Per ESPN, The Los Angeles Lakers were still talking about LeBron James’ unintended tribute to Bryant with his breakaway dunk in Thursday’s game against the Houston Rockets.
The slam by James, a double-clutch reverse off an outlet pass from Avery Bradley, appeared to be a carbon copy of a dunk Bryant threw down on Nov. 18, 2001, against the Sacramento Kings — from the approach to the launching spot to the side of the court at Staples Center being the same.
“Ever see the movie ‘The 6th Man’?” James asked after the Lakers’ 125-120 victory over the Warriors. “Kobe came down, put himself in my body and gave me that dunk on that break.”
The movie James was referring to, released in 1997, starred Marlon Wayans and Kadeem Hardison as brothers on the University of Washington men’s basketball team. Hardison’s character, Antoine Tyler, dies of a heart attack during a game, and his ghost comes back to help his brother, Kenny Tyler, played by Wayans, and the team.
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