Throughout Andrew Bernstein’s nearly four decades taking photos for the NBA, the longtime Lakers photographer has captured no shortage of iconic basketball moments. Scroll through his website and you can see the framework of recent NBA history. There are photographs of Magic Johnson tangling up with Larry Bird, images of Johnson and Michael Jordan together and pictures of the young No. 8 Kobe Bryant flying above opposing players. He’s even captured Bryant dunking on LeBron James and documented Stephen Curry’s euphoria when celebrating an NBA championship.
But Bernstein, who is also the official team photographer for the Clippers, Kings and Sparks, says the photograph that he took on Thursday night of James soaring for a reverse windmill dunk against the Rockets has probably gotten the most play in the moment of any of his images.