HIGH POINT MAN ON CHRISTMAS DAY

LeBron James is poised to become the NBA’s all-time leading scorer on Christmas Day when the Lakers take on Brooklyn tonight at Crypto.com Arena. James is 12 points short of alltime leader Kobe Bryant, and could pass him while matching Bryant’s alltime mark of playing in 16 Christmas Day games.

Ringo H.W. Chiu Associated Press LeBRON JAMES has a 25.5-point scoring average in Christmas Day games, well short of Oscar Robertson’s leading mark of 31.4.