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Hunt Hughes @ChaseHughesNBCS
Not the finest half for the Wizards. They are down 72-54 to the Blazers.
LeBron had 33 in the 2nd one-half last night vs. the Wiz, but I think Josh Hart was even better in the 1st one-half tonight: 28 pts, six reb, 4 ast, 4 stl – 11:07 PM

Dave McMenamin @mcten
New video: With 40-year-former Drew Gooden and 25-year-old Stanley Johnson there equally quondam and current teammates in the building respectably, showing the breadth of LeBron James' remarkable ride, the 37-yr-sometime Lakers star showed out once again on Friday. moving-picture show.twitter.com/9DyM3H1iBk – 9:45 PM

Kellan Olson @KellanOlson
LeBron James (left knee soreness/effusion) and Talen Horton-Tucker (left ankle sprain) are listed as questionable for the Lakers tomorrow confronting the Suns. Malik Monk (right shoulder soreness) is probable.
Anthony Davis and Kendrick Nunn are out. – viii:08 PM

David Hardisty @clutchfans
LeBron James scoring 50 points on "only 25 shots" last night reminded me of that time James Harden scored 60 points on 24 shots and saturday the whole 4th quarter. He played simply over 30 minutes and was +50 in the game. Hard to believe that was real. – 2:50 PM

Justin Kubatko @jkubatko
LeBron James' terminal three games:
✅ 56 PTS
✅ 23 PTS, xiv REB, 12 AST
✅ 50 PTS
The only other player in NBA history to record two 50-point games and a triple-double in a 3-game bridge is Wilt Chamberlain (March five-eight, 1963). pic.twitter.com/oVLnBeeG0N – 1:31 PM

Micah Adams @MicahAdams13
LeBron James defies Begetter Time like no player ever.
LeBron by career game number
* 1-500: 21.half-dozen game score
* 501-1000: 22.five game score
* 1000+: 22.7 game score
Total players in modern NBA history with game score of 20.
Games 1-500: 10
Games 501-1000: xviii
Games 1000+: 1 – 12:54 PM

Micah Adams @MicahAdams13
LeBron James might win scoring titles 14 years apart.
The only player in NBA history to win scoring titles over 10 years apart is Michael Jordan (11).
After MJ, the next longest gap from first to final is vi by Wilt and Iverson.
LeBron's peak is outrageous. – 10:01 AM

Justin Kubatko @jkubatko
LeBron James last dark:
✅ 50 PTS
✅ 7 REB
✅ 6 AST
✅ 18-25 FG
James is the first player in NBA history to tape multiple 50-betoken games after his 35th birthday.
He's the oldest player in NBA history to record a 50-betoken game while shooting at least 70% from the field. motion picture.twitter.com/7VyIE36osk – 10:01 AM

Keith Pompey @PompeyOnSixers
#DidYouKnowFlow: The race for the #NBA's scoring championship will go downward to the wire. The Lakers' LeBron James (29.lxx ppg) is the scoring leader. Joel Embiid (29.67) is 2nd, & the #Bucks' Giannis Antetokounmpo (29.66) is third. LA has 16 games left. The #Sixers have 17 left & Bucks fifteen. pic.twitter.com/MDOXWjO0PW – ix:56 AM

Matt Williams @StatsWilliams
Lakers with LeBron James, Malik Monk and Austin Reaves all on the courtroom on Friday:
xviii minutes
57 points
73% FG per centum (24-33)
+fifteen pts diff
LeBron scored 31 points on 12-15 shooting in these xviii minutes.
In 2021-22, Lakers take a +9.nine cyberspace effic when all 3 share the floor. – nine:55 AM

Micah Adams @MicahAdams13
LeBron James won his beginning scoring championship at 23.
He currently leads the NBA in scoring with 29.1 PPG.
At 37, he would be by far the oldest scoring champ in NBA history.
The oldest is Michael Jordan who won it at 34 in his final flavor with the Bulls. – 9:51 AM

Tim Reynolds @ByTimReynolds
Nobody has ever won scoring championships 14 years apart. LeBron has a hazard to do that; his lone scoring title was in 2007-08, and last night's barrage put him atop this season's scoring race. – eight:50 AM

Tim Reynolds @ByTimReynolds
fifty-indicate games by actor age:
60: Kobe Bryant, 37 (his terminal game)
56: LeBron James, 37
51: Jamal Crawford, 39
51: Michael Jordan, 38
50: LeBron James, 37
(No other 37-year-old-and-up has scored more 46) – 8:43 AM

