LeBron James completed with 12 factors (5-of-13 capturing) within the Los Angeles Lakers’ 101-93 loss to the Thunder in Friday’s NBA Cup tie.
In consequence, James prolonged his streak of video games beneath 20 factors to 4.
The final time that occurred?
One has to return to a four-game stretch during his rookie season in 2003-04 when James scored 19, 4, eight and 18 from Dec. 2 and Dec. 9, 2003. James endured two extra such streaks, each in his first 12 months.
In latest seasons, the one time he went even three video games with out scoring 20+ factors got here in the course of the 2020-21 marketing campaign. “The King” scored 10, 16 and 19 over a three-game stretch between March 20, 2021, and May 2, 2021 (after getting back from an ankle harm). Equally, in the course of the 2015-16 season, James scored 19, 16 and 17 factors over a three-game stretch between Jan. 15 and Jan. 16, 2016.
Throughout his ongoing four-game slump, James is capturing a paltry 42 p.c from the sector and 17 p.c from three. Even worse, he is averaging over 5.0 turnovers whereas routinely making uncharacteristic errors. In Friday’s loss, for instance, James shot 1-of-5 from the sector and made two vital turnovers within the fourth quarter, derailing the Lakers’ possibilities of mounting a comeback.
As anticipated, James’ struggles have damage the Lakers’ possibilities of successful. JJ Redick’s crew is 1-3 throughout his four-game hunch and 1-4 over its final 5 video games. NBA analyst Jason Timpf highlighted that James’ jump-shooting woes date again to the final eight video games. Throughout this era, James is 12-of-42 on all soar pictures.
