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Another loss. LeBron James (Reuters)
LeBron James left Kobe Bryant behind and became the pinnacle of points at Christmas, but Santa Claus was not with the Los Angeles Lakers who continued to drop tonight (Saturday through Sunday). King James scored 39 points, reaching 422 on holiday and bypassing Kobe’s 395, but the Lakers suffered a fifth straight loss, this time 122-115 to Brooklyn.
It was a frustrating game for LeBron. The Nets came to the Staples Center after their last three games were postponed because they did not have enough players, they missed Kevin Durant and of course Kyrie Irving, already leading by 20 points, James led a comeback, then James Harden handed me an op to Nick Claxton who hovered And put LeBron in the poster on the way to a 115: 118 lead. The Lakers star also added nine rebounds, seven assists and three steals, Russell Westbrook added a triple-double (13 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists), but Harden starred on the other side with his own triple-double: 36 points, 10 assists and 10 rebounds.
For LeBron who will celebrate his 37th birthday later this week, it was the fourth game in a row with 30 points or more and he did it for the first time since 2018. But when that happens, the Lakers are on a 6: 6 balance and it’s the worst balance for any player out of all those who scored 30 or more In at least 10 games. “I do not care how I play if we lose,” he said James.
The one who snatched reviews was Westbrook who admittedly recorded a triple double, but did so on 4 of 20 from the field. Kevin O’Connor, a reporter for The Ringer, shared a video in which Westbrook appeared to be dreaming of defense and allowing Patti Mills to score one of his eight threes (from 13 attempts) in the game, and wrote on Twitter: “He will not win the championship with his defense, let alone the choice of his shots. This is how he played throughout his career, including in important playoff moments. He will never change.”
for Harden, His triple-double came in a return game to the floor after a two-week absence – a period he himself defined: “I did a lot of nothing, a lot of video games and bing on TV.” On the win he said: “It wasn’t supposed to be like that, I wasn’t supposed to play 39 minutes, but I wanted to win and that’s all that matters.”
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