Two days following sending a big message to the management of the Lakers, LeBron James let off steam on the Hawks on his 38th birthday. Before releasing a royal statement at a press conference.
“Putting 30 points didn’t work, so I tried putting 40.”
This is how the King approached the game once morest Atlanta last night, he who was running at 31 units over the last five games for… four losses. Result ? 47 points, 10 rebonds, 9 passes, all at 18/27 in shooting including 4/6 from the parking lot and 7/9 in free throws. Easy basketball isn’t it?
No doubt, LeBron was pissed.
Defeats, injuries, Rob Pelinka taking it easy… all of which fueled the King’s inner fire on Friday night. And no luck it fell on the Hawks, forced to bow to the greatness of James on the score of 130-121.
LeBron is…legendary.
To celebrate his 38th birthday? The King went to Atlanta and had the best performance of the whole season.
47 POINTS
10 BOUNDS
9 PASSES
18/27 AT SHOOTING
4/6 THREE-POINTAnd the win over the Hawks.
A king’s birthday present ????pic.twitter.com/bwBar7Wr9F
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Before the eyes of his wife Savannah and his mother Gloria, seated in the front row of the hall of Atlanta for his 38th birthday, LeBron simply released his best game of the season in scoring (his first to more than 40 points) , and came within a small point of equaling his personal best (48 points in 2009 once morest the… Hawks) during the matches played on his birthday.
James is now averaging 28.5 points for the entire 2022-23 campaign, an outstanding average for a 38-point man.
Let Kareem Abdul-Jabbar get ready, his all-time record might fall even faster than expected…
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Text source: post-match press conference (House of Highlights)
