There will never not be a game where Dillon Brooks won’t poke the bear. Tonight he had to press a nerve of the seniormost man in the league, the only player in the history of the NBA to play a 23rd season. LeBron James is a month from 41, and since a delayed start to the season, he was remaining productive. Today fans are worried that it would be the end of his consistent productivity. And Brooks is right there to laugh about it.

As the Lakers’ seven-game winning streak is under threat from the Phoenix Suns (the Lakers are down 87-11 with eight minutes in the fourth quarter), LeBron James is looking like himself and not at the same time.

He’s back to his ball-hogging ways after taking a backseat to the Luka-Austin backcourt for a while. Sadly, he’s struggling to keep up his double-digit scoring streak while still stalled at 7 points in the last quarter. (It changed to 10 points with 6:30 minutes left to the game, what a rollercoaster).

This is a developing story.