NBA: LeBron James celebrates a milestone at 36 years old

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Not only did he get the highest score for the Los Angeles Lakers in a 121-107 victory over the San Antonio Spurs, but his 26 points marked another milestone for James.
He has now played in 1,000 consecutive games, with a personal score of 10 or more points. The last time he scored a single-digit score was on January 5, 2007, when he scored eight points against the Milwaukee Bucks.

James defeated Michael Jordan in March 2018 to take first place on the all-time list with 867 consecutive games of at least 10 points.

Speaking after the match, James shook his head in disbelief as he reached the threshold.

“I just go out and try to prepare and be the best every night when I step on the floor,” he said.

“And if I’m in uniform, I have to do things to help our team win. If that’s scoring, recovering, defending, assisting, the little things and just being available to my teammates throughout the game when I’m on the floor and all On the bench.

“And I was lucky enough to do that in my career for the most part. So, I give a lot of credit to my teammates and my coaching staff that I have had throughout my career, which has allowed me to be who I am and allowed me to use my influence for the better. team. “

Lakers striker Anthony Davis also shook his head in amazement at James’ goal series.

“It’s good because we know we’re able to build a team and build our schemes around it,” Davis said. “It’s good when you have a consistent player and it makes our work a lot easier.”
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Goalkeeper Dennis Schroder added: “He is a teammate, a player and a legend.”

According to James, good food and wine were on the menu to end his birthday.

“I’m just coming back to the hotel. I have some wine waiting for me,” he said. “Probably my teammates will pass by, or there’s a dining room here where we have meetings where we could stop there and watch TV, drink good wine, we might even have some tequila in the evening. to stay.”

James also referred to the tequila brand – “call Lobos” – in which he invested earlier this year.

He even extended an invitation to reporters, saying, “We have a seat at the table for everyone, whenever you want to join, make sure we keep six feet away so we don’t have problems, but other than that we can all toast to each other. “

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