Throughout his 19-season (and counting) career in the NBA, LeBron James has carved out a legendary career with his outstanding performances, both in the regular season and in the playoffs. He showed a great ability to compete and a lot of grit in his game, grabbing headlines for his great talent.
But, logically, we are talking about a human being, and as such, he is prone to having a bad night. These games serve as proof that he is not a perfect being and is definitely not invincible. Although they were not easy to find, here we present the 10 worst games of LeBron James’ NBA career.
10 May 11, 2010 vs. Boston Celts
.jpg?q=50&fit=crop&w=740&dpr=1.5)
In game five of the Eastern Conference semifinals, the 2009-2010 runners-up Boston Celtics and the local Cleveland Cavaliers met at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland-Ohio for a final score of a convincing 88-120 in favor of the Celtics led by forward Paul Pierce, who had a great night. James’ modest performance contributed a lot to this score with a 15-point line, six rebounds with seven assists and three turnovers for a .214% field goal percentage, three of 14.
9 February 7, 2007, vs. Los Angeles Clippers
Cleveland Cavaliers fans witnessed one of the worst games ever played by King James. That night in 36 minutes of action Lebron only managed to add 11 points in total, none in the third quarter, he also managed to catch seven rebounds, distribute only three assists (only one in the entire second half) with two turnovers and a terrible percentage shooting from the field of 30.8 (four of 13), all in the victory of the Cavs over the Clippers by 94-77.
8 May 06, 2008 vs. Boston Celts
The Boston Celtics’ defense, led that year by Kendrick Perkins, Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce, managed to slow down the Cleveland Cavaliers’ offense, especially LeBron James, who was limited to just 12 points with an alarming shooting percentage. .111% from the field (making just two of 18 shots), including zero of six 3-pointers. Despite grabbing nine rebounds and dishing out nine assists, James had 10 turnovers in the game, truly horrendous for an NBA player.
7 June 7, 2007 vs. San Antonio Spurs
On this occasion, LeBron James played 44 minutes in the away game at the AT&T Center, against Tim Duncan and Tony Parker’s San Antonio Spurs, in which he only managed to score 14 points, with seven rebounds, four assists and six costly losses. ball. .
With that lousy performance from their best player, it’s no wonder the Cleveland Cavaliers lost the first game of the 2006-2007 NBA Finals, which the Spurs would sweep.
6 December 16, 2018, vs. washington wizards
Lebron’s worst game in a Los Angeles Lakers uniform took place on December 16, 2018 at Capital One Arena against the Washington Wizards. James’ performance was disappointing, with four turnovers in 32 minutes of action, five baskets on 16 field goals, six rebounds, three assists and just 13 points scored. As expected, the Wizards won the game 128-110.
5 Feb 08, 2005 vs. Toronto Raptors
Making only six of 19 field goals in 36 minutes does not bode well for your team, and in team sports the performance of each member is very important, perhaps that is why the Cleveland Cavaliers lost to the Phoenix Suns 101-120 . . A performance to be forgotten by his best player, who completed his bad night with three rebounds, six assists and six turnovers, with 15 points scored.
4 February 06, 2011 vs. Los Angeles Clippers
With just over three months in his new team, the Miami Heat, where he was expected to be the leader who would take them to the threshold of success, LeBron James had one of the most unsuccessful performances of his career.
Recording six turnovers and just 12 points, he seemed like someone else in the No. 6 jersey. Not even six rebounds and four assists could make up for this performance in the Heat’s 97-79 win over the Los Angeles Clippers.
3 May 21, 2017 vs. Boston Celts
In the 2017 Eastern Conference Finals, the Cleveland Cavaliers easily dominated the Boston Celtics in five games. The only game the Cavs lost was at home, in which their star player could only score 11 points, missing all four of his three-pointers, with six rebounds, six assists and six turnovers. It looked like LeBron James had a day off and the Cavaliers lost the game, 111-108.
two October 31, 2007, vs. Dallas Mavericks
The 2007-2008 league season did not start well for LeBron James, to say the least. Playing at home against the legendary Dirk Nowitzki’s Dallas Mavericks, James had a terrible performance in the first official game of the season, scoring 10 points with five rebounds, four assists and five turnovers, hitting only two of 11 field goals. In the end, the Mavericks won 92-74. However, this performance meant nothing and LeBron James won the scoring title that season.
1 Nov 28, 2003 vs. Detroit Pistons
.jpg?q=50&fit=crop&dpr=1.5)
Game 16 in LeBron James’ prolific career was arguably the worst of all. It was the Detroit Pistons who were responsible for slowing down the 19-year-old Cleveland Cavaliers star and practically making a fool of him at The Palace of Auburn Hills in Michigan. LeBron James recorded just six points – yes, you read that right – with two rebounds, seven assists and four turnovers in 36 minutes, in front of 22,076 fans that night. Terrible performance, but the funny thing is that he scored 33 points and 16 rebounds in the next game.