LA Lakers are not having the best time in the current season but are gradually turning the tide in their favor as they have won their last three straight games. Their final defeat came in the hands of the Miami Heat on December 29, 2022, with a score of 98-112, not going in their favor.
However, today, they were able to beat the same opponent with a score of 112-109, going in their favor. But still, their win-loss ratio is not up to the mark as Lakers fans would have expected them to be. The team would have liked to win the Larry O’Brien trophy, which seems out of hand now, given their win-loss ratio (17-21).
But still, the Lakers can still try to achieve other feats since Lebron James has been leading the team from the front. It might open up possibilities for the Lakers’ management to rearrange players on their roster. However, according to sources, the team is not very eager to trade right away, which may lead them to give up on their “future assets”.
Lebron James Is On His Way To Achieving Greatness.
In the last few games, he has been carrying the team on his bare shoulders, just like what Anthony Davis was doing in his absence. At the age of 38, the kind of performances James is displaying match after match has sparked debates all over the basketball fraternity that these are clear signs of the GOAT.
Before today’s game against Heat, Lebron had scored 40 points in the previous two games. In the game against Atlanta Hawks, he displayed a dominating performance, scoring 47 points and helping the team win (130-121). But against Charlotte Hornets, his score dropped to just 43, with the Lakers winning by 121-115.
LeBron James Is Helping Lakers Like Anthony Davis
The kind of form James is in might help the Lakers to win a spot in the play-in tournament this season. According to reports from Sportskeeda, Brian Windhorst from ESPN suggests, “this might be a great accomplishment for the team this year.” He added, “James always squeezes the most out of his team and if it means to win the play-in spot then he is doing it.”
Amid such great games, NBA analyst Adrian Wojnarowski explained why Lebron James is different from the game’s other greats. His longevity separates him from others; as Adrian says, “He has been the greatest the longest”. The record-breaking 18-time All-Star is competing at the top of his game against all odds. Adrian says, “the GOAT debate may continue, but there should be no doubt who stayed the greatest for the longest period of time.”
Not only that, he pointed out how King James is helping his team in the absence of Anthony Davis in the recent games. As per Adrian, “The way AD carried this team into at least play-in contention earlier in the year when LeBron James was out, LBJ is doing the same now for Anthony Davis.”
How Many Points Do James Need To Break KAJ’s NBA Record?
Now what? Fans worldwide eagerly await Lebron James to break the all-time top scorer record that belongs to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Mathematically speaking, he will take a month or so to break that if he can maintain his consistency. At speed, he is scoring (27.2 points per game) he will break the record in the estimated next 18 games, except not missing out on any match due to injury. It will only take him another 484 points to be the all-time’s top scorer crossing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s points tally (38,387 points).
Long and evergreen as his career has been, he has won 4 championships, is one of the only ten players to take part in twenty NBA seasons, and is still going strong. His records truly speak for themselves.
