Sunday ended with a damaging defeat for the Los Angeles Lakers against the top seed Phoenix Suns. The Lakers are still struggling to gain any momentum going into the finishing end of the season. They are still 9th seed in the western conference whereas the Suns have already qualified for the playoffs. The gap between the two teams was imminent as Devin Booker’s side purely outclassed LeBron James and company.

The Lakers’ performance was disastrous. They lacked energy, defensive coordination, creativity, and the winning mentality. It was the same story of the whole season. LeBron James had the most points for the Lakers.

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He ended the game with 31 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Despite an abysmal display by the Lakers, LeBron James still had something to celebrate about. He broke another record to add to his legacy.

LeBron James creates history

LeBron has many records to his name. He has created his own legacy in 18 years of his career. Even at 37, he is still going strong and is proving that age is just a number for him. After two 50 point games in a week, King James broke another record to become the only player to achieve this feat.

LeBron created history as he became the first and hence the only player to have 10,000 points, 10,000 rebounds, and 10,000 assists in his career. The comments were filled with appreciation of this historic achievement. Among many famous celebrities, Oscar winner Jamie Foxx also expressed his admiration.

Jamie Foxx commented, “Congratulations king 👑 the best to ever do it!”

This sent NBA fans into disagreement as he put LeBron above anyone else. Fans made sure to comment excessively, stating their opinion of Michael Jordan being the “GOAT”.

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James’ assist to Carmelo Anthony’s three-pointer with 11 minutes remaining in the 2nd quarter, became his 10,000th assist. He now has 36,824 points, 10,150 rebounds and 10,004 assists in 1,359 games. James is the 3rd in terms of most points in history, only behind Karl Malone and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

It is a moment to celebrate for James, but it is not so much from the Lakers’ perspective. They are still in turmoil and hope to make the best out of what remains of this season. Their only chance of qualifying for the playoffs will be through the play-in tournament.

For that to happen, they desperately need LeBron James in his top form consistently. Moreover, they need to perform like a team. Sorting out the defense, creativity in offense, playing as a unit, being united as a team, are the things that might change their season.