Mark Deeks @MarkDeeksNBA
Wake up, meet "he's 37" trending, see it'southward about LeBron James posting a l-betoken game, realise he'due south 4 months younger than me, have one of those mid-life moments that were funny a few years ago but aren't at present, go back to bed and try to find a position where my back doesn't hurt. – 4:31 AM

Dave McMenamin @mcten
New story: Another home game, another 50 piece for LeBron James every bit the Lakers star continues to rewrite the tape books for a role player at this stage of his career es.pn/3J8IR1A – 4:23 AM

Chris Sheridan @sheridanhoops
The fifty-betoken game by LeBron James gives him the league scoring lead past a fraction of a point over Joel Embiid and Giannis Antetokounmpo. It is non a three-manner necktie as stats on mainstream sites would seem to indicate. – 3:xl AM

Kyle Goon @kylegoon
Lakers-Wizards was an obvious set-upward for a mini-referendum on the merchandise terminal summertime that both teams might be regretting.
But LeBron James doesn't intendance about your narratives. With a 50-point nighttime for the second time in a calendar week, he seized the spotlight: ocregister.com/2022/03/xi/leb… – 2:28 AM

Jorge Sierra @hoopshype
Scoring averages of the GOATs at age 37
LeBron James: 29.7 ppg on 51.viii FG%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: 22.0 ppg on 59.9 FG%
Kobe Bryant: 17.6 ppg on 35.eight FG%
Tim Duncan: fifteen.1 ppg on 49.0 FG%
Shaquille O'Neal: 12.0 ppg on 56.vi FG%
Not playing: MJ, Magic, Bill Russell, Wilt, Larry Bird – ii:12 AM

Wayne Cole @waynec0le
Outside of Lebron, they struggled to score; kuzma also said the crowd fed of Lebron he said they'll see the lakers over again in 9 days. – 1:37 AM

Matt Williams @StatsWilliams
LeBron James in 11 games starting at middle this flavour:
35.iii PPG
55% FG
40% 3-pt FG
Both 50-point games have come up when he has started at middle. – i:31 AM

Mike Trudell @LakersReporter
Among the NBA JAM teams @LeBron James used to frequent: Supersonics (Payton/Kemp) … Aureate State (Mullin, Hardaway, Jr.), Mavs … he as well mentioned the Bulls, simply (like all of usa) lamented that MJ wasn't on it (even noting the name and likeness state of affairs he's learned much about!). – one:fourteen AM

Brad Botkin @bradbotkincbs
LeBron factoring into MVP race i way or another. Optics of Embiid not winning scoring title could swing what could exist a money-flip vote with Jokic – 1:08 AM

Mike Trudell @LakersReporter
LeBron on @Kyle Kuzma: "We matched up a lot tonight … seeing my two brothers, KCP and Kuz, seeing Kuz development this year has been so amazing. His playmaking, shotmaking … information technology's always a welcoming feeling when you see (a championship) teammate you lot was in the foxhole with." – 1:07 AM

Ava Wallace @avarwallace
Information technology's a Lakers W, 122-109 over Washington. LA needed another 50 point night from LeBron James, who got a continuing ovation as he walked off.
Kuzma: 23p
Kispert: 21p
Hachimura: 15p
Porzingis: 14p 14r – 1:04 AM

Mike Trudell @LakersReporter
In the walkoff interview, in trying to explicate what it feels like to be hot similar that on his route to a 2d directly 50-point game at dwelling, @LeBron James invoked NBA JAM, when the fire starts later on three straight makes. – 1:03 AM

Dave McMenamin @mcten
Lakers get a much-needed win over WAS, 122-109, after the debacle in Houston. LeBron 50p 7r 6a; Monk 21p on 8-of-12 (5-of-7 from iii); THT 15p 2s; Reaves 12p on half dozen-of-10; Russ 5p on 2-of-11 9a 1to. They go to PHX and play the Suns on Dominicus. – 12:58 AM

Allen Sliwa @AllenSliwa
Lakers over the Wizards, 122-109…Great operation by Bron
-LBJ 50pts (xviii of 25) 7rebs 6ast
-Monk 21pts 4ast
-THT 15pts 5rebs
-Reaves 12pts 5rebs
Next upwards, at Phoenix on Dominicus Night…
@ESPNLosAngeles – 12:58 AM

