LeBron James set a private document with 31 factors within the first half of Game 4 of the Western Conference finals on Monday night time whereas his Los Angeles Lakers had been eradicated 111-113 by Denver Nuggets.
In his NBA-record 282nd profession playoff recreation, the 38-year-old James dropped 21 factors in a dynamic first quarter. The high scorer in NBA historical past added 10 extra within the second whereas enjoying almost all the half of this do-or-die recreation in opposition to the Nuggets, who gained the sequence 4-0.
James made 11 of his 13 photographs and hit 4 3-pointers with out a miss. It was the highest-scoring playoff half of his profession, which started in 2003 and has included 4 NBA championships.
James added 4 rebounds and 4 assists, and he additionally obtained a technical foul after a bodily trade with Aaron Gordon when the 2 obtained locked up on the Lakers’ finish of the courtroom.
James had struggled from distance beforehand within the sequence, going 3 for 19 within the first three video games. He fastened his shot in Game 4 — and he even obtained credit score for a 3-pointer within the first quarter when his lob go to Rui Hachimura unintentionally went within the basket.
James already had the best scoring common in NBA historical past in elimination video games (33.5 factors per recreation) amongst all gamers with at the very least 10 such appearances.
