The Heat were in Boston, trailing the series 3-2, one loss away from elimination and - after losing in the NBA Finals the year before, the first season of James’ tenure in Miami - quite probably needing to win to keep Miami from overhauling the roster. Game 6 of the 2012 Eastern Conference finals did not start with Miami in great shape. “You take away his 61 points,” Charlotte’s Al Jefferson said, “and we still had a fighting chance there at the end.” He made his first eight 3-pointers, the last of them officially listed as being from 29 feet but seemed to be deeper. He made 22 of 33 shots in a 124-107 win by the Heat. The highest-scoring game of his career came on March 3, 2014, when James - playing with a mask to protect a facial fracture - toyed with the Charlotte Bobcats, scoring 61 points to set a Miami Heat record that still stands. Through 20 seasons and four NBA championships, the list of James' unforgettable nights is immeasurably long. As LeBron James closes in on Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and is about to become the NBA's career scoring leader the journey has included several memorable moments.
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