41 years old LeBron James plays 45 minutes in game 3 win: 29 PTS, 13 REB, 6 AST. 3 STL, 1 BLK
41 years old LeBron James plays 45 minutes in game 3 win: 29 PTS, 13 REB, 6 AST. 3 STL, 1 BLK, 8 TOV, 10-22 FG, 4-9 3P, 5-6 FT
https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401869400
Dude is not human
Simply unbelievable. I thought I’d seen everything from him. Somehow, even at age 41 he manages to defy that.
Guys doing more at 41 than 99.99% of players in NBA history could do at 28.
bro does not care about age or health he will die on that court lol
I am 100% dead serious when i say I think there is at least a 50% chance that lebron is a genetically modified human being and in turn, has no father.
I am dead serious. I believe lebron was grown in a test tube and then artificially implanted into gloria james and carried to term. no human being should possess his combination of size, strength and athleticism. AND to book it all out, he’s very intelligent too. (besides the decision) remember how much poise he had just coming into the league at 18 years old? it’s un-natural. how often have TV analysts described him as a “freak of nature” …..maybe it’s truer than we know.
I am serious. we all know (and I swear I am not saying this to be insulting or mean) that lebron’s mom was a crack whore (is drug addicted prostitute better?) it’s just a fact, it happened. I am NOT saying this to be mean, in fact I am a heroin addict and know a few woman who have sold themselves for dope, it happens. they are not bad people.
and the government has a history of using prostitutes and impoverished people in “experiments.” read about MK-ULTRA. it happened. the CIA used to have prostitutes slip LSD to johns and then the agents would watch what happened thru 2-way mirrors. the government helped start and continue the crack epidemic of the 80s.
I believe that lebron was a precursor experiment to create super soldiers. something where they were just like “well let’s test it out on some poor people that no one will notice and see if we can get any results before we sink more billions into this.” it’s not all that crazy. you don’t think the government has interest in creating genetically modified super human soldiers? we know for a FACT it does. it’s been documented. you don’t think russia or china has interest in such a thing? you know they do. and anything russia or china is or would be doing we are doing. to do it first and do it better.
he’s some kind of experiment that they just monitored from a distance and let keep growing. and i mean this was probably initially started with just a few people who believed it could be done and that’s why it started small and covert using regular civilians. until they could show the results to the higher ups and say “look at this, you don’t wanna fund this on a larger scale?”
and where else would such a person end up besides in a professional sports league?
I think there is probably some secret base(s) out there that are now filled with people like lebron, younger than him probably. if they couldn’t see how well the experiment worked until he was about 16-18 years old (he was pretty much a full grown man at 16 and could have came off the bench for any NBA team if not started) than maybe there are a bunch of 9-15 year old super humans like lebron (not copies of him but given the same genetic boost that he was) eating chow in some secret barracks right now…..
until someone comes forth and the DNA test shows him to be his father (and a bunch have come forward and been shown not to be) than I will believe this is AT LEAST possible..
edit: something I’d like to add in case someone says “well if this is true why wouldn’t lebron’s mom come forward and admit it, just say I participated in a government experiment and lebron was the result.” well she doesn’t know. it’s simple, she goes to a hotel with a john, he slips something in a drink and she gets knocked out-cold. they take her and do whatever they did. give her some amnesiacs or anesthesia (probably benzos too) so when she wakes up she’s in a haze and doesn’t remember anything. not even the john. she finds out she’s pregnant later and just assumes she got knocked up by any random john. has lebron. shit even if she participated willingly, got paid, and knows everything, no one would believe her crazy ass.
LeX-Files……LeDisclosure
LeArea 23
My favorite part of this pasta is when the author is just like “look no judgement on his mom being a crack whore, I’m a heroin addict.” Lmaoooo
Been too long since I’ve read this. Thank you for the trip down memory lane. Funny how this was popular when bron was in his early 30’s and now he’s still doing it in his early 40’s. What a stud.
Basketball version of Homelander?
I mean Yao Ming was an experiment was he not from China?
