NBA Star Power Index: LeBron James on 30-point scoring tear; Stephen Curry hits 3,000th 3-pointer
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Welcome back to NBA Star Power Index: A weekly gauge of the players getting the most buzz around the league. Inclusion on this list isn't necessarily a good thing -- it simply means you're capturing the NBA world's attention. This is also not a ranking. The players listed are in no particular order. This column will run every week throughout the regular season.
The Lakers finally decided to start LeBron at center on Tuesday (which is to say they played small, without a traditional big man, and it's just fine to call LeBron the "center" in those lineups), and he rewarded them with a 32-point, 11-assist, 11-rebound triple-double in a Lakers victory that snapped a five-game losing streak.
LeBron has been doing all he can to lift this flawed Lakers team that has also been decimated by injuries and COVID. At 37 years old, he is tied for the league lead with 13 30-point games, in the company of Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry and Trae Young. He has scored 30-plus in his last five games.
