Dec 5, 2025, 5:23 PM UTC
With the Washington Wizards in the middle of a long rebuild, it is worth looking at former players who have gone onto other teams from time to time. And one recent Wizards player made a big play and also officially ended a long record in the process.
Yesterday, the [Los Angeles Lakers beat the Toronto Raptors](https://www.raptorshq.com/raptors-scores-results/48792/toronto-raptors-la-lakers-scottie-lebron-reaves-streak) on the road 123-120. Lakers forward LeBron James, the NBA’s career scoring leader and one of the league’s best-ever assisters, saw one of his streaks end, namely his 1,297 regular season game streak of scoring 10 or more points. He had an off-night shooting the basketball of course. But the Lakers won because James, who had an opportunity to take the game winning shot (and keep that streak alive), decided to pass to Rui Hachimura, a former Wizards first round draft pick, who drained the game winning three point shot. Take a look at the highlight below.
James had 8 points, 11 assists and 6 rebounds. Hachimura had 12 points in the win for Los Angeles. And for James’ streak, the last time he scored less than 10 points in a game was on Jan. 5, 2007 when the Cleveland Cavaliers, the team he played for at the time, were against the Milwaukee Bucks.
The Wizards haven’t had much to root for since they began embarking on a multi-year rebuild. But it’s good to see that some of their former players have gone on to do great things, like Hachimura who has been a consistent valued part of the Lakers since the middle of the 2022-23 NBA season.
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