The Los Angeles Lakers will wear their “Black Mamba” alternative jerseys on 8/24 for Game 4 of their first-round matchup against the Portland Trail Blazers, according to Dave McMenamin of ESPN.

Bryant’s wife, Vanessa, shared an image of the uniform, including a white heart patch with the No. 2 for Gigi Bryant:

The Lakers and Blazers kick off their first-round series on Tuesday. It's the first playoff game for Los Angeles since 2013. That's the season Kobe Bryant willed the Lakers to the playoffs but tore his Achilles tendon and didn't play against the San Antonio Spurs in the first round of the 2013 postseason.

While LeBron James, Anthony Davis and the Lakers are favored to defeat the Blazers, Portland has the hottest player on the planet right now in Damian Lillard and three other explosive scorers in CJ McCollum, Carmelo Anthony and Jusuf Nurkic.

With that said, the Lakers can't sleepwalk during this series. The Blazers aren't your normal No. 8 seed and could upset Los Angeles if James and Co. don't come out focused.

The Lakers have the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference. The last time Los Angeles was this good was back in 2010 when Bryant led the team to the championship over the Boston Celtics in seven epic games. That was Bryant's final title with the Lakers and his fifth overall.

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