The game hasn’t gotten easy for the Los Angeles Lakers since the trade deadline. It just looks that way. Consider this moment from Sunday night’s win over the Clippers: Jaxson Hayes got a defensive rebound,

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LeBron James is just 1 point away from becoming the 1st player to reach 50,000 total points (regular season and playoffs).

After spending much of the early NBA season barely above .500, the Los Angeles Lakers entered Tuesday night’s matchup against the New Orleans Pelicans with a 38-21 record and second place in the Western Conference.

Kevin Durant is second to James among active players with 35,191 points including playoffs — which means even if he averaged 2,000 points a season (something he's done only once in the last five years) he would still have to play into the 2032-33 season to have a shot at reaching 50,000.