LeBron James Floors NBA Fans With 3rd Straight Triple-Double At Age 39 In Lakers’ Win | News, results, highlights, stats and rumours

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LeBron James is 39 years old and in his 22nd season in the NBA. And he is still able to leave fans speechless thanks to his individual brilliance.

James had 35 points, 12 rebounds and 14 assists as the Los Angeles Lakers won 128-123 over the Memphis Grizzlies,

Anthony Davis dropped 21 points and 14 rebounds, while Dalton Knecht was effective off the bench, shooting 5-of-5 from beyond the arc en route to a 19-point night.

This was LeBron’s third consecutive triple-double and fourth of the season, which is second most in the league behind Denver Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic.

“I just live in the moment,” he told reporters to continue to rack up triple-doubles at this point in his career. “It feels good to be able to go out and play the game that I love at a high level still. And every night I step on the floor, I try to help our team be successful in any way, shape, form or mode. So in that sense it’s pretty cool.”

As you might expect, praise for James poured in on social media:

4 4 4 @SlimSleep

I hate that I have to say this every time. But Lebron James is simply the greatest basketball player of all time. There’s nothing your favorite player can say or do to change that

ibn Bashir عبرهيم @omoAsake

You’ve never seen a better player than LeBron James in your life – if you think you have, you’re kidding yourself.

Russillo @rye arussillo

LeBron with another night where I can’t believe this is really happening. Not just the stat line, but the effort, especially in the 4th.

Keerthika Uthayakumar @keerthikau

LeBron James recorded his first career 30-point triple-double on April 9, 2005. He recorded his 40th career 30-point triple-double tonight, 19 years later.
There are 30 players in the NBA who weren’t alive when he recorded his first.

feeno @ArianFoster

we will never see another lebron in our lifetime. appreciate this

Skip Bayless @RealSkipBayless

Congratulations to LeBron James for a 3rd straight triple double at the age of almost 40 years.

Calenta @NBAPaint1

Lebron will retire with 100 hours of highlights, we will never be able to properly digest it all.

As the cliché goes, genius is never understood in its own time.

James is considered one of the greatest basketball players of all time and perhaps the only serious challenger to Michael Jordan’s status as the greatest. Still, fans may look back in a few years and feel like they don’t fully understand what the four-time MVP continues to do at a time when past legends have either slowed down or retired entirely.

LeBron is not the player he was 10 or 15 years ago, but he is still able to put his team on his back on any given night and carry it to victory. Whether the Lakers win a title or even make a deep playoff run, just sit back and enjoy the ride.