Up close with LeBron James and the Lakers as he prepares to pass Kareem to become NBA's scoring king

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Several people close to LeBron James described the Jan. 28 loss in Boston as the worst for him mentally since the Cavaliers lost Game 1 of the 2018 NBA Finals to the Warriors. You remember that game, joevardon writes.

, he sat at a folding table in the press dining room after a win in Indianapolis, speaking over the noise of fresh ice cubes being spat out by an ice machine, and engaged in a thought exercise., compare to all the other revered records in sports?“I think it’s one of the greatest records in sports, in general, up there with the home run record in baseball,” he said.

, McGwire and Sosa were dueling each other in pursuit of Roger Maris’ single-season home-run record of 61, and not Aaron’s 755 career homers, but that little detail slip does not take away from the fact it clearly left a mark on him. No one in history has more 20-point games than LeBron; only Michael Jordan has scored 30 or more points more times.

Then there is the matter of the Lakers’ flailing season. James’ passing of Kareem is inevitable, but the Lakers’ participation in the playoffs is far from it.

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