LeBron’s Unbroken Habit Meets an Unexpected Ending
So here’s the story that had everyone talking: LeBron James — yes, the NBA’s all-time leading scorer — saw a streak end on Thursday night in Toronto, but the way it happened might be the most “LeBron” thing ever. For 18 years, across 1,297 straight regular-season games, he had scored at least 10 points. That streak stretched back to January 6, 2007. Think about that — nearly seven thousand days of consistency. But on this particular night, something different unfolded.
Late in the game, the Lakers and Raptors were tied 120–120. Only seconds remained on the clock. LeBron, sitting at eight points for the night after a rough shooting performance, caught the ball at the top of the arc. He had a chance to take the shot, to secure his 10th point and extend the streak. But instead, he did what he has done countless times when it mattered most: he made the right basketball play.
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He drove toward the free-throw line, drew the defense, and without hesitation swung the ball to Rui Hachimura waiting in the left corner. Rui launched it, buried the three, and the Lakers walked away with a win — even though LeBron’s legendary scoring streak quietly ended in the process.
What makes it even more interesting is that this streak had survived some very close calls. Just a few days earlier, during a blowout loss, LeBron had stayed in long enough to get 13 points. And earlier in the season, after returning from a three-week break caused by sciatica, he had scraped together 11. But on this night, his shot simply wasn’t falling — four makes on 17 attempts, including zero for five from deep.
Still, he finished with 11 assists, and his decision-making became the headline. When asked afterward, he explained it simply: you always make the right play. That’s how he was taught, and that’s how he has played for over two decades. Lakers coach JJ Redick backed him completely, saying that LeBron has made these selfless decisions his whole career, even when people criticized him for it early on.
To put the streak into perspective, the last time LeBron failed to score in double digits, today’s young NBA star Cooper Flagg wasn’t even a month old. And Michael Jordan’s second-longest streak — 866 games — had long since been surpassed.
In the end, LeBron’s consistency took a back seat to his instincts, and the Lakers were rewarded for it. As Redick put it, when you play the game the right way, basketball has a way of giving something back — and on this night, it came in the form of a game-winning shot from the corner.
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