LeBron James believes the "game gods" will repay him after he unselfishly teed up a teammate rather than try to extend his incredible record of double-digit NBA performances.

James scored just eight points in the Los Angeles Lakers' 123-120 win over the Toronto Raptors on Thursday.

That brought to an end his run of 1,297 consecutive double-digit regular-season appearances in which he has scored at least 10 points.

It is a streak that started in January 2007, and smashes the previous record, set by Michael Jordan, by 431 games.

James dished out 11 assists, including for Rui Hachimura's buzzer-beating game-winner. The 40-year-old could have gone for glory himself, but elected to play the unselfish pass.

Asked for his thoughts on his streak coming to an end, James said: "None. We won.

"I always just make the right play. That's automatic, win, lose or draw," James said.

"Always make the right play. That's how I was taught the game.

"You make the right play – the game gods are always giving back to me."

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To put James' record into further context, the next-best active player when it comes to successive regular-season games with double-digit points, at 267.

"LeBron is acutely aware of how many points he has at that point," Lakers coach JJ Redick said of James electing to assist rather than shoot.

"He did it like he's done so many times.

"The basketball gods, if you do it the right way, they tend to reward you."

James' teammate Jake LaRavia said: "He's such an unselfish player. 

"He's just playing the game of basketball. He had the opportunity but because of the player he is and just who he is as a person, he made the unselfish play, passed it to Rui and we won the game."