LeBron James suffers the worst defeat of his career – 11/28/2023 – Sports

Joel Embiid’s Philadelphia 76ers defeated the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday (27) by 44 points (138-94) in the heaviest defeat LeBron James has suffered in his 21-year NBA career.

James, who is a month away from turning 39, had a dismal night at Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center, scoring just 18 points and not grabbing a single rebound for the first time since November 2010.

With the victory already decided for the Sixers, James went to the bench with eight minutes left in the game and his team was already down by 27 points (111-84). From there, he saw his fellow reserves being overwhelmed by the home team, who had a 46-point advantage.

Never had a team that ‘King James’ belonged to lost by 44 points, which is also the fourth biggest deficit in Lakers history.

“What needs to change so this doesn’t happen again? A lot,” James declared angrily in the locker room.

Asked about the changes his team needs, the winger simply replied: “I can only speak for myself.”

The greatest scorer in NBA history, LeBron reached another league milestone on Monday by surpassing the record for minutes on the court for a player combining the regular season and playoffs, which belonged to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar with 66,297.

The Lakers came into the game in good shape, with a positive run of seven wins in their last nine games.

But on Monday they were faced with an overwhelming performance from Embiid and point guard Tyrese Maxey, one of this season’s best duos in the NBA.

The Cameroonian center finished with 30 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists for his first triple of the season and the sixth of his career.

The current NBA MVP didn’t even need to enter the court in the final quarter.

At his side, young Tyrese Maxey shone again, destroying the Angelina defense with 31 points, 5 triples and 8 assists.

The Sixers, who have taken off since trading James Harden to the Clippers, share second place in the Eastern Conference with the Milwaukee Bucks and Orlando Magic, all one victory behind the leaders, the Boston Celtics.

LeBron James finished with 18 points, 5 assists and 0 rebounds, an anomaly that only occurred four times in his extraordinary NBA career.

Center Anthony Davis scored 17 points and 11 rebounds, but the Lakers never found a way to stop the rain of 22 three-pointers from the home team (47.8% accuracy).

Nuggets beat Clippers without Jokic

In another of Monday’s five games, the Los Angeles Clippers suffered a painful 113-104 home defeat to the Denver Nuggets, who were without their three stars: Nikola Jokic, due to back problems, Aaron Gordon and Jamal Murray .

Point guard Reggie Jackson, with 35 points (15/19 shooting from the field) and 13 assists, and veteran center DeAndre Jordan teamed up to get revenge on their former team.

At 35 years old, and in just his third game this season, Jordan dominated the Clippers’ paint box with 21 points (8/11), 13 rebounds and 5 assists.

Winger Paul George personified the hosts’ sinking with just 6 points (2/13), while guard James Harden scored 11 points from just 7 shots in the match. Kawhi Leonard was the Clippers’ scorer with 31 points.

In turn, the Detroit Pistons suffered their fourteenth consecutive defeat when they lost at home 126-107 to the Washington Wizards.

Pivot forward Kyle Kuzma was the star of this duel between the two worst teams in the East, scoring 32 points, 12 rebounds and 8 assists.