With a 36-10 run in the third quarter, the Los Angeles Lakers managed to repel the Orlando Magic at home, thus winning a second straight win in the absence of Anthony Davis and stabilizing their sixth place in the West.
In this campaign, the most eye-catching in the whole game is undoubtedly the Purple and Gold Army's main player LeBron James. The thirty-year-old man handed over a 30 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists report card with a 60% shooting rate, not only gaining his second triple-double of the season, but also harvesting a large number of legendary records that belonged to him. What's more interesting is that the childlike old Zhan not only dominates the game in terms of data and game progress, but also makes himself the focus of the whole field in some actions other than the winner or loser of the game - LeBron really knows how to live broadcast!
It happened in the third quarter, instead of the thick eyebrow brother as the starting Dwight Howard was unusually active, Master Huo in the process of flying to save the ball, a move "looking back at the moon" accidentally smashed the basketball into the face of opponent Wendell Carter, the ball was impartial just to knock out the two lenses carter was carrying. Originally, Master Huo was also unintentional, and it was common in the fierce NBA-level confrontation, but the next development became strange because of James's intervention.
The 36-year-old James immediately picked up the lens that had fallen on the ground at the first time of the incident, and just when everyone thought that old Zhan would return the lens to Wendell Carter, he saw him put the lens on his face with interest - no mistake, without the frame, two lenses appeared on the face of the old Zhan. At this time, the high-definition camera on the sidelines also knew how to cooperate, and immediately gave James a close-up of his face, knowing that he could freeze for three seconds while filming his old Zhan. The players on both sides must have been able to bear with such a serious and funny James, and the originally tense game was slightly relaxed because of this small episode.
But the joke is a joke, and James is not ambiguous at all. Throughout the third quarter, James shot 5-of-7 and single-handedly grabbed 14 points, more than the Magic scored across the team. As a tank team in the east, magic was very unlucky to bump into old Zhan to open the "full strength Zhan" mode, which was too back, and could not fight and fight, so he had to throw in the towel.
James' impeccable play has also set several records in one fell swoop. Coupled with his 30 points, seven rebounds and 11 assists in a game against the Kings on Nov. 27, James is once again the only player in NBA history who can achieve 26+6+7 multiple times in a single season over the age of 32. Why say "again"? Because as an evergreen tree in the league, James has achieved this achievement in the three seasons of 2016-19.
In addition, James is also the most triple-double player over 35 years old who has more than 30 points, according to Statemuse's statistics, James has won 30+ triple-doubles a total of 4 times after the age of 35, more than everyone else combined, in addition to him, only Kobe Bryant and Big Bird Bird have done 1 time each. Considering James's current competitive state, he will continue to belong to his legend in the days to come, and further widen the gap with others.
However, even if James played such a performance, and played a tricky game on the field, it can be said that the data and ratings were both hard to grasp, but still failed to satisfy everyone. Number one Jamhee Skip-Bayless fired again, choosing to attack james in the face of the weak team Magic but frequent dunks and muscles: "I like to watch LeBron celebrate running in front of the field, and play celebratory dunks against a team with 5 wins and 22 losses (the best player Sagas is absent). So, he's fake Goat, and Jordan would never do that kind of thing. At the same time, Bayless also questioned the gold content of James's triple-double.
It's hard to get everyone to agree, especially the number one black fan like Bayless. But James, who has been in the league for many years, has long been accustomed to all this, and as he is about to celebrate his 37th birthday, it is good to see that the 17th All-Star still maintains such a competitive level. It was also the first time That Old Zhan had made a silent protest that he had not won a vote for an MVP candidate. Under his leadership, what heights can the Lakers reach? Can Old Zhan and the Lakers respond to outside doubts with actions like in the 2019-20 season? Let's wait and see.