IT TOOK ALL the way until midway through the third quarter on Nov. 18 for LeBron James -- already the first player ever to suit up for a 23rd season -- to make sure he kept another historic streak intact.

James, standing on the right side of the court by the Crypto.com Arena logo, passed the ball to Luka Doncic , who was positioned on the perimeter to his left. Once James released the ball, Austin Reaves sprung up from the paint to the 3-point line to set a back screen on Utah Jazz forward Lauri Markkanen , who was guarding the Lakers star.

The action freed James to advance toward the basket to post up the much smaller Keyonte George , receive a pass back from Doncic and score a layup, maintaining history as he did it.

It was James' sixth shot of the game, and his third mak

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