{"id":496838,"date":"2026-03-01T04:17:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T04:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/496838\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T04:17:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T04:17:08","slug":"lebron-james-joins-kobe-bryant-as-second-player-to-make-1000-3-pointers-with-lakers-starts-hot-in-win-over-warriors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/496838\/","title":{"rendered":"LeBron James joins Kobe Bryant as second player to make 1,000 3-pointers with Lakers, starts hot in win over Warriors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LeBron James made his first four 3-point attempts Saturday night in a <a data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nba\/los-angeles-lakers-golden-state-warriors-2026022809\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:129-101 road win;cpos:1;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">129-101 road win<\/a> over the Golden State Warriors (31-29), and, along the way, he became the second player to make 1,000 3-pointers with the Los Angeles Lakers (35-24).<\/p>\n<p>The 41-year-old James joined Kobe Bryant as the only two players in franchise history to accomplish the feat.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the five players with the most Lakers 3-pointers all time:<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>1) Kobe Bryant: 1,827<br \/>2) LeBron James: 1,002<br \/>3) Derek Fisher: 846<br \/>4) Nick Van Exel: 750<br \/>5) Byron Scott: 595<\/p>\n<p>James&#8217; four first-half 3-pointers against the Warriors on Saturday were the most he&#8217;s recorded in a single half this season. He entered the break with a game-high 20 points and clocked out with 22 points, 9 assists and 7 rebounds, helping the Lakers end their three-game skid.<\/p>\n<p>In the second half, it was Luka Don\u010di\u0107&#8217;s turn to rain down 3s. Don\u010di\u0107&#8217;, who turned 27 years old Saturday, knocked down four triples early in the third quarter. He finished his celebratory day with 26 points, 8 assists and 6 rebounds. Austin Reaves chipped in 18 points.<\/p>\n<p>The Warriors dug themselves a double-digit hole in the first quarter. Without Kristaps Porzi\u0146\u0123is, <a data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nba\/article\/steve-kerr-admits-stupid-mistake-for-calling-misinformation-on-warriors-c-kristaps-porzingis-pots-diagnosis-024811438.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:who is still out due to &quot;illness,&quot;;cpos:2;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">who is still out due to &#8220;illness,&#8221;<\/a> and Stephen Curry, <a data-i13n=\"cpos:3;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nba\/article\/stephen-curry-to-miss-another-5-games-as-knee-issue-persists-past-all-star-break-005710011.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:who is still nursing a right knee injury;cpos:3;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">who is still nursing a right knee injury<\/a>, Golden State couldn&#8217;t keep pace with a Lakers squad that, as a team, shot 19 of 41 from 3-point land.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Curry missed his 10th straight game.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m feeling better. This is a weird one,&#8221; he told ESPN&#8217;s Malika Andrews during a mid-game interview on Saturday. &#8220;It&#8217;s kind of unpredictable how it would heal, but every day since All-Star week has been progress. That&#8217;s all I can ask for, and hopefully I&#8217;m back out [there] soon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When Andrews asked Curry about him being reevaluated on Sunday, he admitted &#8220;it&#8217;s going to be a little longer&#8221; before he returns.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I haven&#8217;t gotten on the court yet,&#8221; he said. &#8220;But just trying to stay in shape, strengthen everything else around my body, knowing that, at this stage, once you get back, it&#8217;s kind of a full sprint to the playoffs. So once I get back on the court, it is a little bit of a pain tolerance thing, but it&#8217;s just something that you don&#8217;t want to have lingering because it can get worse.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As for James, he&#8217;s remained healthy since <a data-i13n=\"cpos:4;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nba\/breaking-news\/article\/lebron-james-to-reportedly-make-his-2025-26-season-debut-vs-jazz-after-missing-14-games-with-sciatica-014344407.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:missing the first 14 games of the season because of sciatica;cpos:4;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">missing the first 14 games of the season because of sciatica<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s in his eighth season with the Lakers, whom he first joined in 2018. But his contract is set to expire at the end of the 2025-26 campaign, <a data-i13n=\"cpos:5;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nba\/article\/lebron-james-to-reportedly-wear-patch-on-jersey-celebrating-his-record-setting-23rd-nba-season-155201520.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:his record-breaking 23rd season in the league;cpos:5;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">his record-breaking 23rd season in the league<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[<a data-i13n=\"cpos:6;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/watch\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:Watch Yahoo Sports Network;cpos:6;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch Yahoo Sports Network<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>James has made 2,618 3s in his career, including 1,251 with the Cleveland Cavaliers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LeBron James made his first four 3-point attempts Saturday night in a 129-101 road win over the Golden&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":496839,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[11654,8174,43106,2243,8304,7566,3013,1055,3014,355,227125,99,2244,227124],"class_list":["post-496838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-austin-reaves","tag-cleveland-cavaliers","tag-derek-fisher","tag-golden-state-warriors","tag-james","tag-kobe-bryant","tag-lebron-james","tag-los-angeles-lakers","tag-luka-doncic","tag-nba","tag-nick-van-exel","tag-sports","tag-stephen-curry","tag-thearon-w-henderson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=496838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496838\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/496839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=496838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=496838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=496838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}