James<\/a> played his 1,561st career regular-season game in a 112-97 win over Dallas, passing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for sole possession of second place on the NBA’s all-time games played list. Only Robert Parish, with 1,611 games, has played more than the 40-year-old James, who has played 418 games in seven seasons with the Lakers, after 849 with Cleveland and 294 with Miami.<\/p>\n\n\n\nEarlier this season, James entered the Top 5 in games played on Nov. 16 and now needs just 51 more games to surpass Parish for the top spot. Next season will mark his 23rd in the NBA, and he has played in at least 55 games in each of the past four seasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
James is also closing in on another milestone. He needs just three more 3-pointers to pass Reggie Miller (2,560) for sixth place on the all-time list. With two games left in the regular season and the Lakers already clinching a playoff spot, James may be rested as the 2024-25 season winds down.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
LeBron James took another step closer to an all-time record on Wednesday night. James played his 1,561st career regular-season game in a 112-97 win over Dallas, passing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for sole possession of second place on the NBA’s all-time games played list. Only Robert Parish, with 1,611 games, has played more than the 40-year-old James, who has played 418 games in seven seasons with the Lakers, after 849 with Cleveland and 294 with Miami. Earlier this season, James entered the Top 5 in games played on Nov. 16 and now needs just 51 more games to surpass Parish for the top spot. Next season will mark his 23rd in the NBA, and he has played in at least 55 games in each of the past four seasons. James is also closing in on another milestone. He needs just three more 3-pointers to pass Reggie Miller (2,560) for sixth place on the all-time list. With two games left in the regular season and the Lakers already clinching a playoff spot, James may be rested as the 2024-25 season winds down.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":31089,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[220,3,169],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-american-sport-football-news","category-basketball","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n
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