In the NBA regular season Lakers vs. Pelicans, James set another record, surpassing the 37,000-point mark in his career total. However, the Lakers were reversed by the Pelicans with a 20-point lead at halftime, losing the game 108-116 and putting a playoff spot in jeopardy.
The Lakers and Pelicans game went to the second quarter, James faced the defense to shoot a super far three points, which was his 17th point in the game, but also let his career total score exceed the 37,000 point mark, James also became the second player in NBA history to reach 37,000 points, and he is also the only player in NBA history to get 37,000 points and 10,000 assists at the same time. And James once again set a new record of 37,000, the youngest in the history of the scoring segment.
However, James unfortunately suffered another milestone tragedy, the Lakers in the half of the 20 points lead in the second half by the Pelicans reversed, James's performance of 39 points throughout the game is also regrettably reduced to a blank cut.
So far this season, James has created his own great legend, he grabbed the 10,000th rebound of his career this season, he also surpassed Carl Malone this season to become the second person in NBA history to score totals, and he also became the only player in NBA history with 30,000 points, 10,000 rebounds and 10,000 assists this season, but in these milestone games, James lost.
Affected by the knee injury, James missed the Lakers to play and the 76ers, so that before the game against the Pelicans, James got an extremely valuable 6-day break, and James will obviously play in this game, because the Lakers only lead the Pelicans by 0.5 wins before the game, and if they lose this game, they will fall to 10th place in the West.
6 days of rest so that James's physical state has been significantly restored, he quickly entered the state at the beginning of the game, continuous shooting three points on the outside line, helping the Lakers to play a perfect start of 12-0, after which James is still in a state of courage, the entire first half, James scored 25 points, the efficiency reached a terrifying 13 shots 10, under his strong performance, the Lakers led the Pelicans by 20 points at half-time, and the victory was in hand.
However, in the second quarter of the game, James accidentally twisted his ankle during a rebound grab, although James quickly returned to the game, but James's performance in the second half proved that this ankle sprain affected him, after cutting 10 points in the third quarter of 6 shots and 3 points, James was somewhat energy-deprived in the fourth quarter, in the 11 minutes of playing time, he only got 4 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist on 2 of 8 shots, and his 6 jump shot attempts only hit 1 of them, you can clearly see, The ankle injury affected James' leg strength, and in the final moments of the game, James's block against McCollum was blown to interfere with the ball, which ultimately buried the Lakers' efforts throughout the night.
Playing 42 minutes, 14 of 27 shots, 7 of 13 three-pointers, back on the field after 6 days, James's performance is good enough, you really can't ask the 37-year-old James to do more, originally he had a good chance to lead the team to an important victory, but in the end the Lakers still lost to the Pelicans who were more integrated and more energetic in the second half.
When the Lakers have poor results this season, James once said in an interview that he will never give up leading the team to the playoffs, will carry the team on the shoulders, from the results, James undoubtedly did the latter, in the case of Davis's long-term absence, he did carry the team on the shoulders, but now to complete the former, the Lakers have become more and more difficult, after the loss of this game, the Lakers have fallen to the 10th place in the West, they are 0.5 wins behind the Pelicans, ahead of the 11th Place Spurs in the West is 1 win.
From the perspective of the schedule, the Lakers are the toughest of the three teams, and then they have to meet the top six teams in the West such as the Suns, Nuggets, Warriors, Jazz, Lone Rangers, etc. Any game the Lakers want to win will be very difficult, on the contrary, the Spurs and Pelicans have a much easier schedule, they will twice against the Blazers who are now completely rotten, and the Spurs have a game to play with the Rockets, so the Lakers' current 1-win advantage over the Spurs may be filled by opponents in the short term.
Milestones become mileage sad, such a game for James is undoubtedly bitter, the next Lakers want to keep the playoff seat, James must have a better performance, of course, today for James is not completely without gains, with the 39 points cut by this game, James's average score per game to 30.1 points, because today Embiid "only" got 37 points, James once again expanded the advantage in the scoring king competition, He has a chance to become the oldest leading scorer in NBA history at the age of 37, but James must also hope to help the Lakers reach the playoffs in such an extremely difficult season.
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