On January 13, Beijing time, the Los Angeles Lakers lost 116-125 to the Sacramento Kings. In this game, James scored 34 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists and 1 block. In this way, the US media counted the data about James, indicating that old Zhan really can't move the team.
According to statistics, James has played a total of 30 games this season, and in these 30 games, he has scored a total of 872 points, the second highest score in the first 30 games of his career so far in a single season, after the 914 points in the 2005-06 season. It is worth mentioning that in the 2007-08 season, James scored 870 points in the first 30 games.
James has scored 30+ points on 11 occasions in the last 12 games, during which time the Lakers have a 5-7 record. Therefore, this seems to confirm that no matter how hard James tries, he still can't lead the team.
In addition, James scored at least 30 points for the 19th time this season, which is also leading the league. In these 19 games, the Lakers have only achieved a record of 10 wins and 9 losses.
After the game, Vogel said about James' performance: "He kept telling me that he felt that he was in good shape and didn't feel that the physical load was too much".
In today's game, James said of Westbrook's sluggish shooting performance: "Keep up the good work, he got some good shooting opportunities, just didn't hit the shot".