LeBron James

On his 38th birthday, Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James went for 47 points, 10 rebounds, and 9 assists in a win over the Atlanta Hawks.

LeBron James and Kevin Durant are two of the greatest players of all-time, and it is cool to see Durant show appreciation in this way. The Brooklyn Nets and Los Angeles Lakers have had two incredibly different seasons, with Brooklyn reestablishing themselves as true title contenders while the Lakers fall further from the play-in tournament. On his 38th birthday, Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James went for 47 points, 10 rebounds, and 9 assists in a win over the Atlanta Hawks.

LeBron James celebrated his 38th birthday with 47 points and a near triple-double in the Lakers 130-121 win over the Hawks on Friday night.

Things are looking up for the Lakers, if only momentarily. James has been openly critical of the Lakers’ roster in recent weeks. On Friday, two days after his eyebrow-raising postgame comments in Miami, James went a step further, turning back the clock with a season-best performance and almost single-handedly willing the Lakers to a win on his birthday. Los Angeles’ 15-point comeback made for its largest comeback win of the season as the Lakers improve to 15-21. [Lakers](https://theathletic.com/nba/team/lakers/). [Cleveland](https://theathletic.com/nba/team/cavaliers/).

LeBron James scored a season-high 47 points on 18-for-27 shooting and added 10 rebounds and nine assists in the Lakers' 130-121 victory at Atlanta.

[The Lakers](https://www.latimes.com/sports/lakers) overcame a 15-point first-half deficit, beginning with a huge second quarter from James, when he created more than 82% of the Lakers’ points when you add his scoring (16) with the 16 points created from his seven assists. Fans in the crowd howled when he slammed, they gasped when he sprinted up and down the court, and they exploded when he made a clutch, deep three-pointer late in the fourth quarter to give him 40. He became just the third player to score 47 or more points after turning 38 and the first to do it with 10 rebounds or nine assists.

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The Lakers' superstar scores 47 points, nearly becoming the 1st player in league history to record a triple-double on their birthday.

The scoring tally trails only the birthday 48 James put on the Hawks in 2009, when he turned 25. A single assist was all that stood between James and the first birthday triple-double in NBA history. A

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Young went on to make a jump shot but Schroder answered back and James then finished it off with a pair of free throws to ice a memorable win for the Lakers. would instead take a 98-95 lead into the final quarter of the game. It was a tough first quarter for the Lakers, who fell into a 33-23 hole after shooting just 1-for-8 from deep and turning the ball over five times. Of course, there was also still plenty of the birthday boy in the third, with James adding 13 points and four rebounds in the quarter. James had 10 points and four assists during that run to finish the half with 18 points, five rebounds and eight assists while Bryant had a handy 11 points and nine assists. Young was eventually cleared to return though and played a key role in the Hawks’ victory, scoring points to go with three rebounds and eight assists.

James predicted a 40-point night before the game. 'I had to make it happen."

He then drove to the other side of the rim, stopped, spun around and sunk a baby jumper just five feet from the rim to give him 45 points. James proved he still has a quick enough first step to get by the young guys, and when the Hawks sent a help defender under the rim to provide some resistance, James effortlessly evaded that. James took advantage of Atlanta's poor rim protection, doing a bulk of his damage under the rim as the Hawks had no one to slow him down. The impressive part about James' performance was the efficiency in which he pulled it off. The four-time champion dropped 47 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists to lift the [Los Angeles Lakers](https://www.cbssports.com/nba/teams/LAL/los-angeles-lakers/) to a 130-121 road win. The other two players ahead of James are Jordan and Jamal Crawford, both of whom put up 51 points.

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Pascal Siakam added 26 points and six assists for the Raptors, who ended a five-game home losing streak by winning for the third time in their past 11 games overall. Anunoby contributed 16 points for the Raptors, and Scottie Barnes scored 11. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope scored 20 points on 7-for-7 shooting for the Nuggets, who won for the ninth time in 11 games. DeMar DeRozan scored 22 points and Nikola Vucevic collected 19 points and nine rebounds for the Bulls, who have won five of six games overall and 12 straight against the Pistons. Bones Hyland had 16 points and Vlatko Cancar scored 15 for Denver. Willy Hernangomez scored 13 points as the Pelicans won their fifth straight game. Thompson finished with 31 points after hitting seven 3-pointers for Golden State, which won its fourth straight at home over the past six days. Dejounte Murray added 20 points and nine assists, and Onyeka Okongwu had 17 points, eight rebounds and three blocked shots. Damian Lillard poured in a team-high 34 points in another of his San Francisco Bay Area homecomings. Washington, which has won four straight games and five of six, went on a 16-2 run midway through the second quarter and never looked back. It was the third straight road loss for Utah. He added 10 rebounds and nine assists to fall just short of his first triple-double of the season.

