{"id":299037,"date":"2023-11-28T07:24:24","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T07:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usasportsradar.com\/?p=299037"},"modified":"2023-11-28T07:24:24","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T07:24:24","slug":"lebron-dealt-heaviest-defeat-of-his-career-as-lakers-lose-by-44-points","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usasportsradar.com\/nba\/lebron-dealt-heaviest-defeat-of-his-career-as-lakers-lose-by-44-points\/","title":{"rendered":"LeBron dealt heaviest defeat of his career as Lakers lose by 44 POINTS"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>LeBron James suffers the heaviest defeat of his career as the Lakers are beaten by 44 POINTS in 138-94 loss to the Sixers&#8230; on a rollercoaster night for the NBA legend after he set all-time league record for minutes played<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>James could not save the Lakers from slumping to a 44-point loss in Philadelphia<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He had only ever been beaten by 42 points in his two decades as an NBA player<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>DailyMail.com provides all the latest international sports news\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>LeBron James was handed the heaviest defeat of his NBA career as Joel Embiid inspired the Philadelphia 76ers to a 138-94 win over the LA Lakers on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>It proved a mixed evening in Philadelphia for LeBron, who scored 18 points while setting the all-time league record for minutes played.<\/p>\n<p>The 38-year-old surpassed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar&#8217;s previous record when he crossed the 66,298-minute mark at Wells Fargo Center, etching his name even further into basketball folklore.<\/p>\n<p>However, by the end of the night he was left with a slightly more unwelcome record.<\/p>\n<p>LeBron and the Lakers were beaten by 44 points in Philadelphia, which goes down as the most lopsided defeat of his legendary 20-year career.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/28\/04\/78307975-12798439-image-m-119_1701145493732.jpg\" height=\"455\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>LeBron James was handed the biggest loss of his NBA career in a 138-94 defeat for the Lakers<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/28\/04\/78307971-12798439-image-a-115_1701145379752.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>It proved a mixed evening in Philadelphia for LeBron, who scored 18 points against the Sixers while setting the all-time league record for minutes played<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/28\/04\/78306539-12798439-image-a-116_1701145437765.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>But he was unable to prevent Joel Embiid and Co from winning by 44 points on the night<\/p>\n<p>Up until Monday&#8217;s thrashing against the Sixers, his heaviest loss came back in 2019 when Los Angeles went down 42 points in a 136-94 pasting against the Indiana Pacers.<\/p>\n<p>Joel Embiid was the man behind James&#8217; biggest ever NBA defeat as he recorded the sixth triple-double of his career with 30 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists to help Philadelphia to victory.<\/p>\n<p>On a night when Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts watched on from courtside, Tyrese Maxey also scored 31 points and shot 5-for-12 from 3-point distance, helping the Sixers shoot 22-for-46 as a team, which was one make short of the franchise record.<\/p>\n<p>Marcus Morris Sr. went 4-for-5 on 3s and scored 16 points off the bench for the 76ers, who had lost two of three. Patrick Beverley, who came in 3 for 22 from 3-point distance this season, shot 4 for 8 from beyond the arc and scored 12 points.<\/p>\n<p>Embiid&#8217;s anticipated showdown with James never really materialized. The latter scored 18 points in 29 minutes but nothing he did could make a dent in the 76ers&#8217; lead.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Embiid sat out the entire fourth quarter and the Sixer still outscored the Lakers 40-14. They also opened the game three-point happy and hit 13, a season high for a half, on 26 shots that let them stretch the lead to 25.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/28\/04\/78307979-12798439-image-a-117_1701145479706.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The loss goes down as the heaviest of his career, surpassing the previous record of 42 points<\/p>\n<p>In toppling LeBron and Co, Philadelphia won their second straight after a two-game losing streak and could also have Kelly Oubre Jr. back soon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Oubre averaged 16.3 points in eight games before he was injured in an alleged hit-and-run incident. He participated in shootaround and may join the 76ers on their upcoming two-game road trip.<\/p>\n<p>James will aim to bounce back from his record defeat in back-to-back road games on Wednesday at Detroit and Thursday at Oklahoma City.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/nba\/article-12798439\/LeBron-James-Lakers-Sixers-NBA.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LeBron James suffers the heaviest defeat of his career as the Lakers are beaten by 44 POINTS in 138-94 loss [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299036,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>LeBron dealt heaviest defeat of his career as Lakers lose by 44 POINTS - 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