Well they just asked two tall people to marry in Yao’s case. LeBron’s career legit sounds like someone who has been genetically modified in womb.
flamepipe for sure
flame that pipe again dog
it happened with yoel romero in the UFC, cuban super soldier experiment
Havent seen this copypasta in a minute lol
This is how people began thinking Jesus was born of a virgin too
Ya cause he’s a goat 😎
After becoming the oldest player to score 28+ points, now the oldest player to score 29+ points in the playoffs, besting Karl Malone. However still needs a 30 point game to knock Karl Malone off the much more coveted slot.
That’s interesting. Malone is the oldest to score 30. LeBron is the oldest to score 40. And Malone is the oldest to score 50.
Malone is also the oldest to score 13 💀
Shouldn’t that make Malone the oldest to score 40 as well?
EDIT: I’m dumb.
wilt chamberlain is the oldest to score 100
For now. Bam is coming
Bam, Wilt, Kobe incoming
Without knowing the ages involved, not necessarily. For example sake, let’s say Malone scored 30 at age 43, thus being the oldest to score 30. Then LeBron is the oldest to score 40 at 40. Then let’s say Malone was the oldest to score 50 at age 39, thus making the original assertion true, with LeBron not being the oldest to score 30.
This guy don’t maths.
No, think it over again.
I could be 5 and score 50 and you could be 6 and score 40. You were older to score 40 but if you didn’t score 50 at 5 then I was the oldest to do so
Jabari Smith is that you?
No
Malone is the oldest to score with a 12-year old
Talking about age and Karl Malone in the same comment is ominous lmao
Walking on razors edge
Greatest player of all time. This series just adds to his legacy
Personally I think 2018 and 2020 LBJ locked it up but at this point shit is just undeniable
Its such a shame that people only care about wins, 2020 wasnt even a top 5 lebron post season run but it will always get more credit because of the end result while seasons like 2009 and 2018 are viewed as failures despite being miles more impressive
I still think 07 vs the Pistons scoring 25 straight was his greatest achievement.
It’s even more insane looking back now at that Pistons team and the era, etc.
i rewatched that game a couple days ago and its so wild, just the textbook definition of taking over and people say hes not a “killer” or couldn’t handle “real defense” despite him averaging 30 ppg at 21 years old in peak deadball era through pure bully ball and physicality.
I don’t think I could put into words how people would react if that happened today. Like imagine a 16 year old in High School just being labeled as the future best player of all time, then at 22 he actually 1v5d the modern day Celtics and scored 29 of 30 to close the game.
Twitter/Reddit/ESPN/YouTube EVERYONE would be saying it was the greatest game of all time
and jumping over everyone
He was 22
What? 2018 might be his most famous run. Everyone knows about LeBronto and the JR Smith blunder in the Finals.
And I think 2020 is in the discussion for a top 5 LeBron postseason. He was straight up a better basketball player than compared to his first Cleveland stint
2020 was impressive because of the le point guard narrative ngl and also proved he could win even in weird conditions like the bubble.
2018 is literally considered one of his best achievements
Nah from what I see most view 2018 lebron as #1⁄2(‘13) and honestly 09 was a highlight demon but I think far under 2018
2018 Lebron is probably the best I’ve seen anybody play in my entire life. That roster had 0 business going to the finals
That roster was nowhere near the worst roster LeBron dragged to the Finals.
Yeah low-key 2020 playoffs LeBron was just as good as any other version of LeBron I’ve seen. I hate when people say AD was better because LeBron was offensively on another level entirely. That 2020 Finals game 5 might be the best game I’ve ever seen him play (and ofc they lost lol).
People say AD was better bc of his defense, and it was at the very least a 1a 1b situation. It’s not really a knock on LeBron, and more a celebration of an all-time big man in AD.
It was 1a 1b all season and then AD was better for the first 3 series of the playoffs. But then LeBron does what he does and was very clearly the best player in the finals. Even in his mid 30s, locked in LeBron was a clear step above a generational big man. And that’s no slight on AD, I’m a huge fan. It’s just wild that LeBron still has haters who say he isn’t ‘clutch’.
For sure, they were definitely two of the 5 best players in the league, and I’m not trying to take away anything from AD. He played better against Denver IMO. I just don’t know how much you can realistically value defense over offense in a sport like basketball, especially over the course of an entire playoff run.
2020 AD was a notch below LeBron offensively and a notch above him defensively.
Thinking Basketball has done a ton of research on defensive vs. offensive impact and it’s closer than you think, especially when it comes to defensive superstars like KG, Draymond, and AD.
