LeBron James Plays Full 82-Game Season for 1st Time in 15-Year NBA Career

For the first time in his illustrious 15-year career, LeBron James logged minutes in all 82 regular-season games in 2017-18. 

James locked up the NBA's equivalent of a perfect attendance record when he hit the floor for Wednesday night's regular-season finale against the New York Knicks at Quicken Loans Arena. 

Prior to the 2017-18 season, James topped out at 81 games played during his first MVP campaign in 2008-09. In total, he's eclipsed the 80-game mark three times, including when he hit that number on the nose during his second NBA season (2004-05). 

James maintained that playing in all 82 games hadn't been a goal of his even though it eluded him until now. Rather, he approached things in the moment and has been healthy enough not to take games off for maintenance. 

"That has never been my plan, that's been y'all narrative," he told reporters on April 3. "That's never been my plan.

"My plan is to play one game at a time and see how I feel after that game. ... I didn't come into the season, saying, 'OK, we're going to play 82 games this season,' but my plan is to be as healthy as I can, work on my body, train my body every day to be available for my teammates every game and if that allows me to play tonight, as I am, then let's go."

Thanks to a clean bill of health, LeBron has stitched together one of his finest seasons to date while shouldering a massive workload. 

Entering Wednesday night, the 33-year-old—who leads the league in minutes played—was averaging 27.7 points, 9.2 assists and 8.7 rebounds per game while shooting 54.3 percent from the field and 36.9 percent from three.

Thanks to those figures, James will join Oscar Robertson (1962-63) as the only players in league history to average at least 27 points, nine dimes and eight boards while shooting at least 50 percent from the floor. 

Considering James' penchant for increasing his production in the playoffs, the Cavaliers can't be looked down upon as they chase a fourth straight Eastern Conference title.