After the game, Odom hung out with Bryant and caught up with another former teammate, Dwyane Wade of the Heat.
Later Wade tweeted, \"\"Made losing this game not matter \"as much\" after getting a chance to spend time with my guy LO.\"
Odom has been in recovery since he was found unconscious at a legal Nevada brothel last October, after reportedly suffering several strokes and kidney failure. He was released from the hospital in January.
\"In Vegas, he was [on death's doorstep],\" Bryant later told an ESPN reporter. \"To see him walking around now, like nothing happened. It's really a miracle. It's beyond good to see him.\"
Odom's only other public appearance was in February at Kanye West's fashion show in New York.
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