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LeBron James ties Robert Parish's record for most regular season games played in the NBA

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Published 2 months ago

Basketball superstar LeBron James tied the NBA record for most regular-season games played as his Los Angeles Lakers took on the Miami Heat on Thursday.

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/james-lebron/nuIVxFJk/"]James[/a] took the court [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/basketball/los-angeles-lakers-ngegZ8bg/miami-heat-CQ7AXnT5/?mid=2R3SSYpg"]for his 1,611th regular-season game[/a], equalling Hall of Famer Robert Parish's record, and can break the mark when the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/los-angeles-lakers/ngegZ8bg/"]Lakers[/a] visit Orlando on Saturday.[/p][p]James, playing his unprecedented 23rd season, already holds a host of NBA records, including points scored, field goals made and field goals attempted.[/p][embed guid="7290a14a-6a27-4b10-95b2-6a5c03f3f910" url="https://x.com/NBAPR/status/2034773815272612294?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]His latest milestone comes in a return to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/miami-heat/CQ7AXnT5/"]Miami[/a], where he played for four seasons and won the first two of his four NBA titles.[/p][p]The 41-year-old is coming off a 30-point performance on spectacular 13-of-14 shooting in the Lakers' win at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/houston-rockets/Sr9PQALP/"]Houston[/a] on Wednesday.[/p][p]After a quick turnaround that saw the Lakers arrive in Miami at 4 a.m. on Thursday morning James was listed as "questionable" on early injury reports before he was confirmed as available.[/p][p]The Lakers have won seven straight games to surge from sixth to third in the Western Conference.[/p]

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