Well worn

Such a wonderful thing, when apparel and moment come together.

And so come with us to last night in the bubble in Orlando, where the Los Angeles Lakers and the Denver Nuggets were duking it out in Game 2 of the NBA Western Conference 2020 Coda/2021 Preview Finals. The clock was down to scraps. The ball swung around on the Lakers end. And there was Anthony Davis, left unattended out on the 3-point arc.

He rose. He released. The ball described a perfect arc, rotating gently, and then splashed down as the horn blared.

Boom. Lakers 105, Nuggets 103, two-games-to-none lead in the series.

And AD shouting "Kobe!" as the ball sluiced through the net.

Because, you bet, this was a Kobe dagger to a fare-thee-well, and not only that, it was a Kobe dagger dressed for the occasion. Because the Lakers were sporting the all-black Black Mamba unis designed by the Black Mamba himself.

If there were any further evidence needed that there celestial hands sometimes guide the works of man, I don't know what it would be. 

Or that Kobe may be gone, but he will never be forgotten.

"It's a constant reminder that Kobe is with us, and we kind of have the spirit in those jerseys," Davis said later.

So it would seem.