LeBron James broke his streak of 1,297 consecutive games with double digits in scoring in the regular season, and he did it by not taking a last shot by passing the ball so that the Lakers they ensured victory 120-123 before the Toronto Raptors.
“What do I think about the end of the streak? Nothing. We won”
‘King’ James, who December 30 will be 41 years oldI give her the assist Rui Hachimura (12 points) to score the winning triple when he was wearing 8 points (4 of 12 on 2-point shots and 0 of 5 on triples), 6 rebounds and 11 assists.
The basketball gods, if you do well, usually reward you
“What do I think about the end of the streak? Nothing. We won,” LeBron said after the game.
Just playing the game well…always making the right play. That has been my modus operandi throughout my career, without hesitation even once.
“Just playing the game well… always making the right play. That’s been my modus operandi my entire career, without hesitation even once,” King James noted.
LeBron gives away his streak of 1,297 games with double digits in an act awarded by “the gods of basketball”
JJ RedickLakers coach, asked about LeBron’s decision to assist Hachimura even though he would lose his streak, was clear: “The basketball gods, if you do well, usually reward you.”
If you have the best player to ever touch a basketball, willing to make a sacrifice or make the right play every time… when you have someone like that, everyone falls in line.
“If you have the best player to ever touch a basketball, willing to make a sacrifice or make the right play every time… when you have someone like that, everyone falls in line,” he said. Austin Reeves about LeBron’s decision to give a winning assist, mortgaging his record.
The Lakers shooter stressed that “for everyone who is killing him his entire career to make the right play. If he had thrown it, they would have told him to pass it; if he had passed it, they would have told him to throw it. I take my hat off because he only cares about winning and making the right play.”
How was the world when LeBron James began his streak of 1,297 games in double figures?
The last time LeBron James did not score 10 points in an NBA game was January 5, 2007, when Luka Doncic was 7 years old, the iPhone had not yet been released, The Sopranos was still on the air, the Marvel cinematic universe did not exist and Cooper Flagg was 15 days old.
LeBron gives away his streak of 1,297 games with double digits in an act awarded by “the gods of basketball”
With Doncic out, the Lakers’ leader was Austin Reaves with 44 points, 10 assists and 5 rebounds
The other main protagonist of the Lakers’ victory, who played without Luka Doncic (out due to the birth of his second child), was Austin Reaves with 44 points, 10 assists and 5 rebounds.
Deandre Ayton (17 points and 8 rebounds) and Jake LaRavia (14 points) were other standouts for the purple and gold, who have won eight of their last nine games.
Scottie Barnes (23 points), Brandon Ingram (20 points) and Jakobe Walkers were the best for the Raptors.
