On Thursday night in Toronto, something happened that the basketball world had not seen in 18 years and 11 months.

LeBron James was held to single digits in a regular-season game.

His record-shattering streak of 1,297 consecutive double-digit scoring games – a run that began on Jan. 6, 2007 – ended during the Lakers’ 123-120 win over the Raptors.

And it happened in perfect LeBron fashion.

With the score tied at 120 in the closing seconds, the Raptors doubled Austin Reaves (44 points), who found James (8 points) at the top of the key with 3.5 ticks left.

LeBron had a chance to win the game – and extend his streak – with a bucket. But rather than force up a tough shot, he found a wide-open Rui Hachimura in the corner, who sank the buzzer-beating 3 to win the game and give James his 11th

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