys, candles and much more to honor Kobe.

However, fans hoping to watch the Lakers' game against the Blazers on the LED screens at L.A. Live are being told to stay away because it will not be shown, according to Baxter Holmes of ESPN:

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But as the Lakers prepare to play their first game since Bryant's passing, against the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday evening at Staples Center, officials are asking that fans do not visit L.A. Live, where the game will not be shown on the LED screens outside the arena.

“If you do not have a ticket tonight for the Lakers game, do not come down to L.A. Live,” said Lee Zeidman, the president of Staples Center, Microsoft Theater and L.A. Live. “Stay home with your loved ones. It's going to be a tremendous emotional tribute to Kobe, Gianna and the seven others and you don't want to miss it. We're not showing it on any LED screens here in downtown Los Angeles, so stay home with your loved ones, watch this tremendous tribute by the Los Angeles Lakers to the Bryant family and the others who lost their lives and hug your loved ones tonight, because you just never know.”

LeBron James and Anthony Davis are eager to lead the franchise to banner No. 17 to honor Kobe, his daughter and the other lives lost in the helicopter crash.

The Lakers have the best record in the Western Conference at the moment.