LEBRON: BREAKING RECORDS AND BREAKING A SWEAT

LeBron James added another chapter to his legendary career on Friday, January 3, surpassing Michael Jordan’s record for the most 30-point games in NBA history.

In the Los Ange­les Lak­ers’ 119–102 win over the Atlanta Hawks, James hit his 563rd 30-point game, sur­pass­ing Jor­dan’s mark from 2003.  

James dropped 30 points on 13-of-20 shoot­ing, seal­ing the mile­stone with an 18-foot jumper that felt like a nod to Jor­dan him­self. Reflect­ing on the achieve­ment, LeBron said, “It’s hum­bling. Any­time I’m men­tioned with any of the greats, and arguably the great­est ever, it’s super cool. MJ was my idol grow­ing up—I even wear 23 because of him. So to be in the con­ver­sa­tion is just super-duper dope for me.”  

The Lak­ers had a strong show­ing over­all, with Antho­ny Davis con­tribut­ing 18 points, 19 rebounds, and three blocks, while Austin Reaves chipped in 20 points, sev­en rebounds, and six assists. But let’s be honest—this night belonged to King James.  

Antho­ny Davis couldn’t resist pok­ing fun at his team­mate for tak­ing sev­en more sea­sons to break Jordan’s record. “It’s a hell of an accom­plish­ment,” Davis said. “He’s prob­a­bly No. 1 in every­thing at this point. I’ve seen so many of his mile­stones up close—I just want to keep stack­ing them with him.”  

LeBron, who turned 40 ear­li­er this week, shows no signs of slow­ing down. He also passed Dirk Now­itz­ki in total career games, mov­ing into fourth on the all-time list. Fun fact: only two oth­er players—Nowitzki (1) and Jor­dan (4)—scored 30-point games after turn­ing 40. LeBron? He’s already got two in five days. At this rate, he might break that record by next Tues­day.