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Kobe Bryant dishes an assist to test-weary high schoolers

Retired NBA player Kobe Bryant poses at the 2016 AFI Life Achievement Award Gala Tribute to John Williams on June 9, 2016, in Los Angeles. Bryant was killed in a helicopter crash Sunday near Calabasas, Calif. / Invision photo via AP by Chris Pizzello
Retired NBA player Kobe Bryant poses at the 2016 AFI Life Achievement Award Gala Tribute to John Williams on June 9, 2016, in Los Angeles. Bryant was killed in a helicopter crash Sunday near Calabasas, Calif. / Invision photo via AP by Chris Pizzello

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Kobe Bryant has come through with an assist for some high school students in Indiana by getting them out of a final exam.

William Pate told the retired NBA superstar on Twitter that if Bryant gave him a retweet, the students wouldn’t have to take a final exam.

Pate included a picture of himself and his teacher shaking on the deal. Bryant came through on Thursday, quoting Pate’s request and adding a note , “Hope you have an A in this class.”

Bryant retired last year after 20 years with the Los Angeles Lakers.