NBA season giving thanks
For Thanksgiving, we talked about all the things we’re thankful for this NBA season.
One of the great LeBron James streaks has come to an end — and he passed up the chance to extend it.
For the first time in nearly 19 years, James failed to score double digits in a regular season game, snapping a streak of 1,297 consecutive games.
James scored 8 points in a 123-120 victory over the Toronto Raptors Thursday, Dec. 4. With the game tied at 120 and seconds left to play, James had the ball in his hands and drove through the middle of the paint. Rather than putting up a shot, however, James fired a pass to the left corner, where a wide open Rui Hachimura rattled home the game-winning 3-pointer.
The last time James scored fewer than 10 points in a game was Jan. 5, 2007. Since then, starting with his 19 points against the New Jersey Nets on Jan. 6 of that year, he embarked on his streak that spanned through five different presidential administrations.
Michael Jordan is second on the list at 866 straight games with at least 10 points.
The new current longest active streak is 267 games by Kevin Durant. It’s another one of James’ records that won’t be broken for a long time.
James finished the game shooting 4-of-17 from the floor and failed to hit any of his five 3-point tries. He also dished out 11 assists and grabbed 6 rebounds as the Lakers improved to 16-5, which ranks second in the Western Conference.
Los Angeles was playing without Luka Dončić, who is away from the team because of a personal matter.
