--- description: Performance of the Week Nov. 10, 2003 title: Performance of the Week image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) # Performance of the Week (10 Nov 2003) by [TIME](/author/time/) Nov 10, 2003 5:00 AM CUT by [TIME](/author/time/) Nov 10, 2003 5:00 AM CUT The hype–and the $100 million contract–certainly set up Lebron James for a fall. But the high school phenom’s NBA debut with the Cleveland Cavaliers silenced most doubters. The teen had 25 points, 9 assists and 6 rebounds against Sacramento, followed by a 21-point, 12-rebound, 8-assist game in Phoenix. Hoopheads and NBA vets alike were impressed. Only the Cavs were a bit let down; they lost both games. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/archive/6670020/performance-of-the-week-22/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/archive/6670020/performance-of-the-week-22/"},"headline":"Performance of the Week (10 Nov 2003)","datePublished":"2003-11-10T05:00:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-21T01:13:45.784Z","description":"Performance of the Week Nov. 10, 2003","url":"https://time.com/archive/6670020/performance-of-the-week-22/","keywords":[],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/author/time/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/archive/6670020/performance-of-the-week-22/","name":"Performance of the Week (10 Nov 2003)"}}]}] ```