LeBron James Honors Kobe Bryant by maintaining LA Lakers’ perfect on road record


LeBron James Honors Kobe Bryant by maintaining LA Lakers’ perfect on road record
LeBron James and Anthony Davis

LeBron James pays tribute to his friend Kobe Bryant in the most special way possible. The former scored 46 points for the LA Lakers to maintain the perfect on road record for the defending champions. LeBron James went all guns blazing in the 4th quarter against the Cleveland Cavaliers, scoring 21 of his 46 points in that particular quarter. The win for Los Angeles came on the eve of the one-year anniversary of Lakers legend Kobe Bryant’s tragic death in a helicopter crash. Anthony Davi scored 17 points for the Lakers. 

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In the last 12 minutes, James made 9 out of his 10 shots. Which included a veteran 34-foot 3-pointer. Perhaps LeBron’s performance was a reminiscent of what Kobe Bryant might do as well. Talking about the Cleveland Cavaliers, Andre Drummond scored 25 and added 17 rebounds for the Cavaliers. 

LeBron scores 46 on his old court home to Honor Kobe Bryant

“Really awesome,” Lakers coach Frank Vogel said after laughing when asked to describe what he witnessed. “His shot making was just ridiculous. If I was playing against him, I really don’t know what I’m doing to slow him down if he’s shooting that well.” 

“When he’s playing like that, it’s fun to watch,” Davis said. “He wasn’t missing. He was everywhere on the floor.” 

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Due to COVID-19 restrictions, there were only 2,000 fans inside 18,000-plus-seat Rocket Mortgage Field House, which was known as Quicken Loans Arena when James led the Cavs to the 2016 NBA championship and ended a 52-year title drought in Cleveland. 

The sparse crowd welcomed him warmly and the building was dotted with plenty of fans wearing James’ purple-and-gold LA jersey. 

It was only James’ second trip back to Cleveland since he left the Cavs for the second time as a free agent after the 2018 season. As last year’s game was cancelled by the pandemic. 

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