With the Los Angeles Lakers playing the second half of a back-to-back set of games on Monday, some might have expected LeBron James to look a bit tired or to take it easy to preserve his body.
Instead, he turned things up to a higher gear and had one of his best statistical performances this season, scoring 48 points on 16-of-26 shooting. He also came close to a triple-double with nine assists and eight rebounds.
It’s a good thing James went off because the Lakers needed every bit of his electricity to overcome the Houston Rockets, 140-132.
Across Twitter, the NBA community marveled at yet another big game from him in his 20th season.
lebron james is not normal
— Kobe dropped 81 (@xmalco1m) January 17, 2023
Running out of words to describe Lebron James’ game. 🐐
— Nathaniel*. (@Nathaniel_M3) January 17, 2023
There are so many #Lebron haters that they act like what he’s doing is normal. Scoring like this, at this age, and so many years in the #NBA. This is crazy. We will never see anything like this again. Thank you LBJ 🙏🏽 #lakers #lebronjames pic.twitter.com/ZkI76IswS3
— SIR WILL (@IAMSIRWILL) January 17, 2023
LeBron being "greedy." Yes, we want him and the rest of the team to be greedy and start a new winning streak!!! We believe in the purple 💜 and gold 💛 @Lakers
— TukH (@Theresa44324453) January 17, 2023
@KingJames is truly defying the laws of somethin lol
— SanNicolasBrand™ (@sannicolasbrand) January 17, 2023
gotta respect greatness 👑
— Tanmay Ghai (@tanmayghai18) January 17, 2023
@KevinOConnorNBA the most accurate statement ever made might be “don’t take LeBron James for granted”. The guy is a modern day marvel #LeBron #nba
— Steven Paice (@stevenpaice) January 17, 2023
38 years old year 20 still performing at his highest level I am glad to witness his greatness 👑 my idol @KingJames @JamesWorthy42 @jovanbuha @Trevor_Lane @RyanWardLA @RomeTrav
— Gerrycho Retirado (@GerrychoRetirad) January 17, 2023
