EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — LeBron James is supposed to be tired. Maybe even exhausted.

Funny thing, though. The 36-year-old keeps pushing the short-handed Lakers to victories while climbing a series of all-time lists in his 18th NBA season.

He unveiled another triple-double Tuesday as the Lakers defeated the downtrodden Minnesota Timberwolves, 137-121, at Staples Center.

James had 25 points, 12 rebounds, and 12 assists to move past Wilt Chamberlain for the most triple-doubles ever after turning 30 years old. Sixty-two of James’ 99 career triple-doubles came after he left his 20s behind.

James has sat out only one game this season despite the much-discussed lack of down time for the Lakers during the shortest NBA off-season ever (a mere 71 days, in case you hadn’t heard).

He looks anything but fatigued. In fact, he’s the front-runner for the NBA MVP award in the eyes of many observers, especially with the oft-injured Joel Embiid sidelined two to three weeks because of a knee injury.

Compounding James’ efforts were the Lakers going again without four players Tuesday, including starters Anthony Davis (calf/Achilles tendon soreness) and Marc Gasol (COVID-19 health and safety protocols). Reserves Alex Caruso (concussion) and Jared Dudley (torn right MCL) were also sidelined.

The Lakers’ offense was suddenly afire after a handful of games in which points were hard to find. One night after shooting a surreal 62.8% with 35 assists against Golden State, the Lakers were again uber-efficient with 57.5% accuracy and a season-high 37 assists against Minnesota.

The Lakers had 35 or more assists in back-to-back games for the first time since 1996.

James wasn’t the only player to make an impact. He was one of six Lakers to finish in double-figure scoring.

Montrezl Harrell had another stout stat line off the bench, this time finishing with 25 points and 6 assists. Kyle Kuzma, Dennis Schröder, and Talen Horton-Tucker each scored 16 points.

But James was the main storyline, as usual.

Last month, he passed Chamberlain for third place on the NBA career list for most field goals made. While we’re at it, he’d pass Karl Malone next season for second place on the NBA’s all-time scoring list and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in two years for the top spot if he kept averaging 25.5 points a game and, of course, stayed healthy.