On January 2, Beijing time, Lakers star LeBron James updated the social media and forwarded his performance in the last 7 games: averaging 36.0 points per game and shooting 58.0%, becoming the first Lakers player to score 30+ in seven consecutive games since Kobe Bryant in 2012, or the oldest player in NBA history to score 30+ in 7 consecutive games. His former teammate Perkins also forwarded the data, paired with 3 goat (GOAT) emoticons, representing the best in history.
In fact, throughout December, James's performance was phenomenal. Data experts give James' overall performance in the final month of 2021: averaging 30.7 points, 9.3 rebounds and 6.5 assists per game, shooting 55.5% from the field and 40.4% from three-point range, and he is also the oldest player in NBA history to average at least 30 points per game (at least 5 games) per game in a single month.
Some fans believe James should be named December's Western Conference Player of the Month, but the Lakers' record may be the biggest obstacle to his failure to be elected. The Lakers played 14 games in December and only achieved a record of 6 wins and 8 losses, with a winning percentage of less than 50%. James' personal data is very good, but it is likely that the team's record did not qualify for this honor. So far in his career, James has won the Player of the Month honor 40 times, the last time in February 2020.
Judging by the player's December performance, the Western Conference's best of the month is most likely to be produced between Mitchell and Curry, the Jazz played the league's best record of 12 wins and 2 losses in December, surpassing the Warriors, and Mitchell's December average also surpassed Curry.com.
The US media also posted an interesting statistic, that is, James scored at least the number of games of his age (including the playoffs) in a single game every year, obviously, the more difficult it is to go back. He scored at least 21 points in 83 games at the age of 21, the most games, and at the age of 37, he has scored at least 37 points in 1 game, which is 43 points against the Blazers.