The Los Angeles Lakers were one key timeout away from potentially completing a huge comeback over the Houston Rockets on Sunday night.

LeBron James scored 30 points to become the NBA’s career leader in 30-point games, surpassing Michael Jordan’s record during the Los Angeles Lakers’ 119-102 victory over the Atlanta Hawks.

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James is the NBA's career scoring leader with 41,222 regular-season points and counting. That is almost 9,000 more points than Michael Jordan -- the league's fifth all-time leading scorer -- scored during his 15-year career, which makes sense when you consider LeBron is in his 22nd season.

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Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James expressed joy in passing Michael Jordan for most 30-point games and talked the mechanics of the fadeaway.

On Friday night, the Lakers defeated Trae Young and the Atlanta Hawks 119-102 to secure their 20th win of the 2024-25 NBA season. Newly acquired forward Dorrian Finney-Smith had his best night as a Laker, tallying eight points and five rebounds off the bench.

Dorian Finney-Smith is happy now that he's on the same side as LeBron James following the Lakers' decision to trade for him.

The Los Angeles Lakers are one of the biggest teams in the NBA. Evidently, the league does a great job of promoting their games throughout the season. With that said, every team seemingly wants to bring out their A-Game when facing the Purple and Gold.

Losers of three of their last four games, the Houston Rockets are desperately needing to find the rhythm they had weeks ago, where they surged to the top of the

LeBron James scored 38 points, Max Christie had a career-high 28 and the Los Angeles Lakers overcame Anthony Davis’ absence for a 114-106 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers.