The Lakers today beat the Hawks 134-118 at home to get a four-game winning streak, their longest winning streak of the season. Although the Lakers have won 4 consecutive wins, the Lone Rangers also have 5 consecutive wins today, so the Lakers are still ranked fifth in the West.
In today's game, James played quite well, playing 36 minutes, shooting 13-of-24, including 1-of-6 three-pointers and 5-of-5 from the free throw line, with 32 points, 8 rebounds, 9 assists, 4 steals and 3 blocks. It is worth mentioning that in the past 10 games that thick eyebrows have missed, James has scored 30+ a total of 9 times.
Munch was also brilliant today, playing 34 minutes, shooting 11-of-20, including 7-of-12 three-pointers, and had 29 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals, and 29 points set a season-high. Westbrook played 31 minutes today, shooting 4-of-14 from the field, shooting 1-of-3 from the free throws, and had 9 points, 11 rebounds and 13 assists, just one point away from getting a triple-double and only three turnovers. Bradley and Tucker Jr. also contributed 21 points today.
In addition to cutting 30+ again and leading the Lakers to four consecutive wins, James also reached a major milestone today. After delivering four steals today, James' career total reached 2,113, surpassing Alvin Robertson to rise to tenth in steals in history.
Prior to this, James' career total points and total assists were already in the top ten in history. As a result, James has three statistics in the top ten of history, and is the first player in history to achieve this feat.
James has now reached the 36,000-point milestone, the third-highest in history, behind Jabbar and Carl Malone, and is on track to surpass Carl Malone this season and reach the 37,000-point milestone.
In terms of career total assists, James is eighth in history and is on the verge of overtaking Robertson to seventh all-time. Moreover, James is on track to reach the 10,000 assists milestone this season. In addition, James will also reach the 10,000 rebounds milestone this season, becoming the first player to break the total assists and total rebounds.