LOS ANGELES -- If 2022 goes anything for the Los Angeles Lakers like LeBron James' first game since turning 37, L.A. could have big things in store.
James scored a season-high 43 points in just 29 minutes in the Lakers' 139-106 win over the Portland Trail Blazers, dominating the action from the start as he scored the game's first five points in the first 46 seconds and kept pouring it on from there.
James shot 16-for-26 from the floor (5-for-10 from 3-point range) and added 14 rebounds, four assists, two steals and two blocks as he became the oldest player since Michael Jordan in 2003 to put up a 40-point, 10-rebound stat line.