LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers had no issue getting past the Portland Trail Blazers in Game 4 of their opening round playoff series on Monday night at Walt Disney World.
James, however, wasn’t focused much on the specifics of that 135-115 win when the final buzzer rang.
He was busy both thinking about honoring former Lakers star Kobe Bryant on “Kobe Bryant Day,” and about Jacob Blake — the Black man who was shot seven times by a police officer in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Sunday afternoon.
“I’m extremely blessed and honored to be able to play on 8/24 and continue to remember Kobe Bryant and Gigi Bryant and all the fallen people that was a part of that tragic incident,” James said on TNT after the game.