A good example is the 2023 series between the Lakers and Warriors, in which AD dictated the entire series with his defense. Golden State was playing JaMychal Green to try and draw AD away from the paint, which led to offensive rebounds and surplus FTs for the Lakers.
2018 LeBron was just insane. He dragged what was essentially a rec league team in NBA terms to the finals.
https://youtu.be/d9HGjZd_Fm8
18 is definitely peak Bron for me. Absolute basketball perfection.
Earlier than that for me.
As a Warriors fan - 2015 put him there, and 2016 locked it up.
I’m still upset that LeBron wasn’t named 2015 Finals MVP. Don’t get me wrong, I love me some Iggy and he’s a Warriors legend until the end of time, no doubt - but LeBron averaged 36/13/9 in that series!! Who gives a damn who won the series - they gave it to Jerry West in a losing a losing effort , they should have done the same for LeBron, he earned that shit.
And 2016… I mean, I still have the nightmares about LeBlock. He led both teams in all five major stats, something no player has some before or since in the playoffs, and he defeated one of the greatest teams of all time.
LeBron himself said that that Finals win made him the GOAT - and I completely agree. That’s when it was set in stone.
Nah he’s transcended player talks, possibly greatest human of all time??????
Nelson Mandela in shambles
deservedly, with his TS%
Took a career break that puts MJ’s baseball detour to shame.
Not when he’s LeIsrael
Absolutely. Being 41-years-old and going up 3-0 on the Rockets without Luka or AR is easily one of his most impressive playoff feats.
On top of the fact this is all while his kid is starting alongside him.
Like this is just the most insane, legacy building fact for me. Thousands of people have won rings, and we will inevitably have players across the decades or centuries who are better, more dominant players than either MJ or Bron. But this is going to be the first time, and maybe the last time ever in NBA history, a guy joins a league, has a kid, then 21 years later the two of them are winning playoff series side by side, let alone potentially sweeping another contender. It’s a stat which I can barely wrap my head around, it feels utterly fake and ridiculous.
Still got it
The failed inbounds bounce passes are hilarious though
Gas tank was so empty at the end of the game lol
So many bad bounce passes by him
it was intentional to run clock
I swear Bron is up there for having some of the worst inbound bounce passes.
Im not sure why lol
I know there are a lot of people who hate LeBron (weird), or do not believe he the Goat, fine.
All Im saying is, you are watching either the 1A or 1B best player in NBA history in his twilight years, and there will never be another like him.
Just enjoy it while he is still here.
Tuned in tonight for exactly this reason. Normally can’t stay up for Lakers games that start at 10:30 so I figured I’d watch one more LeBron playoff game for old-times sake
you should tune in for every laker game… yknow cause Bron. not biased whatsoever.
I’ve been revisiting compilations of his early years and I think he’s gotten so much undeserved shit during his career. This is a person that at age 22 battered the Pistons in the playoffs. Nobody in the current league has sniffed the feats he was doing during his early years in Cleveland.
Has played nearly a quarter century and never had one scandal or anything apologize for other than “the decision”. Which was silly bullshit. No clue how you could hate the guy he seems like a good dude who also happens to be the GOAT.
No scandal?
You didn’t hear what his thoughts about Hong Kong Protests or recently about Israel?
Jordan only did half the shit in the court that LeBron does, and he was washed af by this point in his career with broken knees and baggy shorts on the wizards.
Lebron the Goat and nostalgia is the only argument otherwise.
Man so when LeBron scored 8 points in the Finals and got out scored by Jason Terry, was he washed at that point or was he in his prime?
8 turnovers is rough, but damn its unbelievable that he has to get double digit rebounds because his 7 footers can’t rebound for crap.
Bro was gassed as fuck at the end, but he was putting every single one of his mitochondria on the line to seal the game
Mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell.
LeMitoBrondria
thank u
Hell, one of his mitochondria scored 5 points.
Those 2 jump balls must have been absolute torture for him lol
He didn’t even jump for that last one, he just reached up on his tippy toes and hit it towards Ayton 😂
Ayton played 33 minutes and had 2pts and 6reb, along with 3to… Bro just doing cardio
Ayton is the Jabari Smith of Centers
That is genuinely the most accurate comp I’ve ever seen about Ayton. Thank you.
