The Lakers won 132-123 on the road today to end a five-game losing streak and not fall out of the top eight in the West for the time being.
James continued to do very well today, scoring 30+ in the fifth consecutive game, playing 39 minutes and shooting 11-of-19, including 3-of-5 three-pointers and 7-of-9 from the free throw line, with a triple-double of 32 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists.
After scoring 30+ in his fifth consecutive game, James has scored 30+ 13 times in 23 games this season. In addition, today's game is also the fifth time that James has won a 30+ triple-double after the age of 35, and all the other players except James have only two 30+ triple-doubles after the age of 35.
After scoring 32 points today, James's career total score reached 36,001 points, successfully reaching the 36,000 points milestone, becoming the third and youngest player to score 36,000 points.
It is worth mentioning that James will soon celebrate his 37th birthday (December 30th), and it is also meaningful to reach this milestone on his 37th birthday and before the end of 2021. Of course, the most significant thing is that the Lakers won today, ending a 5-game losing streak.
After reaching the 36,000-point milestone, James will reach two other important milestones this season, that is, the total rebounds and total assists are both 10,000. After today's triple-double, James's career total rebounds reached 9912 and total assists to 9851, and will soon reach the 10,000 milestone.
Based on James' average of 7 rebounds and 7 assists per game this season, james can get 10,000 rebounds in a dozen more games, and 10,000 assists in more than 20 games.
In this way, James will become the first player in history to get 30,000 points, 10,000 rebounds and 10,000 assists, of course, 36,000 points, 10,000 rebounds and 10,000 assists. Next, James is also expected to hit the 40,000-point milestone and achieve the feat of 40,000 points, 10,000 rebounds and 10,000 assists.