He has the highest FG% (85.1%) of any player in that span of time with 5.0+ FGAs per game in the restricted area, other than Anthony Davis who sports a 91.7% clip in his last 12 games preceding his injury. In his last 12 games, LeBron is averaging the 3rd-most field-goal attempts per game in the restricted area, ranking only behind Giannis and Zion Williamson. The average age of those three players is 25, while LeBron is 38 (if you haven’t heard) The only other players to have that streak this season are Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (7 games), Giannis Antetokounmpo (8 games), and Luka Doncic (9 games). ![]() In that 11-game run he’s currently on, he had 7 straight games between Dec. Of course, if LeBron is putting up runs that rival some of the best he’s had in his career, you know he’s looking pretty good compared to the current crop of the NBA’s best. Just imagine what the numbers would look like if he was shooting closer to his career average from deep. He’s shooting a putrid 26.6% from 3-point territory in this current stretch, while he shot 40.2% and 39.6% in the aforementioned two spans of 11 games. This is only the third time LeBron has averaged 34+ PPG over an 11-game stretch since becoming a Laker. In his last 11 games, LeBron is averaging 34.5 points per game (3rd in the entire NBA in that time span). He’s only had B2B 40+ point games two other times in his regular season career (both times in the 2005-06 season). In terms of the regular season, LeBron hadn’t done this since Nov. Before that, he hadn’t scored 40+ points in B2B games since the 2009 Eastern Conference Finals against Dwight Howard and the Orlando Magic. ![]() The two straight 40+ point games against the Hornets and Hawks serve as the first time he’s notched those totals in back-to-back games since Games 5 and 6 of the infamous 2016 NBA Finals that he and the Cleveland Cavaliers won.
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