Josh Robbins @JoshuaBRobbins
Last: Lakers 122, Wizards 109
Kuzma: 23 pts., 7 rebs., iii assts.
Kispert: 21 pts., two rebs.
Porzingis: 14 pts., fourteen rebs., 2 assts.
LeBron: 50 pts., 7 rebs., 6 assts.
Records: Lakers 29-37, Wizards 29-36 – 12:57 AM

Kyle Goon @kylegoon
FINAL: Lakers 122, Wizards 109.
LeBron James scored FIF-TEE points. Second straight home game the 37-year-quondam has scored at least l. – 12:57 AM

Jovan Buha @jovanbuha
Final: Lakers 122, Wizards 109
LeBron James scored l points for the second time in three games. The Lakers improve to 2-six after the All-Star break and 29-37 overall. They're now ii.five games alee of the Pelicans for the No. 9 seed. A much-needed West.
Upward adjacent: at Phoenix on Sunday. – 12:56 AM

Dave McMenamin @mcten
LeBron James hits at three, giving him 50 for the game. Information technology's the 2d fourth dimension in his last 3 games that he'southward hit 50 and the 14th fourth dimension in his career. He's 18-of-25 overall (72%), 6-of-9 from 3 and 8-of-viii from the line. – 12:52 AM

Marking Medina @MarkG_Medina
After his latest handbasket, LeBron James shook his head and so gave the crazy mitt signal. Aye, information technology is pretty crazy to see a 37-yr-old LeBron score l points vs Washington less than a week after dropping 56 vs Gilt State – 12:52 AM

Sean Grande @SeanGrandePBP
The Lakers will improve to two-6 in their last 8.
50 for LeBron.
The Lakers oasis't won a game in which LeBron did non score 50 in over three weeks. – 12:51 AM

Mark Medina @MarkG_Medina
And some say that LeBron is too passive with looking for his shot. He usually just makes the right basketball play. And in tonight's game, it's involved scoring a lot. – 12:48 AM

Dave McMenamin @mcten
On the night the Lakers played the guys they traded for him – Kyle Kuzma and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope – Russell Westbrook is ii-for-eleven and was pulled from the game with 8:37 to get and hasn't gotten back in. But the story of the game has been LeBron James, who is upwards to 47 pts – 12:48 AM

Kyle Goon @kylegoon
LeBron with the and-1 finish every bit he knocks Kispert to the floor. He screams, shaking his head. He'southward up to 47 points, his second-highest scoring operation of the year. Fans hither are shouting Thou-V-P. – 12:48 AM

Mike Trudell @LakersReporter
With 44 points thus far, and 56 last domicile game, LeBron is the get-go Laker since Kobe, in 2006-07, to total 100 points in consecutive home games.
Bryant went for 50 on both 4/12 and iv/15 in 2007. – 12:47 AM

Kyle Goon @kylegoon
In this clinching fourth quarter, the function players have taken the cue from LeBron. Huge plays from THT, Malik and just now Austin Reaves every bit the Lakers take a 109-98 lead with 3:52 remaining. – 12:45 AM

Mike Trudell @LakersReporter
B2B buckets from LeBron, including a skyscraping J over Kuz, have him upward to 42 on the evening.
LAL have their kickoff 10-signal lead as a effect, with 5:30 left. – 12:41 AM

Neil Dalal @NeilDalal96
LeBron James hits his staple fadeaway jumper over Kyle Kuzma and so permit him know most it cartoon a grinning from Kuzma – 12:40 AM

Mike Trudell @LakersReporter
Large B2B 3'due south from @Malik Monk, who sat for much of the 3rd Q wiith foul problem, have LAL upward 99-91 with 7:03 to play.
LeBron has helped settled things since returning, and is +14 tonight. – 12:37 AM

Mike Trudell @LakersReporter
Rough start to the quaternary for LAL with LeBron sitting, as Washington rips off a 7-ii run to trim the lead to 91-89, with nine:47 to play. – 12:xxx AM

Chase Hughes @ChaseHughesNBCS
The Lakers had a 14-indicate edge in the third, leaving the Wizards downwards 89-82 entering the 4th quarter. LeBron James had 19 of his 36 points in the frame. – 12:24 AM

Jovan Buha @jovanbuha
Third quarter: Lakers 89, Wizards 82
The Lakers dominated the third quarter, outscoring the Wizards 37-23. LeBron dropped 19 in the frame and is upward to 36 points (12-19 FG, five-8 3PT, vii-7 FT), vi rebounds and five assists. – 12:24 AM

