Here is what you need to know before the Lakers hit the Bay against the Golden State Warriors.
1) LeBron and a moment of serendipity
In one of the most spectacular plays of his career, LeBron James also (whether he knew it or not) paid an incredible tribute to Kobe Bryant.
All alone on a breakaway against Houston, LeBron gathered himself and threw down a mind-blowing, two-handed reverse windmill. It just so happens that Kobe had a mirror image play … on the same exact basket … 19 years earlier.
Same arena.