{"id":22534,"date":"2025-02-22T14:42:41","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T13:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=22534"},"modified":"2025-02-22T14:42:44","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T13:42:44","slug":"lebron-james-40-ball-reignites-the-goat-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/lebron-james-40-ball-reignites-the-goat-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"LeBron James&#8217; 40-ball reignites the &#8220;GOAT&#8221; debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Lakers superstar, LeBron James has been breaking records right and left. A 40-point bomb against the Portland Trail Blazers made him the only 40-year old with multiple 40-point games in NBA history. This was his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statmuse.com\/nba\/ask\/most-40-point-games-in-lakers-history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>18th 40-point regular season performance<\/a> in Lakers jersey which puts him sixth in franchise history ahead of Anthony Davis (15). <\/p><p>LeBron James tied Allen Iverson for sixth-most 40-point games in NBA history with his 79th career performance. However, James&rsquo;s 40-ball reignited the &ldquo;Goat&rdquo; debate against former legends like Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant. NBA fans were quick to target James&rsquo; games played in the regular season to mock his new record. The forward is still far behind Michael Jordan (173) and Kobe Bryant (122) record of most 40-point games.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KWEo16xDOm\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/KWEo16xDOm<\/a><\/p>&mdash; moose (@roadto80pct) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/roadto80pct\/status\/1892811852020625910?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>February 21, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>James&rsquo; fans were quick to defend him against the allegations with the field-goal attempted data. Michael Jordan had attempted 30+ field-goals in 132 regular season games and Kobe Bryant had 109 games. On the other hand, LeBron James only has 34 games where he has attempted 30+ field-goals in a single game. <\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Games with 30+fga:<br><br>Jordan &ndash; 132<br>Kobe &ndash; 109<br>Harden &ndash; 39<br>Iverson &ndash; 98<br>LeBron &ndash; 34<br><br>Games with 25+fga and 13+fta:<br><br>Jordan &ndash; 99<br>Kobe &ndash; 78<br>Harden &ndash; 60<br>Iverson &ndash; 98<br>LeBron &ndash; 39<br><br>Just providing some context for yall <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aHul4RjjXx\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>https:\/\/t.co\/aHul4RjjXx<\/a><\/p>&mdash; NBAStatGuy (@NBAStatGuy_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBAStatGuy_\/status\/1893071469115998284?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>February 21, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Also Read:<\/h3><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=22360&amp;action=edit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>&ldquo;Team USA fears they&rsquo;d get their a** kicked by those international players.&rdquo; &ndash; Stephen A. Smith tears down on Team USA players<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=22320&amp;action=edit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Could Victor Wembanyama&rsquo;s season-ending turn into a career-ending one?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=22276&amp;action=edit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>LeBron James &lsquo;not so&rsquo; Clutch player for Lakers according to a wild stat<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">LeBron James 40-point performance against the Portland Trail Blazers<\/h2><p>In the absence of Luka Doncic, LeBron James led the Lakers to a 110-102 victory. He scored 16 points in the first-half on 7-11 shooting combined with two free-throws. <\/p><p>As the Trail Blazers made a comeback, James ended the third quarter with 12 points on 3-8 shooting and four free-throws. The forward closed out the game with 12 points in the fourth-quarter as well shooting 4-5 from the field and two free-throws. His 40th point came in the final seconds of the game when Jerami Grant&rsquo;s foul sent him to the free-throw line. <\/p><p>He ended the game with 40 points, eight rebounds and four assists while shooting 14\/24 from the field (58.3%). <\/p><p><\/p><p><\/p><div>. <\/div>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LeBron James has been breaking records right and left. A 40-point bomb against the Portland Trail Blazers made him the only 40-year old with multiple 40-point games in NBA history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":22544,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[18,19,67],"class_list":["post-22534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-lebron-james","tag-los-angeles-lakers","tag-michael-jordan"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>LeBron James&#039; 40-ball reignites the &quot;GOAT&quot; debate<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"LeBron James&#039;s 40-points performance against the Portland Trail Blazers reignites the &quot;GOAT&#039;&#039; debate between NBA fans.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/lebron-james-40-ball-reignites-the-goat-debate\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"LeBron James&#039; 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