Beijing time on March 12, in an NBA regular season game that ended today, the Lakers defeated the Wizards at home 122-109, ending a 2-game losing streak, this game is destined to be a classic battle in the career of Lakers star LeBron James, the whole game, James played 35 minutes, 25 shots 18, including 9 three-pointers 6 of 9, free throws 8 of 8, got 50 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists and 1 block, single-handedly helped the Lakers win the game, and set a number of records.
First, this is the second time this season that James has scored at least 50 points in a single game, and together with Tatum, he has become the player who has cut 50+ in a single game this season. Secondly, according to statistically from statistic media StatMuse, James thus became the first player in NBA history to score 50 points in a single game multiple times after the age of 35.
In addition, it was James' 14th career regular season 50-pointer in a single game, tying Rick Barry and ranking 6th in league history. It is also the sixth time in his career that James has scored 50 points in two consecutive home games, and he is the only player in league history to achieve this achievement since the age of 30.
In addition, James scored 50 points in this campaign, 56 points at home in the previous home game, and 106 points at two home games, james became the first Lakers player after Kobe Bryant in the 06-07 season, scoring more than 100 points in two consecutive home games.
It is worth mentioning that according to the statistics of statistic media StatMuse, James has averaged 29.71 points per game after this campaign, which has led the league scoring list. The NBA's record for the annual division was held by Michael Jordan when he was 35 years old. James is now 37 years old and has great hope of breaking Jordan's record this season.
There is no doubt that when a player can still play such a performance at the age of 37, even the opponent can only express his amazement, and after the game Wizards head coach Wes Unseld Jr. was interviewed by the media, he also generously admitted that such a James could not defend himself, Andeld said: "It is too difficult to limit a guy like this." And Lakers coach Vogel once again praised his beloved, bluntly saying: "He's really good at basketball, that LeBron James, this league has never seen a player like him at this stage of his career, doing what he does." ”
It should be noted that James is not only a good performance in this game, in the last three games, James can average 43 points, 10.3 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 blocks per game, shooting 56% from the field and 89% from the free throws. He really did a steady output when the team needed him the most, ignoring the limitations of age and physical fitness, and the way he played was amazing, especially when you compare James's performance to his teammate Westbrook, you can better understand James's greatness.
In this game, Wei Shao played 31 minutes, only 5 points, 3 rebounds and 9 assists in 2 of 11 shots, it can be said that when the team needed him the most, Wei Shao did not become the best helper around James, considering that he was 4 years younger than James, playing such a performance was even more unbearable.
Interestingly, james blasted 56 points against the Warriors before, and after the game, Westbrook said that he wanted to learn James's style of play, saying at the time: "James's way of playing this season is worth emulating." As I get older, I can learn the way James plays now. James' professionalism and basketball skills are amazing. "But looking at James's performance now, and then looking at Wei Shao's performance, it must be admitted that James's playing style, Wei Shao may really not learn.
This is because James is very good at adjusting his way of playing according to the growth of age, these years are constantly developing new offensive weapons, back-up shooting is more sophisticated, back-to-back skills are more and more skilled, on the contrary, Wei Shao is still a three-plate axe when he was young, this is the difference between personal consciousness and mentality, James is willing to change, and Wei Shao is unwilling, so it is impossible for him to learn James's way of playing before Wei Shao changes his attitude.