Mike Trudell @LakersReporter
Wenyen Gabriel offered a quick five-point boost off the bench in the non-LeBron minutes to close the third, with a 3 and a dunk, to help keep LAL up 7 (89-82) heading into the fourth Q.
LeBron had 19 of his 36 points in the quarter. – 12:23 AM

Sam Quinn @SamQuinnCBS
LeBron is and so good that at 37 he can look around and realize "the only manner we'll have any run a risk is if I win the scoring championship so I guess I'll go win the scoring title." – 12:21 AM

Mike Trudell @LakersReporter
LeBron sits at the two:03 mark of the tertiary, after leading LAL to a 30-16 margin, plenty to plow a 7-betoken halftime deficit into a seven-point lead. – 12:xx AM

Mike Trudell @LakersReporter
LeBron had 56 points the last time he played in this building, and is upwards to 36 (7 for 7 FT's after hitting a technical) late in the third Q tonight. – 12:fifteen AM

Dave McMenamin @mcten
LeBron James has scored the Lakers' last 12 points in just most every fashion imaginable and is on one in the tertiary Q, shooting 6-for-vii in the menstruation to bring his game total to 33 pts on 12-for-16 – 12:08 AM

Mike Trudell @LakersReporter
* @LeBron James is putting on a show, within and out, with a series of buckets that take him up to 33 points, on 12 of 16 FG's, in his 24 minutes.
Last 2 min.:
– xviii foot fadeaway J
– driving and-1 layup into Porzingis
– long 3-pointer
– hanging, fading J over Kuz
– huge dunk – 12:07 AM

Jovan Buha @jovanbuha
LeBron James just scored 12 straight points, turning a 5-signal Lakers deficit into a 3-signal lead. Crypto.com Arena is loving it — and James is playing to the oversupply. – 12:07 AM

Josh Robbins @JoshuaBRobbins
LeBron James has scored the Lakers' last 12 points, giving the Lakers a 74-71 lead over the Wizards with five:l remaining in the third quarter. – 12:06 AM

Marker Medina @MarkG_Medina
Just like confronting Golden Country, looks like LeBron James is going to have to admittedly dominate to get this win over the Wizards. LeBron has 33 points and then far on a 12-of-xvi clip, 5-of-7 from 3, 4-of-four from FT line as well equally five assists & four boards – 12:06 AM

Jovan Buha @jovanbuha
Halftime: Wizards 59, Lakers 52
The Lakers in one case again received boos at the cease of the first half. LeBron has 17 points and 5 assists. Malik Monk has 12 points. Russ has 3 points on 1-of-9 shooting. Washington is getting to the FT line (12-14) and out in transition. – xi:39 PM

Mike Trudell @LakersReporter
LAL caput into halftime trailing 59-52. LeBron was efficient, scoring 17 on 6 of 9 FG'south, though Westbrook struggled with his shot within and out (i for x overall), and Washington was able to run out on some of his misses at the rim. – 11:38 PM

Josh Robbins @JoshuaBRobbins
Halftime: Wizards 59, Lakers 52
Porzingis: 10 pts., 9 rebs., ii assts.
Hachimura: thirteen pts., five rebs.
Kuzma: 8 pts., 4 rebs., 3 assts.
LeBron: 17 pts., 3 rebs., five assts. – 11:37 PM

Ky Carlin @Ky_Carlin
LeBron James with a chase downwardly block just for Russell Westbrook to miss a layup. The Wizards and then get a layup on the other stop. Goodness, Russ. – xi:35 PM

Jovan Buha @jovanbuha
First quarter: Lakers 26, Wizards 26
The Wizards closed the quarter on a 9-0 run after the Lakers took a nine-point lead. LeBron James has nine points and 4 assists. Malik Monk has 7 points. LA took care of the ball, turning the brawl over only in one case in comparison to their 7 assists. – 11:eleven PM

Mike Trudell @LakersReporter
LeBron, eight assists away from 10,000 before the game, had 3 dainty ones in the outset 4 minutes of action, helping the Lakers take a fifteen-11 into the get-go fourth dimension out. – ten:51 PM

Neil Dalal @NeilDalal96
Kyle Kuzma and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope dap up and embrace with LeBron James before tip-off, Kuzma as well dapped upwardly Frank Vogel – 10:41 PM

Kyle Goon @kylegoon
Lakers sticking to small brawl despite Kristaps Porzingis in the lineup. It's LeBron, Russ, Reaves, Johnson and Monk. – x:02 PM

Kyle Goon @kylegoon
LeBron James and Talen Horton-Tucker are both expected to play today against the Wizards, Frank Vogel says. – viii:fifty PM

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