{"id":8339,"date":"2023-01-17T08:58:23","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T08:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/lebron-drops-season-high-48-points-against-former-foes-son\/"},"modified":"2023-01-17T08:58:23","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T08:58:23","slug":"lebron-drops-season-high-48-points-against-former-foes-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/lebron-drops-season-high-48-points-against-former-foes-son\/","title":{"rendered":"LeBron drops season-high 48 points against former foe&#8217;s son"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>LOS ANGELES &#8212; Twenty years after LeBron James was the No. 1 overall pick in the NBA Draft, Houston Rockets forward Jabari Smith Jr., the No. 3 pick in the league&#8217;s most recent draft, is a star of the Los Angeles Lakers. I told the to do something. he feels his age.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You played your first NBA game against my dad,&#8221; Smith Jr. said in video captured by NBA TV cameras of the Lakers&#8217; 140-132 win Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>When James made his regular season debut with the Cleveland Cavaliers on October 29, 2003 in Sacramento, father of the 19-year-old Rockets rookie, Jabari Smith Sr. was certainly on the Kings&#8217; roster.<\/p>\n<p>Smith Sr. was 26 and James was 18 at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Now that James is 38, these generational basketball ties are becoming obsolete.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I felt very old when Junior said that,&#8221; James said after the game. &#8220;I think he even said, &#8216;You probably feel old.&#8217; .&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#8217;s Pick<\/h2>\n<p>2 Related<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Smith Jr. said the anecdote may have been a little unnerving for the four-time MVP winner.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was kind of mad because he said I made him feel old,&#8221; Smith Jr. said after the game. I really didn&#8217;t know. It&#8217;s just a great stat.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But James wasn&#8217;t all that upset about exchanging hugs with Smith Sr. on the court after the game and having one of the best nights of the season for the Lakers.<\/p>\n<p>He scored a season-high 48 points on 16-26 shooting (including a 3-10-5 mark and a 9-10 mark on free throws), had 9 assists and 8 rebounds, and snapped three games for LA. It helped me to Losing streak.<\/p>\n<p>He continued to set his sights on Kareem Abdul-Jabbar&#8217;s all-time scoring record of 38,387 points for a total of 38,072 points.<\/p>\n<p>And he played 36 minutes on the second night of the streak.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was so tired today. I was so tired,&#8221; James said.  &#8220;Yesterday against Philadelphia, my body was sore. When I step on the floor to warm up, when the crowd is full, it&#8217;s my job to go out and play in the best way possible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Another father-son career pedigree played out for James at Crypto.com Arena on Monday, where he faced Kenyon Martin Jr. while Kenyon Martin sat courtside.<\/p>\n<p>Make that connection even wilder? The fact that Martin Jr. is a graduate of Sierra Canyon High School, where James&#8217; sons Bronnie and Bryce attend.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m so blessed to be able to play this game and touch it for generations,&#8221; James said.<\/p>\n<p>James also faced Gary Payton and Gary Payton II. Rick Branson and his son Jalen.Gary Trent Sr. and Gary Trent Jr.<\/p>\n<p>He faced one of Bronnie&#8217;s high school teammates, Ziaile Williams of the Memphis Grizzlies, and is facing Bronnie&#8217;s former teammate Scottie Pippen Jr. in the Lakers this season. He&#8217;s playing on the same team as Shannon Brown, who started his career, and is playing alongside his brother Sterling Brown, whose 10-day contract with the Lakers just expired over the weekend. The nationally televised game featured Bill Walton as an analyst, and James&#8217; first season in Los Angeles was coached by Luke Walton.<\/p>\n<p>Not to mention, Rockets coach Steven Cyrus is the son of the late Paul Cyrus, James&#8217; first NBA coach with the Cavaliers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For as long as I&#8217;ve been playing, it&#8217;s just been unique enough to stand the test of time, and now to be able to compete against a father-son combination,&#8221; James said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/__i\/rss\/rd\/articles\/CBMiZWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmVzcG4uY29tL25iYS9zdG9yeS9fL2lkLzM1NDY0NDc4L2xlYnJvbi1mYWNpbmctc29uLWZvcm1lci1mb2UtZHJvcHMtc2Vhc29uLWhpZ2gtNDgtcG9pbnRz0gFyaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZXNwbi5jb20vbmJhL3N0b3J5L18vaWQvMzU0NjQ0NzgvbGVicm9uLWZhY2luZy1zb24tZm9ybWVyLWZvZS1kcm9wcy1zZWFzb24taGlnaC00OC1wb2ludHM_cGxhdGZvcm09YW1w?oc=5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] LOS ANGELES &#8212; Twenty years after LeBron James was the No. 1 overall pick in the NBA Draft, Houston Rockets forward Jabari Smith Jr.,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8340,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","two-columns"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/r1118723_1296x729_16-9.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8339\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}