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This Wednesday, LeBron James tipped in a missed shot by Luka Dončić at the buzzer to give the Los Angeles Lakers a win over the Indiana Pacers. 

A tip-in that would tie LeBron with Kobe Bryant for the second most career game-winning buzzer-beaters, now only one shy of matching Michael Jordan for the top spot. A tip-in that would give James a total of 13 points for the night, 10 of which came in the fourth quarter after he’d gone without a made field goal for the prior three quarters, during which every LeBron James fan around the world were anxiously wondering if this would be the game in which LeBron’s incredible streak of double-digit regular-season games would come to an end. Alas, our King delivered and not only racked up enough points to keep the streak going, but ended the night with a play that will be the only thing folks talk about when looking back at this game. 

It got me thinking, though: When did LeBron last score less than 10 points in a regular-season game? What was that game like? Well, seeing as it’s now been 1,244 games since then, we’ll have to go a ways back, back to January 5th, 2007, when the Cleveland Cavaliers took on the Milwaukee Bucks.

This is LeBron’s fourth year in the league, and he’s already a superstar, averaging 27 points, six assists, and nearly seven rebounds a game. Nevertheless, things weren’t going LeBron’s way from the start of this game. He played the entire first quarter, taking just four shots and making only one. Things didn’t get much better in the second half, as he took five shots in the third but made none. He’d make one more shot and go to the line for two free throws–his only shots from the line for the night–to round out the fourth with four more points, making it eight total for the game. Though he’d dish out nine assists and end the game with a +9, it’s safe to say this was an unproductive game for LeBron in 43 minutes of play.

It didn’t matter, though, as this was the season that LeBron would will his team to the NBA Finals and begin what can now only be considered one of the most unbreakable records in NBA history.