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A historic loss for the Lakers franchise, but worst for LeBron's career

The Lakers had one of their worst nights in quite some time this Monday at Philadelphia with a 44-point blowout loss

By James Brown

The Lakers had one of their worst nights in quite some time this Monday at Philadelphia with a 44-point blowout loss
The Lakers had one of their worst nights in quite some time this Monday at Philadelphia with a 44-point blowout loss
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Despite still having a winning record, the Los Angeles Lakers had one of their worst nights in all the franchise history as the loss against the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday became the fifth worst for the purple and gold.

To make things most alarming this has become the worst loss for LeBron's 21-year career. James' 30 minutes against the Sixers might have felt longer than usual, however, with Philadelphia outscoring LA by 30 points in the time the 38-year-old star was in the game.

James and the rest of LA's main rotation players were pulled for good with 8:18 remaining in the fourth quarter and the Lakers already trailing by 27. James was asked whether he has thought about what needs to change with his team -- which is now 3-6 on the road and 10-8 overall -- to avoid defeats like Monday's moving forward. "What needs to change for that not to happen again? Um, a lot," James said.

The Lakers had one of their worst nights but LeBron accomplished a new milestone

James became the league's all-time leader in minutes played during the Los Angeles Lakers' 138-94 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday. Taking into account both regular-season and postseason games, James has now played 66,319 minutes in his career, passing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's total of 66,297 minutes.


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