After 50 minutes of a single game, the crowd turned on the blowing mode, and even James himself sent a lot of dynamics, and the mood was obviously very excited. After all, the 37-year-old can still get 50 points, which is indeed very gratifying, and it has also risen to the first place in the scoring list, which is even more rare. However, I don't know if you have noticed James's playing time? His playing time is also high now, especially after Davis's injury, James' playing time is even higher. Such a James is undoubtedly reminiscent of Kobe Bryant, who also tried to lead the team into the playoffs at the end of his career, but suffered the worst injury of his career.
James' playing time is also too high now! He played 36 minutes against the Wizards, 45 against the Rockets, then 39 against the Warriors, 37 against the Clippers and 38 minutes against the Lone Rangers. Unless he goes into garbage time early, James will have to play more than 35 minutes. And James has played 40 minutes many times, which is also the forefront of the league. James now averages 36.9 minutes per game, and as a 37-year-old veteran, he even has to play 36.9 minutes per game, which shows how tiring it is. James averaged 37 minutes per game last season, and this season is close to that number.
I thought that after coming to the Lakers, James could get the burden reduction, but I didn't expect it to be intensified. James can now rise to the top of the scoring average per game, and the playing time is also very high, bearing in mind that alphabet brother averaged only 32.8 minutes per game, Embiid averaged 33.1 minutes per game, and even Morant averaged only 33.3 minutes per game. They are all younger than James, but they are not as long as James. The Bucks do a good job of protecting The Alphabet Brother, often taking turns, and the playing time cannot be too high and well controlled. James, on the other hand, is often struggling to lead the team, who is 27 years old and who is 37 years old?
The Lakers are really fierce! Surprisingly letting James fight for so long did not have much protection for James. Not long ago, James was injured, only to rest for a while before returning and continuing to get high scores. Now James is really good, 50 points per game, 56 points per game, and even he himself is very excited, posting "Haven't you been entertained?" And he also said after the game: "I want to keep it in a hot state like a game, and I feel a heavy responsibility on my shoulders." From these words, we can also see James's helplessness, not that he wants to fight for so long, is not working hard! The Lakers' record continues to decline, seeing that even the 9th place in the West can not be saved, if the Lakers can not even enter the playoffs, not only become a joke, but also a heavy loss.
That's why James had to step up, 37 years old, but play like a 27-year-old. However, James played like this, don't become the next Kobe-like tragedy. In the 12-13 season, the Lakers formed a luxurious lineup, and the result was a bad run-in. In order to lead the team into the playoffs, Kobe Bryant continued to play with high intensity, and as a result, he suffered a serious injury to his Achilles tendon. Before the injury, Bryant averaged 38.7 minutes per game, which is a little more crazy than James. Bryant also played 40 minutes many times, rarely gaining playing time. After this injury, Bryant's career took a sharp turn for the worse.
Now James has embarked on the old path of Kobe Bryant, the Lakers are also composed of luxury big three, the result is not useful, the chemistry is too poor, as the star of the house, James has to stand up and lead the team many times, hoping to help the Lakers advance into the playoffs. The 37-year-old still plays like this, and it's really easy to get hurt. James rarely got injured before coming to the Lakers, but after coming to the Lakers, there were also minor injuries. Before Kobe Bryant was seriously injured in the Achilles tendon, he was rarely injured, but after the Achilles tendon was seriously injured, Kobe Bryant soon had to choose to retire. And now the Lakers are undoubtedly wasting james's career peak, he should have played like this in the playoffs or even the Finals, and chose the regular season to play like this.