On his 38th birthday, LeBron James delivered one of his best games of the season in a win over the Hawks.

James erupted for a near-triple-double of 47 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists. James was otherworldly — and not just relative to his big day. On his 38th birthday, James looked no different than the 19-year-old who entered the league in 2003.

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LeBron James turns 38 today (Friday) and his birthday gives us all a chance to stop and appriciate what we have gotten to see over the last two decades.

[ chase-down blocks in the biggest of moments](https://nba.nbcsports.com/2016/12/26/outside-warriors-locker-room-in-cleveland-large-photo-of-ringed-lebron-james-blocking-the-andre-iguodala/) will be recalled. For any true fan of the game, it is a joy to watch LeBron James play basketball. It says more about LeBron’s game that whenever he does hang up his sneakers we will remember him as much more than a scorer — his passing, IQ, and [LeBron James](https://www.nbcsportsedge.com/basketball/nba/player/28859/lebron-james) may epitomize that mindset — he is one of the greatest players ever to lace up a pair of hightops (or, [currently, low-tops](https://www.nike.com/t/lebron-xx-stocking-stuffer-basketball-shoes-ct1qVm/DJ5423-500)), a combination of athleticism and basketball IQ few, if any, could ever match. It speaks to LeBron’s greatness as a scorer, his longevity, and his commitment to conditioning that this will happen. Sometimes in our desire as sports fans to rank and rate everything, we don’t take a step back and appreciate what is right in front of us.

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He motivates and inspires the team to go out there and do their jobs." A hell of a performance," coach Darvin Ham said after the Friday game. LeBron also made a season-high 18 field goals and was 4-for-6 on 3-point attempts.

LeBron James knows how to celebrate in style, scoring a season-high 47 points as he inspired the Los Angeles Lakers to a 130-121 win over the Atlanta Hawks ...

I just knew that [if] I continued to put in the work, continued to be true to the game that I could be one of the greatest players to ever play this game, I just always believed that, so there are times when I’m on the floor when I feel like a kid again … [James](https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/01/sport/lebron-james-jerry-jones-photo-intl-spt/index.html) helped his team come back from 15 points down at the State Farm Arena and ended the game with 10 rebounds and nine assists. “At 18 years old I knew how to play the game, I knew I belonged in the NBA but I didn’t know what I could become.

The King reminded fans that age is but a number with his masterclass on Friday night.

On his 38th birthday Friday, the [Lakers](https://www.si.com/nba/team/los-angeles-lakers) superstar showed why he’s one of the greatest to ever pick up a basketball with a spectacular performance in Atlanta. Ham and James’s teammates weren’t the only ones in complete awe of the 38-year-old’s showcase on Friday. That gift was a 47-point outburst, his highest scoring total of the season.

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“Do whatever it takes to represent scarlet and gray. “The fans. Obviously, it’s going to be a tough one,” he said. The fact that Ohio State fans are so passionate anyways, the fact that someone like that who didn’t go to the school embraces the university. “It’s going to be fun. His oldest son, Bronny, seems destined to get a taste of the pageantry of big-time college sports should he choose to play basketball in college next season. “How could you not want to go out and just run through a wall?” James said of what it feels like to hear it. 23 and James’ name on the back. “… All the time,” James told The Times about playing college football or basketball. Later in the night, he’d make more history — “Every time I go to an Ohio State game, a football game or a basketball game or any of those games where it’s just super-jam packed, super excitement.

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Regardless, there is no denying the fact that LeBron is one of the best players ever. It is difficult to deny the passion around college sports, particularly college football and basketball. All the time,” James told The LA Times about playing college football or basketball.

On his 38th birthday, LeBron James put up a remarkable performance: 47 points on 18-of-27 shooting, 10 rebounds and nine assists as the Los Angeles Lakers ...

Just the opposite, in fact. James scored a season-high 47 points while shooting 18-of-27 from the field, grabbing 10 boards, and dishing out nine dimes.

James, in the midst of his 20th season, has already logged far more NBA minutes than MJ, who played for 15 total seasons, ever did. But by achieving this at 38 years young, The Chosen One entered truly elite territory in terms of league longevity. Obviously that kind of night, in a victory, would be impressive for an NBA player of any age.