Atlanta Hawks @ Los Angeles Lakers
Friday, January 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM ET
Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, CA | Game ID: 22400477
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
LAL 31 34 31 23 119ATL 28 29 29 16 102
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LeBron James breaks Jordan's record for 30-point games in Lakers' 119-102 win over Hawks
LOS ANGELES -- — 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 on Friday night.
James hit an 18-foot jumper midway through the fourth quarter to secure the 563rd 30-point game of his 22-year career, breaking the record set in 2003 by his childhood idol.
James had nine points in the fourth quarter for the Lakers, who showed little fatigue while pulling away in the final minutes of their third home game in four nights..
Austin Reaves scored 20 points, and Anthony Davis had 18 points and 19 rebounds after sitting out the Lakers' 114-106 victory over Portland on Thursday night to rest his sprained left ankle.
Los Angeles has won seven of nine to move into fourth place in the Western Conference.
Trae Young had 33 points and nine assists for the Hawks, who lost their second straight at the midway point of a six-game trip. Jalen Johnson scored 19 points.
Bronny James played the final 1:41 in his first NBA action since Dec. 8.
Takeaways Hawks: They played active defense all night, but couldn't shoot. Zaccharie Risacher , Dyson Daniels , De'Andre Hunter , Bogdan Bogdanovic and Garrison Matthews combined to go 2-for-21 on 3-pointers.
Lakers: Even 18 turnovers couldn't stop Los Angeles' improved play since losing in overtime in Atlanta last month.
Key moment The Hawks were still hanging around until James hit back-to-back turnaround jumpers midway through the fourth quarter, making a couple of shots that resembled a key part of Jordan's repertoire.
Key stat James also played in his 1,523rd career regular-season game, passing Dirk Nowitzki for fourth in NBA history.
Up next The Hawks take the 110 freeway to the 91 to face the Clippers on Saturday. The Lakers are in Houston on Sunday to open a two-game Texas trip.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
LALAD A. Davis
AR A. Reaves
BJ B. James
CR C. Reddish
DF D. Finney-Smith
DK D. Knecht
JH J. Hayes
LJ L. James
MC M. Christie
RH R. Hachimura
SM S. Milton
ATLBB B. Bogdanović
BO Bogdanovic
CC C. Capela
DB D. Barlow
DD D. Daniels
DH D. Hunter
DR D. Roddy
GM G. Mathews
JJ J. Johnson
OO O. Okongwu
TY T. Young
ZR Z. Risacher
LAL/ATL the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur