The Lakers today lost back-to-back to the Wizards 119-127 and had no chance of winning back-to-back.
Although James scored 38 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists today, and Westbrook also contributed 22 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists, he still could not help the Lakers win. In the last game, James also cut 30+, and Wei Shao got a triple-double, but he still won through overtime, if it were not for Wei Shao's key three points, the Lakers could not win.
In addition to this victory, the Lakers have only won two victories after the All-Star, and the reason why the Lakers can get these two victories is because James cut 50+, in the game where James did not cut 50+, the Lakers won the game is very difficult, even if James cut 38 points today, he also failed to win.
After the All-Star, James's personal performance is still very good, especially in the past 8 games, James can average 35.4 points, 8.9 rebounds and 5.9 assists per game, shooting 53.8% from the field, 40.3% from three-point range, and twice cut 50+ at the age of 37, resulting in the Lakers only 3 wins and 5 losses.
It can be said that James has done what he can do, but the Lakers' record is still very bad, which is no wonder for James, at least the main responsibility is not on James. Without James, the Lakers might have fallen out of the top ten in the West by now and would have missed the playoffs altogether.
For James, the Lakers are not what he wants now, but he can't do anything, he can still average more than 29 points per game at the age of 37, and even once ranked first in the league, and the result is that the Lakers are still difficult to win. In such a situation, James can only go with the flow. If you can't win, try to score as many points as possible and become the all-time scorer as soon as possible.
After surpassing Malone, James is about to reach the 37,000-point milestone, just over 1,400 points away from Abdul-Jabbar, and is already on the way to becoming the all-time leading scorer.