Give me one pinch-me moment and I’ll remember it forever. Give me a second pinch-me moment and … I’ll remember it forever.

That’s what Lakers center Deandre Ayton seemed to be saying as he reflected on a couple core memories, one from when he was a rising sophomore in high school and the other one fresh, from just that night, Nov. 18, LeBron James’ season debut and his first game as Ayton’s teammate.

“Fun fact,” Ayton said he told James: “That’s my second alley-oop from you. The first one was when I was [a rising high school sophomore] at your camp.”

“[James] was court-hopping and playing with the campers and I remember the one play of him in the drill with me,” Ayton continued. “He threw that alley-oop, and I finished it.”

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