The Los Angeles Lakers team defeated the Brooklyn Nets 116:104, and L. James scored 40 points for the winners.
And he became only the second basketball player to play more than one 40-point game at the age of 39. The king did that for the second time, M.Jordan recorded three such matches.
L. James, who has been playing in the NBA for 21 years, made 13 shots from the game, he repeated the career three-point record, hitting as many as 9 long shots and missing only 1.
“I’ve never been addicted to three-pointers because I can do a lot of things on the court – I can score points at any level and in any way as long as I drive the ball to the other side of the court,” explained L. James.
“I’m not a guy who wants to make 12, 14 or 15 three-pointers a game, but I want to be respected — teams have to defend against me behind the three-point line,” added Karalius.
He was asked how much longer he plans to play in the NBA.
“Not long, I won’t be playing for another 21 years, you can rest assured about that.” I don’t know when the doors will be closed, but there is not much time left,” said L. James, who played his 1485th game in the league.
After the game, the Nets fans gave the rival legend a standing ovation.
In the winning game, the Lakers reserves scored just 2 of 116 points.
Nets: C.Thomas 30, D.Schroder 14, M.Bridges 13, N.Claxton 10.
lakers: L.James 40, A.Davis 24, R.Hachimura 20, D.Russell 18, A.Reaves 12.
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