The Los Angeles Lakers player turned 40 on December 30. The broken brand remained unbeaten since Jordan’s retirement.
That Lebron James is one of the most important players in the history of basketball is not new. The player surprises every week with his skill and relentless longevity – a few days ago he turned no more and no less than 40 years old – and, in the last few hours, broke a record that was owned by Michael Jordan and it seemed unattainable: The player scored 30 points and became the NBA’s all-time leader in games with this score.
The incident occurred during the Los Angeles Lakers’ 119-102 victory over the Atlanta Hawks last Friday night. Thus, James reached his 563rd game of 30 points or more in his career, breaking the mark set by his idol more than 20 years ago.
The historic record that Lebron James broke
At 40 years old, the player from Akron, United States does not stop and continues to break records. James became the leading scorer in NBA history on February 7, 2023 when he broke Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s mark and later made history again by becoming the first player to reach the 40,000 points.
Becoming the NBA’s leading scorer requires making many points, consistently, for many years, something Jame knew how to do. But, this consistency brought him one more surprise: James managed to break the record of his idol who, until a few hours ago, was the player with the most games of 30 points or more in the history of the American league.
With a jump shot just over 5 meters from the rim with 6 minutes left in the fourth quarter, Lebron James reached 30 points and, in this way, surpassed Jordanwho has 562 matches with this brand.
The number 23 of the Los Angeles Lakers converted 9 points in the last quarter and, with the help of Austin Reaves’ 20 and Anthony Davis’ 18 points and 19 rebounds, he managed to take the victory against the Atlanta Hawks. Thus, his team added its seventh victory in the last 9 games to reach fourth place in the Western Conference
The shocking injury of an NBA star: “It was devastating”
Detroit Pistons guard Jaden Ivey suffered a fractured fibula in Wednesday’s 105-96 win over the Orlando Magic. The basketball player, who scored 22 points (the most on the team) along with four assists, was taken off on a stretcher in the fourth quarter after a collision with Cole Anthony of the rival team in the NBA.
With 10:07 left in the fourth quarter of Wednesday night’s game, he and guard Anthony each went in search of a long rebound that was deflected toward the top of the zone. The ball came in the direction of Ivey, who sought to attack the rim with a momentum that took him towards the zone. Anthony came from a side angle and was behind Ivey, but He lunged for the ball and reached it before him.
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