I wanted to go for a Harlem Globetrotter feel, like the two of them were just toying around with the New York defense - which of course they were - and evoke some acrobatics like you see in the Globetrotter games, hence LeBron waiting for Kobe to pass him the ball and get another ally-oop.  If you’ve ever seen the movie “Hook,” you know that the Lost Boys do something similar, tossing the basketball around between them above the backboard.

 

It’s rare where I use the vertical orientation, but you really can’t do this cartoon in landscape because everyone would either be squished or drawn very small in order to fit everything in.

 

I do especially like the third Knick’s reaction as Kobe’s foot hits him.  Having the mouthpiece shoot out was a last minute thought I added.