LeBron James breaks record for most NBA games played

LeBron James sets a new NBA record for most games played, surpassing Robert Parish with his 1,612th appearance.

LeBron James broke the NBA record for most regular-season games played on Saturday, taking the court for his 1,612th when the Los Angeles Lakers tipped off against the Orlando Magic.

"King" James passed the mark of 1,611 that Robert Parish had held since he retired in 1997.

Four-time NBA champion James, 41, had equalled Parish's tally on Thursday (March 19) in stunning fashion, posting a triple-double in the Lakers' win over the Heat in Miami after the team arrived in Florida around 4 a.m. in the wake of a Wednesday night win in Houston.

"He's got to be insane," 27-year-old teammate Austin Reaves said of James's continued appetite for excellence. "Can't be normal things going on in his brain to do it so well at such a high level.

"There's nothing left to prove, but he finds something to continue to motivate him. It's a beautiful thing ... (if) there's anybody in the world that could take games off, mentally not be there in a film session, practice, whatever it might be, it could be him. And that's not how he's wired."

James, playing his unprecedented 23rd season, already holds a host of NBA records, including points scored, field goals made and field goals attempted and the longest streak of regular-season games with at least 10 points scored -- 1,297 -- in history.