James scored 40 points for the 72nd time in the regular season during his 20-year career.
LeBron James had a season-high 48 points, nine assists and eight rebounds in his third 40-point performance since turning 38 less than three weeks ago, and the Los Angeles Lakers snapped a three-game skid with a 140-132 victory over the Houston Rockets on Monday night.
Russell Westbrook scored 24 for the Lakers, who never pulled away in another poor defensive game. James' brilliance in the 100th 40-point outing of his career — including the postseason — was just enough to hold off NBA-worst Houston. Sunday night, and he showed no ill effects while playing in back-to-back games despite the sore left ankle that has dogged him for weeks.
Only Michael Jordan has more 40-point games in NBA history after turning 35 — Jordan had 12, and James has eight.Sign up for NBC LA newsletters.Alperen Sengun scored a career-high 33 points and Jalen Green added 23 in the Rockets’ 11th consecutive loss. Sengun, the 20-year-old Turkish center, went 14 of 17 from the field and added 15 rebounds and six assists.
Houston has lost 16 of 17 over the past five weeks, dropping into last in the overall NBA standings at 10-34. At least the Rockets are only just past halfway to the franchise record of 20 straight losses just two seasons ago.Get today's sports news out of Los Angeles. Here's the latest on the Dodgers, Lakers, Angels, Kings, Galaxy, LAFC, USC, UCLA and more LA teams.
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