One of the lone bright spots for the Los Angeles Lakers this season has been the play of LeBron James, and that continued on Friday night when he scored 50 points in a victory over the Washington Wizards.
James did so on an incredibly efficient 18-for-25 shooting, scoring in a variety of ways. It marked his second straight 50-plus-point game at Crypto.com Arena, becoming the first player to do so since Kobe Bryant in 2007.
The eruption began in the third quarter when James scored 12 straight points to give the Lakers the lead, and then he stayed hot until the end of the game.
In his walk-off interview with Mike Trudell of Spectrum SportsNet, James talked about what went into his hot streak, comparing it to the old video game NBA Jam:
“You just try to stay in that as long as you can. I don’t know if you remember the game, what did they used to say, ‘he’s on fire!’ NBA…
