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    Bill Plaschke: After this week's events, Lakers are now LeBron James' team

    by Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times Feb 02, 2020 4 minutes

    LOS ANGELES - He stepped up when he threw down.

    The transformation of LeBron James from disconnected stranger to genuine Laker was completed Friday night at Staples Center when he began his classic pregame speech honoring Kobe Bryant by tossing away a wrinkled piece of paper and speaking from his heart.

    The greatest Lakers moments have always occurred when the greatest Lakers have dared to go off script.

    Jerry West against New York. Magic Johnson in Philadelphia. Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant against Portland. Derek Fisher in San Antonio. Robert Horry against Sacramento.

    When the pressure is at its highest, the greatest Lakers have always torn up the map and forged their own path, and so

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