During the Los Angeles Lakers’ blowout loss to the Philadelphia 76ers, LeBron James made both positive and negative history.
Let’s start with the positive first. LeBron became the NBA’s all-time leader in minutes played. Taking into account both regular-season and postseason games, LeBron has now played 66,319 minutes in his career, passing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s total of 66,297 minutes.
Now, the negative side. The Lakers lost to the Sixers by 44 points, the largest defeat of LeBron’s 21-year career and tied for the fifth biggest in Lakers history.
“What needs to change in order for that not to happen again? Um, a lot,” LeBron said.
When he was asked if there was anything in particular the Lakers needed to focus on, LeBron repeated: “No. A lot.”
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The Sixers made a season-best 22 3-pointers on 46 attempts (47.8%). The Lakers, meanwhile, were only 7-of-25 (25%) from 3-point land.
“We got killed on the 3-point line today,” LeBron said.
Added Lakers guard Austin Reaves: “I mean, they made a lot of 3s, we didn’t, and they beat the s— out of us. So, I don’t know. Go back and watch this and get better.”
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The Lakers are 10-8 on the season. They are in eighth place in the Western Conference standings.
LeBron, who is the oldest player in the NBA, is averaging 25.1 points, 7.5 rebounds and 6.5 assists while shooting 56.3% from the field, 39.2% from beyond the arc and 68.7% from the free-throw line.
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