Beijing time on January 8, in an NBA regular season game that ended today, the Lakers defeated the Hawks 134-118, winning 4 consecutive wins, which is the lakers' first 4 consecutive wins this season, this team that has been suffering from various tribulations before, now seems to have finally gradually entered the right track, with the victory of this game, the Lakers are currently ranked 6th in the West, And it's only 0.5 wins away from the 5th-place Lone Rangers in the West, and while it looks like there's still a lot of gaps from the 4th-placed Grizzlies in the West, from now on, the Lakers aren't without a chance to return to the Top 4 in the West because they have LeBron James.
No one expected that the 37-year-old James not only became the Lakers' starting center this season, but even played an extremely fearsome efficiency, in this game, James played 36 minutes, 13 of 24 shots, including 1 of 6 three-pointers, 5 of 5 free throws, 32 points, 8 rebounds, 9 assists, 4 steals and 3 blocks, and set a number of great records in one game.
First, at the age of 37, James has scored more than 25 points in 10 consecutive games, according to ESPN statistics. James became the far-leading oldest player in history to score 25+ in 10 consecutive games, surpassing Michael Jordan's previous record in 1997 (at 34).
Secondly, according to statistically from statistic media StatMuse, since 1975, in addition to James, no other player over the age of 34 has played 30 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals and 3 blocks. That is, James did the only achievement in history.
In addition, according to the lakers' official statistics, James thus became the oldest player in NBA history to achieve single-game 30 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 steals and 3 blocks. In the last 10 games, James has scored at least 30 points in 9 games and is extremely efficient, such a steady and terrible output, which has allowed James to perform better than Durant and Curry in recent times, and these two are regarded as MVP big hits this season, the league's best player candidates, but now it seems that James is still the best one.
After the game, Lakers reporter Raj Brar wrote: "I remember every recent season being played out in the same loop: Oh my God, LeBron has slipped! Oh my Goodness, how can LeBron do this!? Oh my God, is LeBron still the league's best player? Learn your lesson – it was all designed by him. "There is no doubt that James has once again impressed a lot of people with his recent strong performances. I believe that the remarks about James getting old and not working will gradually disappear.
But in fact, James is really old, in the game when the camera captures some of James's close-ups, you will find that now James's hair has been some gray, and from the beginning of last season, you can see that James's white beard has gradually become more, as a European and American, itself will appear earlier in the characteristics of physical aging, most Europeans and Americans will gradually beard, hair white after the age of 35, James also can not escape such a law, he is really 37 years old after all, but because of this, When James continued to play at the top of the court, he was even more amazingly respectful.
It is worth mentioning that after this game, James surpassed Alvin Robertson in total career steals and rose to 10th in the all-time steals list. This is James' 19th season, and he's still the league's best player, still fighting for the championship, which is a great miracle in itself, and maybe after James, it's hard to see such a legendary superstar.