Tf Ayton was great the last two games and he has one offensively poor game away in the playoffs then gets shit on
Trust me I know. I’ve just seen him the entire season as well.
Not his best game but he did actually play solid on defense at least.
He’s ready for Luka to be back 😂
He was going hard for those rebounds especially towards the end. Really wanted the ball
most of them were lazy inbound passes, lmao.
That’s the thing though. He’s old.. and players his age are not expected to be carrying a team. Same thing with KD the other night. These guys are old, but LeBron is still on another level at 41.
Box score watching is why NBA fans are the dumbest across all sports.
What does box score watching have to do with What I said? Are 8 TOs bad or not?
Ayton and Hayes were trash at rebounding all game.
Are 8 TOs bad or not?
Not. They are not bad when you are the bus driver and you drive your team to a 3-0 series lead.
Bron has been the best player on the floor for three playoff games in a row.
Turnovers be damned, that man is winning.
I mean I agree with you but some of those turnovers were not good in the 4th quarter. Still he is 41 and was gassed having to rebound because his 7 footers can rebound to save their lives, so I dont blame bron for the 8 TOs but its still rough, especially at his age. When he was in his prime he could over come 8 TOs with a 40 Point performance and a game winner. He had to work extra hard to get the win this game and we almost lost it because of some of those turnovers. Even then I wouldn’t blame him, he is my Goat lol.
45 minutes? elder abuse
Nah for real he is going to be ridiculously sore tomorrow. He going to be in that hyperbaric chamber like Goku on Namek tomorrow lol
Fuck hyperbarics, man’s gonna need a bacta tank.
Bro was everywhere. Knows whats going to happen before it happens. Ayton just watching the old guy do his job for him.
2 points, 6 rebounds, 33mins from ayton tonight🤦🏾
He aint no Clint Capela
It’s just good ol Ayton, DA Mirror’s sleeping
Ayton was star struck
2015 Cavs vibes
11 years ago… Marcus Smart was a Rookie
This fuckery won’t go on for much longer..
Jesus what a game
Fuckery wont end
The fuckery will continue until morale improves
Undisputed GOAT
Best player on the court at 54
this dude is the greatest player to ever play idc
He was definitely gassed in OT.
Had like 3 TOs with weak inbound passes….
Still amazing hustle for loose balls
LeBron eaters have been FEASTING
Lebron festers have to be eating
LeEaters
Asking a 41 year old to generate 45 playoff minutes as a first option is insanity, but LeBron is the exception
Turnovers were nasty but the defensive effort was still there even though he was gassed GOAT
Except on one of his final plays in regulation with less than a minute and he almost ran it out of bounds under the ring and then flipped the ball back with a turnover to the rockets. He looked like he gave up and “lazily” half jogged up the court letting Sengun run ahead down the lane for the easy layup and to seemingly score the dagger goal.
I said to my partner “geez, that was so bad by LeBron but what do you expect for a 41 year old who has had to carry the whole team to be exhausted like this”
And then Smart just dawged out that play and hit the the three free throws. And then on the final inbound pass from Houston, look at how intimidating and absolutely desperately LeBron ran at Shepherd down the other end of the court, and then back tapped the ball out of his hands to smart who then gets it back to LeBron via Kennard for LeBron to hit the game tying three. Just freaking unbelievable, LeBron is the goat, no question.
Bronny - 5 points
Houston bench - 3 points
LeGameOver
He was losing it near the 4th but reenergized that bron for all to end it
Some absolutely terrible turnovers, but god damn he’s 82
Just gearing up for a presidential run in 2028
Some bad shots in clutch time and OT, but he made up for it with the go ahead shot and a lot of hustle rebounds and forcing jump balls.
The single best example of extraordinary longevity in all sports. Incredible. This dude was on the cover of SI 26 years ago.
26 years ago is insane
If theres one thing we learned from this series its that unc has indeed still got it
2018 lebron except hes 41 is wild
Absolutely insane at 41
Gatorade symbol was flashing, but he still hit the biggest shot of the night. GOAT
Lakers may be sending LeBoxer to the glue factory after this series
All ballers are created equal. But some are more equal than others
One day we’ll say Father Time is undefeated. Today isn’t that day
LeBroomba getting ready for the sweep
The fuckery will continue until little kids of today turn 80.
