On April 9, Beijing time, the Lakers' season ended early, and James had no need to come back. Just today, the Lakers officially announced that James will miss the next two games, that is, James officially rubbed shoulders with the scoring king. This season, the "Lakers' Kings" have played a total of 56 games, and according to the league's regulations, the attendance rate must reach 70% to participate in the scoring king's selection, and he is just 2 games behind. In this way, the scoring king will be born between Embiid and the alphabet brother, and the former will win the scoring king is almost a certainty.
James will not play in the next two games, and his full personal stats have been released. This season, the "Pride of Heaven" averaged 37.2 minutes per game, could cut 30.3 points, 8.2 rebounds and 6.2 assists, shooting 52.4% from the field, and people who did not know thought that this was the data of an All-Star center, in addition, the "Little Emperor" also had a three-point shooting rate of 35.9%. Throughout the history of the NBA, there are very few players who can play at the age of 37 and score 25+ points, and it is almost certain that James's 30+ per game will become a "masterpiece".
His outstanding performance also allowed him to create an unprecedented NBA record, which is not difficult to break, but simply cannot be broken. Statistics show that James (37 years old and 100 days) became the oldest player in NBA history to average 30+ years per game in a single season, while he also maintained the record of 30+ youngest players per game in a single season (2005-06, 21 years old). Why is this record unbreakable? Let's take a look at the data of Jordan and Kobe Bryant, the 21-year-old Jordan has just entered the league, and averaging 28.1 points per game is already quite scary, but compared to James, he still has some gaps in scoring with James.
Looking at Bryant's data, the 21-year-old Kobe bryant averaged only 22.5 points per game, and the gap with James was not a little bit, and the 37-year-old Kobe Bryant averaged only 17.6 points per game; and then look at the NBA regular season historical scoring champion Jabbar, who entered the NBA at the age of 22 and averaged only 22.0 points per game at the age of 37, which is a world of difference with James. The difficulty of this record is that to enter the NBA before the age of 21, and just entering the NBA is the peak, you must average at least 30+ per game; and you must play at least 16 seasons, and at least 30+ per game after the age of 37.
Even for the vast majority of superstars in the NBA, it is already difficult to cut an average of 30+ per game before the age of 21, and it is even more impossible to cut an average of 30+ after the age of 37. The biggest difficulty of this record is that it is necessary to achieve an average of 30+ per game before the age of 21 and a feat of 30+ per game after the age of 37, and these two factors are combined, and no one can break it. In the 75-year long history of the NBA, only a basketball geek like James can accomplish such an achievement.
Again, as the old saying goes, James's achievements today are closely related to three factors, the first is his superior physical talent, the second is his hard training for 19 years, and the third is his self-discipline beyond ordinary people, all three of which are indispensable. If nothing else, James will complete the surpassing of Abdul-Jabbar next season and climb to the top of NBA history leading scorers, asking, who can not love such a star.