LeBron James has been a mannequin of consistency all through his 21 years within the NBA, however is Father Time lastly catching as much as the league’s all-time main scorer?
In the course of the Los Angeles Lakers’ blowout loss to the Phoenix Suns final evening, James managed solely 10 factors (3-of-11 FG) and was a -25 throughout his time on the ground. Contemplating that 4 of these seven factors got here from the charity stripe, James may have simply as simply ended his evening with lower than 10 factors — an actual risk since he is by no means been a marksman from the road.
If James hadn’t sunk these free throws, the basketball world would have woken as much as the information of certainly one of his most spectacular information — of which there are a lot of — ending on January 11, 2024. By scoring no less than 10 factors, James prolonged his streak of double-digit scoring video games to a whopping 1,186 video games — courting again to the Cleveland Cavaliers’ 96-91 win over the New Jersey Nets on January 6, 2007, an evening through which he scored 19 factors.
The final time James completed in single digits was in the course of the Cavs’ 95-86 win over the Milwaukee Bucks on January 5, 2007, a recreation that noticed him rating simply eight factors in 43 minutes. That evening marked certainly one of solely eight events that James has been held to single-digit factors via his illustrious profession — not together with the postseason, after all.
A tough begin to 2024
For context, James had one other uncharacteristically low-scoring affair earlier this season when he went 6-of-18 from the sphere to complete with 12 factors in opposition to the Miami Warmth. In actual fact, the yr 2024 hasn’t been very variety to James up to now, together with his taking pictures splits regressing to 43/25/61 to begin the yr.
His newest stoop however, no participant in historical past has come near James’ streak of 1,186 double-digit scoring video games. Even Michael Jordan managed solely 866 such video games, together with his streak lasting from March 25, 1986, till December 26, 2001.
There are sportsbooks in Las Vegas which are invested in James’ neverending streak. The query stays, will we ever see the day when “The King” finishes an everyday season recreation in single digits? The race is on.
