On January 20, Beijing time, the Lakers played at home against the Pacers, the 37-year-old James opened the scoring mode early, scored 10 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists in the first quarter of 9 minutes, 6 shots and 4 shots, and continued to break the first record in history in 1073 consecutive games, surpassing Jordan's total number of regular season appearances.
Before the game, James arrived at the stadium 4 hours early and sweated to warm up and say that he had been activated.
The game officially began, James opened with the ball to break through the layup, for the Lakers to score the first goal of the game, Howard two free throws, Westbrook outside the three points opened early, and then James held the ball a dragon crushing basket, showing the killer skill, the ball into the small Sabonis foul; because the impact was too strong, James fell near the basketball rack, saw Wei Shao ran over for the first time, and pulled up James, and also patted the head of old Zhan.
James did not reason with a goal to stop the Pacers, timed back, James outside the three separate fire, and then assist Wei Shao blasted into three points, the Lakers offense smooth; James in the first 6 minutes of 3 shots efficiently got 7 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, after the game James sat directly on the floor to rest; after a while, old Zhan sat back on the bench.
The Lakers continued to extend the lead during the break; with 2 minutes and 43 seconds left in the first quarter, James came back on the court, assisted Anthony's shot and scored, and then stopped the opponent; then James retreated three points from the outside line and hit again, and after a game, the Lakers led by 9 points 32-23 in the first quarter.