Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James made NBA history against the New Orleans Pelicans.
The Los Angeles Lakers are searching for their fifth-straight win on Saturday against the New Orleans Pelicans. Winners of four in a row, the Lakers are now 8-4 on the NBA season. This is good for the fifth best record in the Western Conference.
It has been much more of a struggle for the Pelicans, as they are just 4-9 through 13 games, which has them 14th in the Western Conference. Injuries have played a huge role in this, as Zion Williamson and several other top Pelicans players have been sidelined. Before recording a stat in this game, Lakers star LeBron James made NBA history by moving into fifth all-time in games played. James passed Utah Jazz legend John Stockton on this list, and is now 17 games behind Dallas Mavericks legend Dirk Nowitzki for fourth all-time.Already the NBA’s all-time leading scorer, James is now ascending up the all-time games played list.
James has been playing very well to start the new NBA season, entering play on Saturday averaging 23.5 points, 9.6 assists, and 8.8 rebounds while shooting a career high 44.6% from three-point range.Joey Linn is a credentialed writer covering the NBA for Sports Illustrated's FanNation. Covering the LA Clippers independently in 2018, then for Fansided and 213Hoops from 2019-2021, Joey joined Sports Illustrated's FanNation to cover the Clippers after the 2020-21 season.
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