The 37-year-old James is still the league's super scorer, where his downhill path is, it now seems uncertain, data expert Kirk Goldsberry posted James's offensive area heat map this season, this offensive heat map came out, but also showed James's peak state, or unstoppable superstar, he does not need to be a water cooler guardian like many twilight veterans, but continue to rule the future of this league.
Before today's game with the Raptors, James averaged 21.4 shots per game, and the number of shots was indeed quite a lot, but James also averaged 29.7 points per game, and only the interior score was 13.8 points per game, it seems that James was still too strong after invading the inside line, and few people in the league can stop James in the box, not to mention James in this age group, three-point shooting has also improved.
The heat map tells us that James hit 70% of the inside, 37% of the arc three-point shooting, and 34% and 38% of the 45° three-point shooting rate on both sides, and James rarely ambushed the bottom line to make three-point shots.
James' interior shooting rate of 70% is too strong, although he is a forward player, but James has top physical talent, he is still trying to practice three-point shooting, such a James deserves tribute! In addition, today's Lakers lost to the Raptors game, James shot 11 of 19, 4 of 7 from three-point range, continued to show his super high shooting rate, but James still cut 30 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks, no matter what kind of performance James played, this season's Lakers want to win is more difficult, this is the true portrayal of 37-year-old James, is James going to have nothing to gain this season? Sorry, 37-year-old James is still qualified to hit the scoring champion this season!
James once said that he wants to score the king, he can do it, and now it seems that even if James is 37 years old, he can hit the scorer. So, can James hit the scoring champions this season? It depends on whether James can withstand the pressure outside, James, who has played 50 games this season, has shot 52.3%, 36.2% from three-point range, and 76.6% from the free throw line. Averaging 29.7 points per game, only 0.02 points less than Embiid, who is no. 1 on the scoring list, if James really wants to win this season's scoring king, then James will increase his number of shots and put more energy into offense, I believe that the 37-year-old James won the scoring king this season, there is really no suspense, but James is still fighting for rebounds and organizing offense, as well as the data output of 8.2 rebounds and 6.2 assists per game, obviously James is not the scoring king, he is still eager to rush to the championship.