Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James had a historic night in Colorado on Thursday, March 6, but NBA records were not his only topic of conversation following a seven-point loss to the Denver Nuggets.
James took the referees to task during his postgame interview in the locker room, bemoaning the lack of a whistle on Nuggets big man Nikola Jokic, who James felt fouled him at the basket on a made layup with a little more than four minutes to play in the fourth quarter.
James made the bucket but hit the deck immediately, grabbing his elbow after tumbling to the ground under the hoop. The bucket cut the lead to four points, though a foul call would have given James an opportunity to make the contest a one-possession affair.
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“It’s the same [expletive]. ‘Marginal,’” James said, per ESPN’s Dave McMenamin, citing the officials’ explanation for the no-call. “It’s the same [expletive]. It’s, it’s, it’s … whatever. That’s all they keep saying is, ‘marginal.’ I’m so [expletive] tired of that word.”
James finished the night with 16 points, eight assists, five rebounds, three steals and one block. The 41-year-old also shot 7-of-11 from the field and passed Lakers great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the most field goals made in NBA history with 15,838 total across his 23-year career. James added four more made shots to that count before the clock struck zeroes.
“Just to be able to link my name to being mentioned with some of the greatest to ever play this game has always been humbling and a pretty cool thing,” James said following the contest.
Los Angeles fell to 37-25 on the season with the defeat and currently occupies the No. 6 seed in the Western Conference, 1.5 games behind the Nuggets.
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