Basketball superstar LeBron James has given his struggling Los Angeles Lakers the next win and is on course for second place in the all-time points list in the North American professional league NBA.
The 37-year-old scored 50 points in the 122:109 against the Washington Wizards and hit 18 of his 25 shots from the field. Just under a week ago, James had scored 56 points against the Golden State Warriors and demonstrated his extra class.
Four-time NBA champion James is on course for the next entry in the history book of the best basketball league in the world: With his 50-point game against the Wizards, James moved significantly closer to Karl Malone, who has the second most points in league history (36,928 ) has achieved. James (36,793) is just 135 points behind Malone and could overtake the former star player in March. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is clearly in the lead with 38,387 points.
The Californians (29 wins, 37 defeats), currently tenth in the Western Conference, have to worry about making the playoffs.