LeBron James ties Michael Jordan with incredible scoring record
James Harden is having his best season, and the Houston Rockets have a lot to show for it at No. 1 in the Western Conference. Reigning MVP Russell Westbrook has played out of his mind for the Oklahoma City Thunder despite the team’s overall struggles.
Tyronn Lue was stepped down as Cavs coach earlier this month and Khalifa, who is now a sports commentator after retiring from the adult film industry, accused LeBron James of being behind it happening.
Cavaliers associate head coach Larry Drew said before the game that it is a “phenomenal accomplishment”, but added “there will be more records down the road that he will be breaking. if he continues to produce the numbers that he has been producing”.
A team record also fell after hosts Minnesota’s Karl-Anthony Towns, 22, erupted for a career-high 56 points – eclipsing Mo Williams’ 52 – to propel the Timberwolves to a 126-114 win over the Atlanta Hawks.
LeBron James is averaging 27.4 points, 9.1 assists and 8.6 rebounds this season, a numerical trio seldom seen in one National Basketball Association season. It’s like he’s somehow getting better with age.
The Charlotte crowd, at least some of it, apparently agreed with Drew, as James left the court to a loud “MVP!”
At 36-years-old, it may have been the final time these two will go at it against each other, with Wade not making it clear regarding his intentions on playing next season. I was told that one of his teeth was kind of pushed in.
The last game LeBron scored in the single digits was on January 5, 2007, when he put up just eight points on 3-for-13 shooting in a Cavs win over the Milwaukee Bucks.
The Miami Heat bolstered their playoff hopes with a 98-79 victory over LeBron James and the Cavs, while the play-off-bound Indiana Pacers downed the injury-depleted Warriors 92-81. He’s averaging more assists per game, more rebounds, and a significantly better shooting percentage.
With the loss, Charlotte falls to 0-3 against Cleveland this year.
“And then he’s working closely with the doctors which to me is the whole key to the whole thing”. “It’s insane because I’m not setting out to do it”.
The 14-time All-Star said it just “organically happens”. “This afternoon, I guess guys were able to get a little bit of rest and we came in here wanting to close off this three-game trip the right way, so it was a good win for us”.
Since James has gone back to Cleveland, the Cavaliers have yet to sweep the Heat in a regular season series, despite Miami missing the postseason in three of the last four years.