“That’s how they taught me the game.”

It took nearly 19 years and 1,297 games to see LeBron James Failed to score at least 10 points In an NBA game, where he is in his twenty-third season. This is a record that the American star lost to the Los Angeles Lakers, who beat the Raptors (120-123) thanks to the striker’s sacrifices.

In Toronto, the North American wasn’t having his best night He did not score a single point in the first quarter. He was not able to increase his personal tally to four until the end of the first half. After the break things did not improve: He added only four points.

With 3 seconds remaining, with the score tied 120-120, An unmarked LeBron received the ball from Austin Reeves Behind the three-point line. He took a few steps and stood on the headboard. He was interrupted by Immanuel Quickley, before whom James made a crucial decision: Instead of looking for the basket to get 10 pointswhich would have extended his scoring record to 1,298 matches, was left by Hachimura.

The Japanese received the ball unmarked in the left corner of the court with 1.8 seconds left in the match and shot from three shots, He scored the Lakers’ winning hat-trick thanks to a LeBron passWho has not failed to reach 10 points since January 5, 2007 against the Milwaukee Bucks.

“It’s just playing the right way. You always have to make the right play. That’s the way I work, that’s the way I learned the game, I’ve done that my whole career. “I never doubted it for a moment,” the 40-year-old explained after the match.