Earl Lloyd died February 26, 2015, the day LeBron James had his season high of 42.
LeBron James=42, Slavery=42, Jackie=42…

That was 98 days before the NBA Finals began that season.
National Basketball Association=98

It was on the 57th day of the year *NBA Finals=57

Chuck Cooper, the first black player drafted into the NBA, died a span of 113 days from the start of the 1984 NBA Finals, won by his drafting team, the Celtics, over the Lakers. Those NBA Finals began May 27, 1984.
*The National Basketball Association=113

He died on the 36th day of the year *Cooper=36

Nat Clifton died 78 days after the NBA Finals ended that year, June 14 1990.
NBA Finals=78

That year the Finals were won by the Detroit Pistons, the historically black city, from the 42nd Parallel North. It goes with the long history of 42, from the “bus,” to Jackie.
Nat Clifton=42