There is no need to talk about perfection without seeing the moment in which Lakers legend
LeBron James ended the
Clippers
' hopes
in the Los Angeles classic, entering trance mode to devilishly let out combustion and score
five triples
with which his team They came back in the last quarter to win 116-112.
The victory was possible thanks to LeBron entering
"in the zone"
mode , an English expression used when a basketball player goes into a trance and makes practically all of his shots.
"It's like you feel that everything you throw goes in
," the player himself explained at a press conference.
With 11:45 left in the 4Q, the Lakers trailed 98-77.
Then LeBron TOOK OVER, scoring 19 in the quarter, including 5 triples, to lead the Lakers all the way back ‼️
Watch the takeover and the final minutes of the Lakers' comeback W 🍿 pic.twitter.com/rFS7WKroZZ
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LeBron dazzled with 34 points (13 of 21 in field goals, impressive 7 of 12 in triples), 6 rebounds and 8 assists, but the most spectacular thing was his incendiary last quarter with 19 points and a brutal 5 of 8 from the perimeter that woke up the Lakers.
Darvin Ham
, a coach with the Lakers, tried to explain the 39-year-old's superpowers.
"I had the cape folded under his seat on the bench, I guess...
He definitely put the cape on, played aggressively, got into a good rhythm. He's been shooting extremely well all season
," he praised.
Meanwhile, Clippers coach
Tyronn Lue
was surprised by James' unprecedented feat: "When you're winning by 21 points (in the fourth quarter) you can't lose a game like that. I don't think it's happened to me since I was coach".
It is the first time in his 21 seasons in the NBA that LeBron wins a game by coming back from 21 points in the last quarter.
In addition, he was 40 points away from reaching 40,000 in his entire professional career in the NBA.
Lebron James celebrates the Los Angeles Lakers' comeback against the Clippers at the Crypto.com Arena / Getty Images via AFP)
This clash was the last regular season clash between the Lakers and Clippers as co-tenants of the Crypto.com Arena, the court they have shared for the last 25 years and which was previously called Staples Center.
The Clippers, owned by magnate Steve Ballmer, will move next year to a new arena, the Intuit Dome, with a budget investment of about $2 billion.