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The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Denver Nuggets 117-107 in the fifth game of the series and secured the ticket to play a new NBA Finals. After 10 years, the Los Angeles franchise will be in the most anticipated dispute of the year, but none of that could have been possible without its top star: Lebron James.
The King of the NBA will continue to be as long as he wants. At 35, LeBron played the fifth game as if he were 20 and, despite having severe pain in his groin that had him abusing, was essential for the Lakers to return to the Finals and Kobe Bryant’s legacy is fully enforced.
The victory against the Nuggets brought James several milestones. For example, will join Bill Russell, Sam Jones and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the only players in history to have 10 or more appearances in an NBA Finals. In fact, there is a statistic that paints the King in full length: only 3 franchises in the NBA have more finals than him, being Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Lakers and Golden State Warriors.
Oscar Robertson and Russell Westbrook are the only other two players to have 15 triple-doubles of 30 points in the Playoffs. As if that were not enough, not even bringing together all the players in the history of the NBA to their 35 and older can combine the four triple-doubles that LeBron has at that age. James has four, while Chris Paul, John Stockton, Elgin Baylor make three.
LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers will now calmly wait for what may happen between the Boston Celtics and Miami Heat this Sunday, where those from La Ciudad del Sol can define their participation in the NBA Finals. Justly, a team where the King also made history.
