The Lakers beat the Rockets 132-123 on the road today to end a five-game losing streak.
James was brilliant today, playing 39 minutes and finishing in a triple-double of 32 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists on 11-of-19 shooting. In the past 5 games, James has cut 30+, averaging 34.4 points, 10 rebounds, 6.4 assists, 1.6 steals and 1.4 blocks per game, shooting 58.2% from the field, but unfortunately the Lakers only won one game.
So far, James has only played 23 games this season, but has cut 30+ 13 times, leading the league. After today's game, James' season average also came to 27.6 points per game, ranking third in the league, behind Durant and Curry.
It is worth mentioning that this is James' highest scoring per game in the past 12 seasons since the 09-10 season (29.7 points per game).
In today's game, James also managed to reach the 36,000-point milestone, becoming the youngest player in history to score 36,000 points, and in addition to James, only Abdul-Jabbar and Carl Malone scored more than 36,000 points in their careers. In two days (December 30, local time), James will celebrate his 37th birthday, so he just reached this milestone before the age of 37.
In fact, James should have reached this milestone a long time ago, but unfortunately he suffered two major injuries after joining the Lakers, missed many games, and the past two seasons were shrinkage seasons, originally the game was less, so James's milestone of 36,000 points was also postponed, which also affected him to surpass Jabbar to become the historical scoring king, and also affected him to become Mr. Forty Thousand Points.
Still, James has great hopes of becoming the all-time scoring champion, as well as Mr. Forty Thousand. Although James is almost 37 years old, he has been very good at the offensive end this season, averaging at the top of the league in points per game, and 30+ times also leading the league, as long as he maintains this offensive state, James can also get the lost time back and continue to impact the historical scoring king and Mr. Forty Thousand.