Despite all the praise directed towards LeBron James for his seemingly unwavering fitness, the 33-year-old has actually never featured in all 82 regular season games in his career. That could change this week. James will take the floor for his 81st game of the 2017-18 against the Knicks on Monday, which is already the most games he's played in one single season. And, the four-time MVP revealed that he will suit up for Wednesday season-ending matchup with the same opponent as long as he gets through tonight's game unscathed physically. 

"We'll see how tonight goes," James said. "I've been telling you that for the last four weeks. So my mindset is focus on tonight, and if I come out healthy, I'll be available for Wednesday. That's all that matters for me."

The 14-time All Star had said last week that at no stage during the season had he planned to play every game, rather that it just worked out like this by happenstance: 

"That has never been my plan, that's been y'all narrative," James said. "That's never been my plan. My plan is to play one game at a time and see how I feel after that game and be a part of game this year, so but that's never been my plan. 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. And hopefully I'll be in position where I'm able to go on Thursday as well, so we'll take it day by day."

In previous seasons, James has often taken nights off for rest, but those have come in times when his Cavs teams were cruising atop the Eastern Conference. This season this picture is far from the same, with Cleveland currently occupying the four-seed and often requiring James to put the team on his back to just scrape through games against lesser teams. 

James' health has been one of his biggest assets in his career, only once missing more than 10 games in a season (2014-15). 

Whilst it would be a nice addition to his rapidly growing list of milestones, his goals remain far loftier, and remaining rested and healthy for the first round of the playoffs will surely be held in higher regard than playing in a meaningless game against the lowly Knicks.