On milestone night, James surpassed Carl Malone to officially reach the second place in NBA regular season scoring list, and the next step is to attack the first place in Abdul-Jabbar.
With 36,928 points (second all-time), James spent just 1,363 games, 113 fewer than Malone and 73 fewer than Abdul-Jabbar.
From when he was young, he broke the youngest record of the league, to the old age, gradually dominated the NBA's major data lists,
These data, like the fans, bear witness to James' growth and also witness his greatness.
Unfortunately, the milestone night that was originally exclusive to James was robbed of the limelight by the wave god that broke out in the last quarter.
Who would have thought? This tall man, who is always ridiculed in his daily life, scored 18 points in the most critical last quarter, completely showing his face in the eyes of fans around the world.
Not only did he show his face, but he also brought a sharp scolding to Vogel' face: "In the end, will you coach, commit suicide five small one, Bo Shen has been fed by you as the first center." ”
Old Zhan broke the record, but failed to win.
That feels like you have saved a lot of money, bought a pair of favorite white sneakers, want to wear out a show, who expected just on the subway, it was stepped on, this is not the end of it, the subway people are too many, the front step a foot, the back step a foot.
You want to dodge, but the crowds of people around you won't allow it.
This has also directly led to the evaluation of James by fans this season, showing a polarized state.
The people who love James, love James to death, that's not it? 37 can still play like this, and it is also the only one in history, right?
Most people who don't love James have the following two views: no matter how good the data is, what is the use of losing? Only attacking and not defending, isn't it just brushing points?
In fact, no matter which side you stand on, you can't ignore an objective fact, a 37-year-old professional player, the physical fitness should have declined significantly.
If the physical fitness of the 37-year-old professional player is not obvious, it means that he has worked harder than you can imagine.
NBA players score more than just the two hours of playing every night, day after day of diet control, pre-game and post-game practice, and post-training body maintenance, which is the biggest challenge that all professional players face.
A year after the driver retired, he declared: "Regret not to retire early", Wade soon after retiring, he said bluntly: "After I got older, I couldn't stand the pain of training." ”
Is it because they can't do it? Of course not, a star of this level has long been accustomed to ten years of asceticism.
But the problem is that when they were young, they "as long as they don't die, they can practice to death", and after the age of 35, even if their willpower allows, their body can not restore function, can not do.
In this case, if you want to maintain the competitive state as much as possible, you need extreme self-discipline, and the difficulty increases geometrically.
You know, they are the most hard-trained people, in this case, but also to pay a multiplier of efforts, how difficult is it? But that's what James is doing now.
Even so, James has seen a marked decline.
His competitive state is no longer able to take care of the offensive defense, if he expends energy on the offensive end, he cannot concentrate on the defense, and if he defends with full strength, he will not be able to play an efficient attack. That is the reality.
When he was young, James was able to dominate both ends of the attack and defense, and now he can only watch the loss in the air, which is also a reality.
Maybe he's not as good as his younger self, but when the team loses, it's obviously unreasonable to blame a player who scored 38 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists on 16-of-29 shooting.
Then again, basketball is a five-person sport, and as far as the Lakers' current situation is concerned, who is to blame and who is not to blame, and it is reasonable? The trickster respects James' self-discipline, but does not hold out any hope for the future of the Lakers this season.
That's probably what most James fans think, right?
The veteran's game to see one less game, fight for a lifetime, at this time do not look down, can only force themselves to look down.