Can we bring out the 🧹🧹🧹🧹
Goat shit. You have two dudes coming out the hyperbolic time chamber soon.
LeOld only by number.
At what point do they stop letting LeBron inbound in these situations. He almost caused a turnover on the other one in OT to Smart too
Bro you’ve been dickriding that inbound in multiple threads take lebrons cock put your mouth
That was my first comment on the inbound pass, reddit weirdos making shit up lmao
LeExhausted at 41
James family scoring a total of 34 pts tonight!
WE all pouring honey on it today
we are still witness
Rockets you gotta close shop man this is brutal lol
My GOAT
Father Time has been defeated
45 MINUTES
45
That’s insane man
The fuckery can continue
Father time knows no bounds or something
We all gotta appreciate this… incredible what hes doing at 41
13 rebounds bro Ayton what we doing
Until 45 and beyond
Lakers winning the finals!
LeFossil james still at it, thankfully the fuckery will be over soon
Old man needs to take the next game off for elderly reasons or smth
im from boston lebron hater when he was in the east but idc man he is the basketball GOAT
hes gotta be on steroids, I refuse to believe he is natural
Gotta be his greatest performance no? 41 doing this ridiculous
Lebron was completely gassed starting from halfway thru the 4th. That was truly a gritty win
I seriously do hope he plays for two more years at least with the Lakers. It’s just so fun to watch him and I’m gonna be super bummed out when he goes
I would love to see LeBron go full whitebeard next season and still be dominating.
Houston in 5 apparently
As a forever Jordan-stan, I’m starting to legitimately wonder if LeBron is the GOAT.
I’d be a better princess to LeBron than Savannah fr
GOAT
LeCapricorn 🐐
He’s gonna need a long soak in the ice tub tonight.
Even if you don’t think of him as the GOAT, you can’t deny that he is a marvel
MJ could never
LeFuckery just won’t stop!
Lebron should get +0.5 assist bonus per Bronny bucket
Let’s go All in at game 4, cause we gonna get sweep at the 2nd round.
Played 45 mins and not even close to a triple double. What a bum
In all honesty and no trolling, from what we are seeing right now, is it still even a debate?
LeFuckery
This will (probably) be the last time LeBron plays more minutes in a basketball game than he is years old.
42 years 45 min
43 years 45 min
44 years 45 min
LeFuckery never stops.
i turned the game off with rockets up 6 with 40 seconds left. and then my friend texted me . lebron was amazing
Dude played 45 playoff intensity minutes against the most athletic young wing talent in the league. Idk how his cardio held up.
I thought he was gassed towards the end of the fourth, what will all the sloppy passes and not running back on D… and then he made that steal and game tying three. Almost hit the game winner too!
The fuckery continues!
I want them to publicly release his bloodwork after every game.
This guy is pushing the half-century. Unbelievable.
LeGoat
He’s on gear
he is a billionaire, he doesnt really need to be doing this shit, he just does it lmao
I’m also 41. I spent last night with a heating pad on my back and a cane beside my couch to get to the bathroom. We are not the same.
Age 40 in game 7 of an NBA Finals Kareem was dropping 32 points on the Celtics on 72% shooting. People really do have short memories and just assume that any great performance simply has to have never happened before. What LeBron is doing is incredible, of course it is, but to suggest it is completely unprecedented is just not true. Given all the advancements in sports medicine that are allowing not only guys like LeBron, Curry etc to still be great at an advanced age in the NBA but people across all sports are doing incredible things at an age where past era greats would have been retired. Tennis had three guys doing stuff into their late 30s like winning multiple grand slam tournaments where past players would have been five years into retirement. Soccer sees the same happening. So for someone like Kareem to do that 40 years ago without all those advantages is even more impressive. And let’s not forget 40yo MJ dropping 43 points in a game, another with 39 points….again, that was 23 years ago without the benefits of modern sports medicine, and he was doing it on basically one leg. So let’s not get carried away….appreciate the greatness of the performance but don’t try and make out like it’s never happened before. Why are we always comparing anyway….just enjoy it as one of the games great performances for someone that age.
Seeing lebrons statline next to Ayton’s (30 mins played btw) is the most laughable shit I’ve ever seen.
If he does sweep the Rockets…can he turn the clock for OKC?