The Los Angeles Lakers returned to practice on Wednesday for the first time since franchise legend Kobe Bryant’s death in a helicopter crash.

Still raw from the shocking death of Bryant — retired since 2016 but a familiar voice to many on this year’s squad, including star LeBron James — no players addressed the media following the session at the Lakers’ practice facility in El Segundo, Calif.

But coach Frank Vogel told reporters that the team wants to honor Bryant’s memory when they hit the hardwood again.

“We want to represent what Kobe was about, more than anything,” he said. “We’ve always wanted to make him proud, and that’s not going to be any different now.”

Bryant, 41, his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, and seven others were killed when their helicopter crashed in the hills of Calabasas, Calif. around 9:45 a.m. Sunday, en route to a youth basketball tournament in which the teen was set to play.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation, but officials have said that pilot Ara Zobayan was flying through dense fog and at too low an altitude to be guided by ground-based radar.

“It’s been something that has touched my family, being the father of daughters, and it’s been very emotional,” said Vogel. “It’s something that brings us together.

“I’m around the people who were closest to Kobe throughout his time here, and it’s been just a deeply saddening time for all of us,” he added.

A Tuesday night tilt between the Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers was postponed.

The purple-and-gold are next slated to take on the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday night in Los Angeles.

With Post wires