"James could have tried to win the game -- and extend the streak -- on the final possession, but he instead passed the ball to Rui Hachimura in the left corner. Hachimura's 3-pointer dropped as time expired, and James -- who has said countless times over his 23-year career that he always tries to make the right and smartest play -- threw his hands in the air in celebration."
""Bron told me right before this, 'I got you. It's going to come to you,'" Hachimura said in an on-court televised interview. With that, the streak ended. The win was all that evidently mattered. "LeBron is acutely aware of how many points he has at that point," Lakers coach JJ Redick said. "He did it like he's done so many times.""
LeBron James' consecutive double-digit scoring streak of 1,297 regular-season games ended when he was held to eight points in the Los Angeles Lakers' 123-120 victory over the Toronto Raptors. James passed on a final-possession shot, finding Rui Hachimura in the left corner, and Hachimura's game-winning 3-pointer fell as time expired. James celebrated after the basket rather than forcing a shot. Hachimura said James assured him the ball would come. Lakers coach JJ Redick noted James' awareness of his scoring total and praised his customary decision-making. The previous regular-season game with fewer than 10 points was Jan. 5, 2007.
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