The king is dead, long live the king. A sentence that we will never have to pronounce for LeBron James in the NBA, as the King seems eternal. At almost 38 years old, Bron Bron again posed a classic last night, and his match allows him to climb one place in the ranking of games with 30+ career points.
We are still waiting for anthology matches for the opposition between rival Bostonians and Angelinos, and tonight night owls were not disappointed. Tip-off at 4 a.m. in the city of angels for a shock that will go until overtime, where the guys from Bean Town finally imposed themselves behind a huge Jayson Tatum. However, the trio of Lakers stars have never ceased to carry the team, combining between them three 90 points, 35 rebounds and 17 assists (in the 90s, that’s the stats of a team). Big game for the King therefore, which borders on the triple-double with 33 points, 9 rebounds and 9 assists. Seventh game at 30 or more points this season for LeBron James, but above all the 516th of Chosen One’s career.
And it is thanks to this 516th match passing the bar of 30 pawns that LBJ goes up a notch in the list of players who have achieved this performance the most times. The King thus climbs to second place in the standings, ahead of a certain Wilt Chamberlain. Even for LeBron James, that feat is no small feat, as Wilt the Stilt has performed in scoring throughout his career. One example among many others? His series of 65 consecutive games beyond 30 units, almost an entire season, more than double his dolphin in this list (James Harden with 32 games).
Congrats to @KingJames of the @Lakers on moving up to 2nd on the All-Time 30-POINT GAMES LIST! pic.twitter.com/ZrZ70z8Biu
— NBA (@NBA) December 14, 2022
Next step, the throne of the list. But for that, it will be necessary to go beyond the master in the matter: His Airness in person, Michael Jordan. With 562 games over 30 points, Air Michel still holds the record. For the record, this 30-point bar, Jordan passed it in more than one game out of two during his career, 52.4% of the time more precisely, he who played “only” 1072 games career regular season.
But can LeBron James do it? Without a doubt, if the Chosen One persists in wanting to stay in the Big League. Because it seems complicated to envisage that at 37, soon 38, the co-boss of the Lakers will catch up with MJ by the end of the season. That would require him to plant all 30 pawns in 46 of the remaining 56 regular season games. Not impossible therefore, but highly improbable, especially taking into account the possible sores or layoffs of the King by the end of the season.
Another new accomplishment to add to the long list of those held by the kid from Akron, and soon perhaps the absolute record of the category. In any case, that’s all the harm we wish him.
Source texte : NBA