As you can see, after the All-Star Game, the Los Angeles Lakers won only three games, two of which James cut 50+.
This season's Lakers have become more and more like the Titanic that hit the iceberg, but like Captain Edward Smith when the ship sank, LeBron also tried to turn the tide, carrying the team to the surface in a situation that already seemed doomed to failure.
But after all, the age is not spared, although it is still the level of the first gear, but the dominance of the offensive and defensive ends is no longer the courage of 27 years old.
Playing back-to-back against the Washington Wizards, it makes sense for the 37-year-old to take a break: on the one hand, he is fourth in the league in terms of playing time averaging 37 minutes per game; on the other hand, it makes more sense if he leaves the scoring record of Carl Malone in the next game in Cleveland.
But the reality is that you can't win without stopping, and you may not be able to fight back after taking a break.
Although the Wizards have a mediocre record and are unlikely to impact the playoffs, they do not want to tie their hands and play against the Lakers at the beginning. LeBron was hot and scored 23 points in the first half. In the second quarter, he scored with an empty cut to score a layup to complete the overtaking of Karl Malone.
Throughout the game, he scored 38 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists with more than 50% shooting. As a result, James scored more than 36828 points in 1363 regular season games, 113 fewer than Malone and 73 fewer than Abdul-Jabbar.
Anthony, who is also in the top 10 of the all-time scoring list, said after the game: "I'm in awe that LeBron can keep climbing this list. I confess that when I was younger, I felt that no one could surpass Malone and Abdul-Jabbar. ”
When He broke Jordan's scoring record at Staples three years ago, James was so excited that he sat with his head in a towel for nearly two minutes in the middle of the game. But this time he just smiled at the camera and said, "Don't be busy celebrating, the game is not over yet." "Why is it so calm? Because James knows that these records are his sooner or later, it is only a matter of time before the record is broken, and the outcome of the game may be more important.
Abdul-Abdul-Jabbar has held the NBA's record for the number one scorer for 33 years, and James is now only 1,440 points away from Abdul-Jabbar's record of 38,387 points. With James averaging 29.8 points per game this season and 27.1 points per game in his career, it seems like it's only a matter of time before he surpasses Abdul-Jabbar.
After surpassing Jabbar, it is a 40,000-point achievement, and judging by LeBron's state, will it be the top of the mountain, overlooking the mountains and small mountains? That position on high, cold, was the most complete end of his brilliant career.
Asked after the game if he wanted to be the all-time scoring champion, James said: "For many years I played in my own way, and these things happened naturally, through me playing the right way on the court, trying to win every game, playing for my teammates and so on. I've always put myself in a position where I've been successful for most of my career. I wish I could achieve that achievement at some point in my career, but I won't think much about it until that moment. ”
That's what James has been doing all his career.
He was the widow of the last era, in that era when the inside line was king, O'Neill vs Duncan, he came to the NBA, and people always said that the Suns led the NBA into the era of small ball, but LeBron could adapt to any era in the history of basketball.
He played in five positions from point guard to center, and he always stressed that he was not a scorer, but he was still the best scorer in NBA history.
In the early years, fans always liked to say that James played by body. It is said that after 30 years, with the decline of physical functions, he will disappear into the crowd, but James not only tempers his body like a steel bone, does not see many traces of aging, and also polishes his technology to perfection.
In fact, he averaged eight three-pointers per game this season (a career high) and shot more than the league average (35.7 percent).
Admit it, James's career is a great legend that cannot be copied, maybe this season's Lakers have performed badly and can't be separated from him, but how long can you watch him?
When James really leaves the NBA, will those who enjoy him every dark day miss him?
This season's James inevitably reminds me of Kobe Bryant in the 15-16 season. At that time, the Lakers were also devastated and hopeless. Bryant's performance is really struggling most of the time, but the fans still have difficulty being harsh on him too much, and when the legend comes to an end, even if you watch him play iron on the court, your mind will still be his playoff kill scene.
Forget about the victory or defeat of the game, quietly appreciate the basketball legend of our time, don't wait for him to retire, and then regret it.
PS: the game lost life has to continue, the other day's "never leave" a lot of friends have received, gave a very high evaluation, really thank you brothers for support, to be honest because the specifications of this set of books are indeed relatively high, the pricing is not low, brothers really like to place orders, do not blindly support Ha.
I must say that there are many books that have written Kobe Bryant, and there may be those who have written better than mine, and I can only guarantee one thing: all the Chinese who write Kobe Bryant will not have my NBA experience and professionalism, and it is impossible to get so close to the people in the book as close as I am. So, like the NBA, like the Lakers, like Kobe's friends, all the other books about Kobe I recommend you to buy and read, but I suggest that you can collect a book, for the boss, but also for our common youth and feelings.