By Pro Sports Outlook, The Front Office for Fans
Jan 25, 2021

January 25th, 2021 was highlighted by LeBron James putting up a season-high 46 points, including 21 (9-10 FG) in the 4th quarter to lead the Lakers’ 10-0 road start to the season in his hometown of Cleveland after a missed FGA to end the 3rd quarter led to a Cavs front office exec’s antics inspiring LBJ’s monster quarter. Another triple-double for Luka Doncic put him in the history books, but Jokic racked up another double-double while MPJ sealed the deal for Denver. Steph took over down the stretch for a Warriors win and a rare Yankees-Red Sox trade took place.

See everything that happened in sports on January 25th last year and the Best in Sports from exactly a year ago, headlined by King James passing Kobe Bryant on the all-time scoring list, Kyrie leading Brooklyn to a big victory, and Rudy Gobert’s flawless game. This daily sports article includes real headlines only (no clickbait rumors), all of the best highlights, interesting facts from around the NFL, NBA, & MLB, the main games to watch, top performances of the day, notable birthdays, and a quick recap of significant events on this day in sports history. 

King took over in the 4th

Super steph is a sharpshooter

Miami heated up after this

Bam with the block & slam

MPJ drained the dagger in Dallas

Luka racked up another triple-dub

Career-high night for Brogdon

Top 10 NBA plays for Week 5

Shai turned up to lift OKC

Tatum drops 24 in BOS return

Cole Anthony new career-high

Record-breaking game for Kelce

KD been getting buckets

Logo LeBron has shined in LA

Mahomes’ best AFC CS plays

Embiid put on this week

Joker had a good week

TB12 onto his 10th Super Bowl

Top 10 dunks from NBA Week 5

Chris Godwin came to play

Best plays from Tampa’s D

Made it look easy

Epic Grand Slam call

The helicopter play OTD is iconic

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NBA Monday

[Highlights] SF LeBron James, LAL (W @CLE): 46 PTS (19-26 FG | 7-11 3PT), 6 AST, 8 REB, 2 BLK, 2 STL, 6 TO [Player of the Day]

[Highlights] G Luka Doncic, DAL (L v.DEN): 35 PTS (11-23 FG | 3-8 3PT), 16 AST, 11 REB, 1 BLK, 4 STL, 5 TO

[Highlights] G Malcolm Brogdon, IND (W @TOR): 36 PTS (10-17 FG | 3-5 3PT), 9 AST, 7 REB, 0 BLK, 1 STL, 3 TO

[Highlights] PG Steph Curry, GS (W v.MIN): 36 PTS (11-21 FG | 7-12 3PT), 3 AST, 4 REB, 0 BLK, 3 STL, 3 TO

[Highlights] C Nikola Vucevic, ORL (W v.CHA): 28 PTS (11-23 FG | 4-7 3PT), 7 AST, 12 REB, 0 BLK, 1 STL, 3 TO

 NBA TOP PERFORMERS

NFL: OG Michael Jordan, Cincinnati Bengals (turns 23)

NFL: EDGE Jalyn Holmes, Minnesota Vikings (25)

NFL: DL Harrison Phillips, Buffalo Bills (25)

NFL: LB Micah Kiser, Los Angeles Rams (26)

NFL: S Rayshawn Jenkins, Los Angeles Chargers (27)

NFL: C Brandon Linder, Jacksonville Jaguars (29)

NFL: LB Patrick Willis, Retired after 2014 (36)

2020: Los Angeles Lakers PF LeBron James passed Kobe Bryant for 3rd place on the all-time scoring list in what turned out to be the last day Bryant was alive

2016: Sacramento Kings C DeMarcus Cousins scored a franchise record 56 points in a loss to the Hornets

1998: QB John Elway finally led the Denver Broncos to their 1st Super Bowl victory in franchise history (31-24 over the Packers) after losing their previous 3 appearances by a combined score of 40-136

1989: Chicago Bulls SG Michael Jordan scored his 10,000th career point in the middle of just his 303rd game; only Wilt Chamberlain had reached the milestone faster (236 GP)

1987: New York Giants beat the Denver Broncos 39-20 for their very 1st Super Bowl title as Phil Simms recorded a historic performance with as many PASS TD (3) as incompletions (3) and DC Bill Belichick won his 1st of a NFL record 8 NFL Championships as a Coach

1986: Washington Bullets C Manute Bol blocked 15 shots in a win over the Hawks, the 2nd most in NBA history to Elmore Smith’s 17 blocks in 1973

1981: Oakland Raiders defeated the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl XV to become the 1st Wild Card team in NFL history to win the Super Bowl

1974: Ray Kroc (McDonald’s CEO) purchased the San Diego Padres for an estimated $12 million

1958: Philadelphia Warriors C Wilt Chamberlain set an NBA rookie record by scoring 58 points in a win over the Detroit Pistons

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