LeBron James: Top 5 Christmas Day Performances
By Joshua Howe
5. 2003 at Orlando
Stat line: 34 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists, 40.0 3FG%, Loss
This is the only game James has lost on Christmas Day, so you might be wondering why it’s on this list at all.
Well, despite falling to the Magic, LeBron himself had a strong game. Remember, he was just a rookie at this point and was only just about to turn 19 years old. He gave a performance that had the rest of the NBA saying “Wow!” a couple months deep into the season.
There was no rookie wall for LeBron; this showing out put all other teams on notice for years to come.
The kid is good.
Compare it to today. Think about how hyped this draft class was and how well we expected guys like Andrew Wiggins and Jabari Parker to perform? Unfortunately, Parker went down with a season-ending injury, but even before that, no one in this draft class was putting up numbers like a young LeBron James.
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