A spectator got fans buzzing about his resemblance to the Lakers star.<\/p>\n
LeBron James<\/strong> confirmed the identify of a \u201clookalike<\/strong>\u201d fan who was spotted near him during the Lakers game against the Rockets on Halloween<\/strong>.<\/p>\n It didn\u2019t take a lot of sleuthing for the NBA star<\/strong>. He and the mystery man are longtime friends, and James<\/strong> acknowledged some resemblance in a funny Twitter<\/a> post.<\/p>\n But first, let\u2019s rewind to when fans began chattering on Twitter about the \u201cdoppelganger<\/strong>\u201d sitting near James at Staples Center. A photo taken of them off of a TV left people jokingly hypothesizing about \u201ca glitch in the matrix\u201d and \u201ctime travel.\u201d<\/p>\n James later picked up on the vibe of the thread and wrote: \u201cTrue definition of 2 places at the same damn time!! Somebody tell Pat C if he wants to be me for Halloween just ask me. LOL.\u201d \u201cLet\u2019s give a little backstory for the internet,\u201d he wrote on an Instagram Story featuring a photo of him and James.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Those who watched the Halloween<\/strong><\/a> clash between the Los Angeles Lakers<\/strong><\/a> and Houston Rockets<\/strong> at home found themselves befuddled when the camera pointed at LeBron James<\/strong><\/a> in the second quarter.<\/p>\n The shot unveiled a mystery fellow sitting behind James, who looked exactly like the four-time NBA<\/strong><\/a> champion. The burly man wore a dark round hat and grey clothes, reaching for a handful of an in-game snack, probably popcorn.<\/p>\n Jokes of James<\/strong> discovering time travel and coming back to watch himself win his fifth ring spread across the Internet. Others thought Spectrum SportsNet\u2019s cameras serendipitously found the Year 19 veteran\u2019s doppelg\u00e4nger<\/strong> in the frame with the real James.<\/p>\n But the All-Star forward put an end to the Lakers\u2019 faithful\u2019s fun, revealing that the night\u2019s most-wanted man was designer and former NBA player Patrick Christopher<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n
The man in question is fashion designer Patrick Christopher, according to an ESPN<\/strong> reporter. He was briefly an NBA player<\/strong>, and he\u2019s the brother of Rockets rookie Josh Christopher and a longtime pal and ex-basketball camp employee of James.
Christopher seemed to get a kick out of the attention, and he joked in an Instagram Story that he ended up \u201cbeing a twin\u201d and was fielding calls for \u201cSpace Jam 3.\u201d
Christopher noted that he worked at James\u2019 basketball camp while he played collegiately at Cal.<\/p>\n\n
LeBron James Reveals Patrick Christopher As His Mystery Halloween Doppelg\u00e4nger<\/h2>\n