It was a special night for LeBron James. The current NBA champions, the Los Angeles Lakers, closed their participation in 2020 with a 121-107 victory over the San Antonio Spurs at the 36th anniversary of “King”.
“I go out every night and get ready to try to be the best on the floor,” said LeBron, who finished with 26 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists against Spurs. “When I wear my team’s uniform, I want to do everything to win, scoring, twisting, assisting, defending, doing the little things and being available to my teammates in games, either on the floor or on the bench. I was lucky to do that Throughout my career, I thank the coaches and teammates for allowing me to use my influence to improve the team. “
It was the eighth time in his career that LeBron James played a game of his birthday. Nicknamed “The King”, he has a record of 4 wins and 4 losses from the games he played on December 30.
“I didn’t buy him (LeBron) any presents. I gave him a win. What do you give LeBron James? Maybe I’ll give him a bottle of wine (laughs),” said Anthony Davis after the victory where he contributed 20 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks.
LeBron James is passionate about wine and tequila. In fact, it is a partner in a tequila brand. Well, just with wine and tequila, so it will be that the birthday boy will celebrate 36 springs back at the hotel rally with his companions.
“We are returning to the hotel, I have wine waiting for me. My colleagues will definitely come to say hello, we will watch TV while we have wine and some tequila, they will be part of the festivities tonight “, said LeBron.
With the fifth basket made against Spurs tonight, LeBron James became the first player in NBA history to score in double digits for 1,000 consecutive games. The series started on January 6, 2007 and since then, James has scored at least 10 points in all of his deputy games. In just 8 games of 1,270 in his career, he scored less than 10 points.
“It’s a legend,” Dennis Schroder said of his partner. “I saw on Instagram right now about the thousands of consecutive games and I showed it to her. It’s just incredible, what she brings every day, every game, it’s great to see. I’ve faced her on many occasions in the regular seasons, in the playoffs and now being friends, I can see up close how it works, he is a great person, a great human being, an extraordinary partner, an excellent player ”
The Lakers played their last game of 2020. It was a year of challenges and ups and downs; the Los Angeles team was no exception. Since the loss of the figure of Kobe Bryant January 26 in the helicopter crash, the pandemic, protests over racial injustice, the US presidential election, in addition to Orlando Bubble where they won the title, will be a year of detention for various factors.
“There is a lot of sadness in the world, a lot of losses. We will remember (2020) for Coronavirus, but in terms of basketball, I will always remember the year I won my first championship and achieved this goal, but from the human side A “It’s been very difficult for so many people. It leaves us with a lot of lessons, you never know what could happen,” said Anthony Davis.
The Lakers played the first of four games on a mini trip. Due to the pandemic, the teams will play a series of back-to-back visiting games. For these first road games, the Lakers will meet the Spurs twice, as well as the Memphis Grizzlies twice.
On January 1, the Lakers will return to the field against Spurs.