Lakers' LeBron James Breaks Michael Jordan Record, Wows NBA Fans in Win vs. Hawks

Lakers’ LeBron James Breaks Michael Jordan Record, Wows NBA Fans in Win vs. Hawks

Posted by Admin January 4, 2025 NBA

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Make room for another chapter in the NBA record book for LeBron James, who surpassed Michael Jordan’s mark for most 30-point games in league history in the Los Angeles Lakers’ 119-102 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Friday.

James finished with exactly 30 points on 13-of-20 shooting and eight assists in 30 minutes to help the Lakers win for the eighth time in their last 11 games.

James now has 563 games with at least 30 points, surpassing the previous record held by Michael Jordan. The historic moment came midway through the fourth quarter when James, fittingly, hit a fadeaway jumper over Onyeka Okongwu.

SportsCenter @SportsCenter

BRON PASSES MJ FOR MOST 30-PT GAMES IN NBA HISTORY 👑
LeBron James: 563 30-PT games
Michael Jordan: 562 30-PT games pic.twitter.com/sG7a5NgbBt

Even though it’s become all too common to celebrate James for breaking records because he has done it so frequently, particularly in the past two seasons, fans were able to find news ways to acknowledge the greatness of the future Hall of Famer after his latest historic achievement.

Hub @KenHeLive

They really told LeBron James it was time to retire over a slump. Lmao

Barry @BarryOnHere

LeBron James year 22 averages:
24.1 PPG – 7.4 RPG – 8.9 APG – 59.6% TS – 22.4 PER
All-NBA caliber player still. We’ll never see anything like this again.

NBACentral @TheDunkCentral

LeBron James over his last 6 games:
30 PTS – 3 REB – 8 AST
38 PTS – 8 AST – 7 3PM
23 PTS – 4 REB – 7 AST
31 PTS – 4 REB – 10 AST
28 PTS – 11 REB – 11 AST
32 PTS – 7 REB – 6 AST
(Via @realapp_ ) pic.twitter.com/sjlHF4THYS

Mohammad S. Noorali @RealMSN

There’s been seven instances of a 40+ year old scoring 30 points in an NBA regular season in all of nba history
LeBron has 2 of the 7… he’s played 2 games as a 40 year old…

Will Gottlieb @Will_Gottlieb

Jordan scored 30+ in 52.4% of his career games played
LeBron scored 30+ in 36.9% of his career games https://t.co/jfx9qhJ1hQ

Greg Beacham @gregbeacham

Only 3 players in NBA history have scored at least 30 points in a game after turning 40.
Michael Jordan did it 4 times. Dirk Nowitzki did it once. LeBron James has done it twice in his first 5 days of being 40.

Jordan’s 562nd game with at least 30 points came in his 1,053rd game. Friday was the 1,523rd career game for James. LeBron is the more efficient scorer of the two with a 50.6 field-goal percentage, compared to 49.7 percent for Jordan.

As impressive as another milestone is, the best news for the Lakers is that James looks to be back on track after a brief slump and sitting out two games in early December due to a foot injury.

In eight starts since returning on Dec. 15, James is averaging 27.4 points on 53.7 percent shooting (44.7 percent from three), 8.1 assists and 5.8 rebounds per game. The Lakers are 6-2 in those games and have moved six games over .500 for the first time since Nov. 19.

Next up for the Lakers is a two-game road trip in Texas. They will play the Houston Rockets on Sunday before traveling to Dallas to the play the Mavericks on Tuesday.