Lakers' LeBron James arrived for Friday's Pelicans game sporting the jersey of fellow LA superstar Shohei Ohtani

The Dodgers rallied from a 5-0 deficit and are off to the best start ever for a defending World Series champion at 8-0.

The latest win — which sunk the Braves to a worst-case scenario 0-7 — came via Shohei Ohtani's walk-off home run and the only thing more epic than the blast was the team's celebration, which seemed to mock one of Ohtani's Japanese commercials.

Shohei Ohtani is that man. With the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Atlanta Braves tied 5–5 in the bottom of the ninth, Ohtani smashed the first pitch he saw for a 399-foot walk-off home run to win the team's eighth game of the season.

Even though Shohei Ohtani is inarguably the best player on the Los Angeles Dodgers, the question of who is the best athlete on the team has raised some debate for the reigning World Series champs. Speaking to The Athletic's Ken Rosenthal about the topic, Mookie Betts definitively declared himself to be a better overall athlete than Ohtani.

The Los Angeles Dodgers improved to 8-0 when Shohei Ohtani capped off their comeback against the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday, marking the best start ever by a reigning World Series champion.

The Dodgers are off to the best start ever from a defending champion — and have still yet to reach their peak form.

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