LeBron James took flight for a ferocious one-handed slam over 7-foot-1 center Luke Kornet during a Los Angeles Lakers loss to the San Antonio Spurs.

The San Antonio Spurs are among the teams best set up for the future in the entire NBA, and they showed why on Wednesday night. They faced the Los Angeles Lakers in the Emirates NBA Cup quarterfinals and ran away with the win despite being without young superstar Victor Wembanyama.

In his most recent game action against the 76ers in Philadelphia on Sunday, James turned back the clock. He scored a season-high 29 points, including 10 straight for the Lakers in the fourth quarter that helped propel L.A. to a win. In the process, James passed Robert Parish to move in second on the NBA’s all-time regular season wins list.

LeBron James continues to trek his way through his record-breaking NBA season No. 23 with the Los Angeles Lakers. While he looks to put the handful of injuries he's dealt with so far this NBA season in the rearview mirror,

However, despite the energy, the Lakers struggled heavily against the Spurs. San Antonio played without Victor Wembanyama, who has been sidelined for nearly a month due to a left calf strain. Yet the Lakers still found themselves outmatched.

LeBron James' thrilling performance wasn't enough to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to victory on Wednesday night, falling to the San Antonio Spurs by the final score of 132-119 in the NBA Cup quarterfinals.

LeBron James shut down talk about the NBA Playoffs after his Los Angeles Lakers suffered a loss to the San Antonio Spurs.

LeBron James showed that he still got it by putting Luke Kornet on a poster during the Lakers' NBA Cup contest vs. the Spurs.

As per the Lakers’ injury report, LeBron James and Luka Doncic will play in tonight’s game, while Austin Reaves is out with a calf strain.