Beijing time on January 1, in an NBA regular season game that ended today, the Lakers won the Blazers 139-106, this game Lakers star LeBron James continued to make a big fuss, played 29 minutes, 26 shots 16, including 10 three-pointers 5 of 10 shots, free throws 9 shots 6, got 43 points, 14 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks, with the play of this game, James' average of points per game this season has reached 28.6 points per game, and as a result, the number of games has been enough to finally qualify for the regular season scoring list this season.
Now that James' points per game has come to the second place in the league, only 1.3 points per game from Durant, who currently ranks first in the scoring list, the two are averaging 29.9 points per game and 28.6 points per game, considering James's recent hot state, as well as Irving's return and Harden's recovery, Durant's average points per game may drop slightly, and James's average points per game are likely to continue to rise.
It is worth mentioning that this is the second time after 12 years that James and Durant competed for the scoring champion after the 2009-2010 season, and in the 2009-2010 season, Durant averaged 30.1 points per game to beat James's average of 29.7 points per game, gaining the first scoring champion of his career, and since then has harvested multiple scoring kings. In contrast, since the 2009-2010 season, James has basically withdrawn from the competition for scoring kings, on the one hand, he himself does not care about this honor, on the other hand, his teammates can share his scoring pressure.
So in those years, although James's average score per game can often rank in the top five or even the top three in the league, but the scene of competing with Durant for the scoring king no longer appears, which is also a place where many fans regret, many people want to see again, when James and Durant let go of everything and go all out to score, what kind of wonderful contest will be between the two, and now, such a scene seems to be slowly re-emerging. Amazingly, one of them has experienced a major Achilles tendon injury, and one is 37 years old but still seems to be the best two players in the league.
Among them, James's performance this season is particularly amazing, according to statistics, James's average score per game is the first among players of the same age in the history of the NBA, and at the age of 37, he still looks so incredible, and even continues to evolve, and is still willing to sacrifice everything for the team, to act as a starting center, to the inside of the hand-to-hand combat.
Speaking about his outstanding performance in the fifth position, James said: "You know the meaning of the role. For me, I've always been the kind of guy who's willing to sacrifice anything for the good of the team, no matter where I play, whether I'm the team leader or not, no matter what. If the team asks me to play five more positions this season, if the team asks me to play point guard, as I did two seasons ago, then we bring back the championship. ”
Obviously, on the status of performance, now James is one of the best players in the league, on the importance of the team, his ability, leadership performance and willing to sacrifice spirit are explaining what is the most valuable player, but in the latest issue of the MVP list, James has not even entered the top ten, the common reason is that the Lakers' record is not good. But last season's Curry also entered the MVP list with excellent personal performance in the case of the team's poor performance, so no matter what, james this season should not be so ignored, on the current performance, he is MVP level.