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The Ringer NBA Show

LeBron’s Streak Ends. Plus, CP3’s Turbulent Ending With the Clippers.

The Ringer NBA Show

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4.49.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

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LeBron’s Streak Ends. Plus, CP3’s Turbulent Ending With the Clippers.LeBron James’s 1,297-game streak of scoring in double digits has come to an end, but the Lakers came out on top with a victory over the Raptors thanks to a LeBron assist to Rui Hachimura. Raja Bell and Logan Murdock discuss whether this is the version of LeBron the Lakers need to be successful. After he was sent home by the Clippers, more has been revealed about why Chris Paul is no longer with the team. Were the Clippers out of line for the manner in which they released arguably the best player in their franchise's history? Plus, there's been an uptick in injuries to stars and games being missed by important players; does basketball have a problem with the way it's developing players? Plus, a pack watch for the ages! (0:00) Welcome (1:46) FanDuel ad break (2:29) What does the end of LeBron’s streak say about him? (18:42) Pop quiz: The last time LeBron scored under double digits (20:26) Amazon Prime ad break (20:59) Pack Watch with Jomi Adeniran (24:38) Chris Paul sent home: Fair or foul? (45:42) Is the NBA workload becoming too much? (1:07:37) Real One of the Week Hit the mailbag! [email protected] Hosts: Logan Murdock and Raja BellProducers: Victoria Valencia and Clifford AugustinAdditional Production Support: Ben Cruz, Conor Nevins, and John Richter The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please check out ⁠rg-help.com⁠ to find out more, or listen to the end of the episode for additional details. Shopping. Streaming. Celebrating. It’s on Prime. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

What's popping? Real Ones? Logan Murdoch here.

0:07.6

Back with Roger Bell for another edition of Real Ones. We get into a lot today. We get into

0:12.5

LeBron's streak of 1,297 games of 10 or more points. Gone. Finito. But he did it in a game winning assist so you know it was great we

0:23.4

talked about the legacy of that um accomplishment we talk about what where lebron is and how he's fitting in

0:29.3

with the lakers and then we talk about just how disrespectful the clippers were to cp i'm sorry i know that

0:35.2

there was nuance there and there's a lot to get into and we get into all of it.

0:38.9

But mostly it's just sad. And then we talk about Janus and not necessarily about the fake

0:46.0

trades and all those things where he could be going, although Atlanta is a great possibility. I like them.

0:50.7

They have the Pelicans number one pick. They have a really strong chance of getting him if he were to actually ask for a trade, which he hasn't done yet. But there's a lot of possibilities out there. But we talk about instead the mileage of the average NBA player and how that is different from the past and how the roots of AAU basketball and the current landscape of how we grow our players is actually affecting how their bodies are going into where we are today and how they mature.

1:19.8

So big, big discussion today that was really, really fun with myself and Rajabelle.

1:25.6

One other thing that I need to remind you guys about, Rulwinsmailbagmail.com, real onesmailbag at gmail.com, real onesmailbag at gmail.com. I know you guys see it. It's going to be linked below and in the description. It's also going to be right here where it's at right now, where Victoria just put it. So make sure you tap in with that. And we have a great show for you.

1:45.6

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2:01.4

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2:18.4

Play the theme music.

2:24.2

Bobbin.

2:24.8

Bruins.

2:25.7

Logan Murdoch here.

2:26.8

Roger Bell there.

2:28.4

Let's get right to it, man.

2:31.5

We're going to talk about one LeBron James,

2:42.5

whose streak of consecutive regular season games with at least 10 points ended after 1,297 consecutive regular season games.

2:44.9

That's a lot of work.

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