{"id":326434,"date":"2025-12-05T06:01:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T06:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/326434\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T06:01:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T06:01:07","slug":"lebron-james-held-to-8-as-double-digit-points-streak-ends-in-los-angeles-lakers-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/326434\/","title":{"rendered":"LeBron James held to 8 as double-digit points streak ends in Los Angeles Lakers’ win"},"content":{"rendered":"

TORONTO — LeBron James<\/a> knew his record streak of double-digit scoring efforts was in jeopardy. And in the moment, he didn\u2019t care.<\/p>\n

The right play was to pass the ball — so he did. And with that, his streak ended.<\/p>\n

James\u2019 run of 1,297 consecutive double-digit regular-season scoring efforts ended Thursday night, when the NBA\u2019s career points leader was held to eight points in the Los Angeles Lakers<\/a>‘ 123-120 win over the Toronto Raptors<\/a>. He had the game-winning assist, setting up Rui Hachimura<\/a>\u2018s 3-pointer as time expired.<\/p>\n

Afterward, he was asked what thoughts he had about the streak ending.<\/p>\n

\u201cNone,\u201d James said. \u201cWe won.\u201d<\/p>\n

James could have tried to win the game — and extend the streak — on the final possession, but he instead passed to Hachimura in the left corner. Hachimura connected, and James threw his hands in the air in celebration.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust playing the game the right way. You always make the right play,\u201d James said. \u201cThat\u2019s just been my M.O. That\u2019s how I was taught the game. I\u2019ve done that my whole career.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLeBron is acutely aware of how many points he has at that point,\u201d Lakers coach JJ Redick<\/a> said. \u201cHe did it like he\u2019s done so many times.\u201d<\/p>\n

James checked back into the game for the final time Thursday with 5:23 left, the outcome and the streak hanging in the balance. He had six points on 3-of-15 shooting at that point. He scored with 1:46 left to tie the score and missed a 14-footer with 1:01 left that would have gotten him to double digits.<\/p>\n

He didn\u2019t take another shot — but could have. Austin Reaves<\/a> gave James the ball with a few seconds left, but James opted to make the pass instead.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe basketball gods, if you do it the right way, they tend to reward you,\u201d Redick said.<\/p>\n

James\u2019 streak started on Jan. 6, 2007. It was, by far, the longest such streak in NBA history: Michael Jordan had 866 consecutive double-digit scoring games, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had 787 and Karl Malone had the fourth-longest run at 575.<\/p>\n

Among active players, you would have to add the streaks of the 11 players behind him to surpass his total of 1,297 consecutive games. Kevin Durant<\/a> is the new active leader at 267 consecutive games.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s such an unselfish player,\u201d Lakers center Jake LaRavia<\/a> said. \u201cHe\u2019s just playing the game of basketball. He had the opportunity but because of the player he is and just who he is as a person, he made the unselfish play, passed it to Rui and we won the game.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was usually an afterthought long before the start of fourth quarters. During James\u2019 streak, he reached the 10-point mark by the start of the fourth quarter 1,266 times entering Thursday.<\/p>\n

But two of those single-digit games through three quarters had come in the past week or so: He had nine points going into the fourth against Dallas on Nov. 28, then had six points going into the fourth against Phoenix on Monday night.<\/p>\n

James managed to extend the streak against the Suns. One game later, it was done — and he celebrated anyway.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always just make the right play. That\u2019s automatic, win, lose or draw,\u201d James said. \u201cYou make the right play — the game gods are always giving back to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Associated Press and ESPN Research contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO — LeBron James knew his record streak of double-digit scoring efforts was in jeopardy. And in the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":326435,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[49,48,122172,114816,82],"class_list":["post-326434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-lebron-james-sports-basketball-player-player-statscom-214152","tag-los-angeles-lakers-sports-basketball-team-team-statscom-13","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=326434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326434\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/326435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}