LeBron James was listed as questionable for the Los Angeles Lakers ‘ sport in Miami on Thursday, which means Robert Parish may hold outright possession of the NBA’s all-time video games performed document for a pair extra days.
The Lakers stated James is coping with left foot arthritis. Additionally questionable: Luka Doncic (proper hip soreness) and Austin Reaves (proper forearm contusion).
These three gamers mixed for 84 factors within the Lakers’ 124-116 win at Houston on Wednesday evening. The Lakers flew to Miami after that sport, touchdown at 3:59 a.m. — later than most groups arrive of their subsequent metropolis when going through video games on back-to-back days.
James went 13 of 14 from the sphere within the win, tying the most effective capturing efficiency of his NBA profession. It was the 1,610th regular-season sport of his profession, one behind Parish’s all-time mark.
James hit his proper elbow on the court docket within the ultimate minutes of Wednesday’s win, remaining down briefly and grimacing in apparent ache. He advised ESPN within the televised on-court interview after the sport that he hoped to play Thursday in Miami — a metropolis he referred to as house for 4 seasons, throughout which he received the primary two of his 4 NBA championships.
Parish — who went into the Basketball Corridor of Fame in 2003 — has been the outright chief in profession video games performed since April 6, 1996. He performed in sport No. 1,561 that evening, breaking a tie with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the all-time prime spot.
Parish wound up enjoying 50 extra regular-season video games, then retired after the 1996-97 season. He began his NBA profession with Golden State, then spent greater than a decade with Boston earlier than ending his 21-season run with Charlotte and Chicago.
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“No participant is best deserving to interrupt that Ironman document, that 1,611 video games performed document, than LeBron,” Parish advised Sirius NBA Radio earlier this week. “He deserves it, for my part.”
The video games performed mark will probably be one other entry on the lengthy record of NBA data for James, who already has the league’s all-time prime spot in quite a lot of classes together with factors scored, minutes performed, discipline targets made and discipline targets tried.
He’s additionally the NBA record-holder with 23 seasons performed, 22 All-Star choices and 21 All-NBA workforce choices.
If he doesn’t play Thursday, James’ subsequent probability to tie the mark can be Saturday in Orlando.
Revealed on Mar 19, 2026