PORTLAND, Ore. -- Nearly two decades after first meeting at a USA Basketball camp, LeBron James, playing for his third NBA team, and Carmelo Anthony, playing for his fifth, matched up once again in the Los Angeles Lakers' 136-113 win over the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday.
James got the better of Anthony, putting up 31 points, eight assists and seven rebounds to the Blazers star's 15 points, three rebounds and three steals.
"It's always special," James, 34, said of facing Anthony, 35, in 2019 after first connecting as teenagers. "I can't even lie, it's always special to be on the floor with a brother of mine.