Losing takes its toll on LeBron James. This is no secret.
published on Tuesday. This time, the subject came up in the context of James' personal milestones.
As he approaches the end of his career, only Kareem Abdul-Jabbar stands between James and the league's all-time scoring title. He's on pace to pass the Lakers icon this season. On his way, he's passed some other giants of the game, most notably Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant and Karl Malone. In each of those games that James moved up the scoring list, his Lakers lost."I want to win," James said."That's not sitting well with me.
Last season, James had a shot at the NBA's season-long scoring title. With Anthony Davis sidelined for much of the season, James picked up the scoring load while averaging 30.3 points per game, the second-highest average of his career. The number had James in contention for his second career scoring title.
Players must play 58 games in an 82 season to qualify for the scoring title, which is based on scoring average rather than total points. With the Lakers eliminated from the playoffs in a 33-49 season, James sat out the Lakers' last five games and eight of the last 10. Joel Embiid won the scoring title at 30.6 points per game while James ultimately didn't qualify in a 56-game season."We're not gonna make the playoffs no matter what," James continued.
The Lakers have rallied this season from a 2-10 start to climb into playoff contention at 19-22. Entering Tuesday's action, that placed them a game behind the 19-20 Portland Trail Blazers, who would qualify for the West's final play-in spot as the 10 seed if the season ended today. So there's hope for the Lakers and James, who has said on multiple occasions recently that he's not interested in playing basketball that's not attached to winning.
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