The King scored 19 of his 34 points in the fourth quarter and brought the Lakers back from a 21-game deficit to win on the road. After breaking the record of the immortal Kareem Abdul Jabbar, LeBron James is now close to another amazing milestone: he is only 40 points away from crossing the 40,000 career point mark.
The Lakers won three of the last four derby meetings and completed a seasonal sweep for the first time since the 2011/12 season. Despite this great victory, we must not forget that the Lakers already have 28 losses this season and are closer to Golden State in tenth place in the Western Conference than to New Orleans, which is three games ahead of them in sixth place.