LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony continue a curious tradition

James’ first NBA home game came in 2003 against Anthony’s Denver Nuggets. James had seven points, 11 rebounds and seven assists in a loss. James’ first home game in his 2014 return to the Cleveland Cavaliers was a loss against Anthony’s New York Knicks. James scored 17 points with five rebounds and four assists.

“Once he gets in the game — whenever that may be — it’s going to be the same as always,” James said before Saturday’s game against Houston. “Just that brotherhood, just knowing how far we’ve come in our career to still be at this point in our career.

“There was a lot of conversation between basketball, between life, everything,” James said. “We had a lot of conversation. That’s just…