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LeBron James makes NBA history by becoming the first player to score 40 points against EVERY team in the league as the LA Lakers star continues to show no signs of slowing down in Year 20
Lebron James has made NBA history again by becoming the first player to drop 40 points against all 30 teams in the league, as the LA Lakers star continues to show no signs of age in his 20th year.
In Tuesday night’s Battle of Los Angeles, ‘The King’ also sensationally tied Michael Jordan’s record of three 45-point games, the most of all time, at age 38. James is also now just 177 points shy of tying Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s all-time NBA scoring record of 38,387 points in his career.
He could pass the NBA legend at some point in the next 10 games or less if he keeps up the pace after he had 46 points, eight rebounds and seven assists against the Clippers despite the Lakers losing the game the West Coast rivalry 133-115. .
LeBron James has now scored 40+ points against every NBA team after losing 46 to the Clippers
James also made a career-high nine 3-pointers with 6:45 left against the Clippers, setting a career-high from distance in his 1,404 game. But his brilliance wasn’t enough, as the Lakers never caught up after falling behind by 23 points at halftime.
James spent the final minutes of Tuesday night’s game on the bench after falling in the stands following a steal by Kawhi Leonard with 5:17 to go in the third quarter, as Lakers coach Darwin Ham, he didn’t want to risk injuring all four of them. -time NBA champion before his five-game road trip starting Saturday against the Boston Celtics.
Meanwhile, Kawhi Leonard and company posted their 10th straight victory over the co-owners of the arena in downtown Los Angeles, as the Clippers now ascend to the fifth seed in the Western Conference with an overall record of 26-24.
James is also just 177 points away from breaking Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s all-time scoring record.
Lakers center Anthony Davis (left) will play Wednesday to take the scoring burden off James.
Paul George nearly earned a double-double, scoring 27 points and nine rebounds against the Purple and Gold. The less injury-prone Kawhi Leonard added 25 points in the Clippers’ third straight win overall.
The Clippers made a season-high 15 3-pointers in the first half and scored a season-high 77 points. In the second half, Tyronn Lue’s men added 56 points.
Next up for the Lakers is the San Antonio Spurs 14-33 at home on Wednesday. Center Anthony Davis is supposed to return after a 25-game absence. The 29-year-old suffered a foot injury on December 6 against the Cleveland Cavaliers.
The Clippers will take on the Spurs at home right after James and company on Thursday before traveling to Atlanta to take on the Hawks.