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LeBron James driving the ball in the game against San Antonio. AP = Yonhap News
LeBron James (39, Los Angeles Lakers), the ‘living legend’ of the National Basketball Association (NBA), recorded ‘triple doubles’ in four consecutive games for the first time in his career.
James achieved a triple-double with 15 points, 16 rebounds, and 12 assists in the 2024-2025 NBA regular season away game against the San Antonio Spurs held at Frostbank Center in San Antonio, Texas, USA on the 16th (Korean time), leading the Lakers to 120- 115 led to victory.
This is James’ fifth triple-double this season and 117th triple-double in his regular league career.
In particular, James recorded triple-doubles in 4 consecutive games against the Philadelphia 76ers (21 points, 13 assists, 12 rebounds) on the 9th, Toronto Raptors (19 points, 16 assists, 10 rebounds) on the 11th, and Memphis Grizzlies (35 points, 14 assists, 12 rebounds) on the 14th. The march continued.
‘Four consecutive triple-doubles’ is the first record James has achieved since his NBA debut in 2003.
James, who was born on December 30, 1984 and is about to turn 40, set another milestone in NBA history after setting a new record for the ‘oldest triple-double in three consecutive games’ (39 years, 319 days) in the previous game against Toronto.
James scored a layup to make it 118-115 25 seconds before the end of the fourth quarter, which was a close game at the end of the day, and with 11 seconds left, he made two free throws due to an opponent’s foul to widen the score to 120-115.
The Lakers, who had Anthony Davis with 40 points and 12 rebounds and teamed up with James for victory, rose to 5th place in the Western Conference (8 wins, 4 losses) amidst a fresh start of four consecutive wins.
San Antonio, unable to turn Victor Wembanyama’s 28 points, 14 rebounds, and 5 assists into a victory, ranked only 11th in the West (6 wins, 7 losses).
The Cleveland Cavaliers’ opening winning streak extended to 14 games.
Cleveland defeated the Chicago Bulls 144-126 that day.
Donovan Mitchell had 37 points and 7 rebounds, Darius Garland had 29 points and 9 assists, and Jarrett Allen had 24 points and 10 rebounds for Cleveland, which had its highest scoring game of the season.
Cleveland maintained the lead in the Eastern Conference, ahead of the second-place Boston Celtics (10 wins, 3 losses) by 3.5 games, and Chicago, unable to stop Cleveland’s momentum, was placed in 10th place in the East (5 wins, 8 losses).
James Harden of the LA Clippers scored three 3-point shots in the game against the Houston Rockets on this day and became tied for second place on the all-time list with 2,973 3-point shots, along with Ray Allen (retired).
The first place in this category is Stephen Curry (Golden State). On this day, Curry also added 3 goals against Memphis and is currently in first place with a total of 3,782.
The Clippers, with Harden scoring 21 points, lost 104-125 to Houston that day and ranked 10th in the Western Conference (6 wins, 7 losses), and Golden State, with Curry contributing 13 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists, beat Memphis 123-118. Ranked 2nd in the West (10 wins, 2 losses).
