On March 20, Beijing time, before the Lakers' game against the Wizards, James decided to continue to play with injuries before the game, which means that James hit the historical scoring record today, and with 20 points, he can surpass Malone to enjoy the second place in history; the last 45 minutes of hard fighting and today's back-to-back battle away, James still refuses to take a break.
Yesterday the Lakers beat the Raptors in overtime, James played 45 minutes to bomb 36 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists, the Lakers won another big credit is Wei Shao - the fourth quarter final moment steals and shoots a three-pointer, overtime life and death moment assist Bradley to shoot the winning three points; and today's back-to-back combat, James refused to take a break, and made a decision to play before the game.
As for whether James should play today, the famous Perkins tweeted: If I were LeBron, I wouldn't be in tonight's game, and then make history in Cleveland on Tuesday!! Don't mind if I say that.
James' appearance means that today will break the record, the current James regular season total score is 36909 points, as long as he takes another 20 points, he can surpass Carl Malone to rise to the second place in the all-time scoring list, and confirm the impact of the great record.
So far this season, James has played in 52 games, averaging 29.7 points, 8.1 rebounds, 6.2 assists, 1.4 steals and 1.1 blocks in 37.1 minutes per game; the Lakers are currently ninth in the West with 30 wins and 40 losses, and for the Lakers, every win or loss in the last 12 games is important.