On March 3, 2014, LeBron James completely dominates the Bobcats tallying 61 points as a member of the Heat. (1:20)

BOSTON -- Kemba Walker has accomplished many things in the NBA: He's made three All-Star teams and an All-NBA team. He has won the league's sportsmanship award twice and made two trips to the playoffs. He's signed a max contract.

But there's one thing he hasn't done: Beat LeBron James.

"I don't know the exact numbers," Walker said recently, when asked about his record against James, "but I know I've never beat him."

Walker's 29th try to defeat James comes Monday when his Boston Celtics host the Los Angeles Lakers in the first of two regular-season matchups -- assuming that Walker returns after missing the Celtics' previous game on Saturday with left knee soreness.

In eight seasons with the Charlotte Bobcats/Hornets, Walker stepped onto the court against James 24 times in the regular season and four times in the 2014 NBA playoffs, and never left the court with a win. Editor's Picks Can the Lakers swing a big trade before the deadline?

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"I know he still thinks about it a little bit," said Phoenix Suns center Frank Kaminsky, Walker's teammate for four seasons with the Hornets, "and he wants to beat him."

The Hornets did have one win against James' Cleveland Cavaliers when Kaminsky and Walker were teammates -- a 106-97 victory in Charlotte on Feb. 3, 2016. But Walker was sidelined by a sore left knee and replaced by Jeremy Lin, who scored 24 in the win.

"Everyone played solid in that one," said Kaminsky, who scored 15 points on 7-for-8 shooting as a rookie.

Walker and his teammates joked about his futility against James, but Kaminsky said there was an edge to the comedy: "With Kemba, when he jokes about those things, you can tell he's kind of upset about it," Kaminsky said. "That's just his personality.

"He will make jokes about it, but you know in the back of his mind [beating LeBron] is something he wants to do."

LeBron James is 24-0 vs. Kemba Walker in the regular season, 4-0 in the playoffs, and 1-0 in the All-Star Game. Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports

Several of James' career highlights came against Charlotte and Walker. In Miami, on March 3, 2014, James scored a career-high 61 points while wearing a protective mask in a 124-107 win for the Heat. Walker scored seven points with eight assists as Charlotte's starting point guard.

In Game 3 of the Heat's 2014 first-round playoff sweep of Charlotte, with Walker on the court, James appeared to stare down owner Michael Jordan during a breakaway dunk -- something James denied doing at the time.

One who believes James had Jordan in his sights is Celtics rookie Grant Williams, at the time a 15-year-old sophomore at Charlotte's Providence Day School.

"I do remember him tomahawking on the fast break, and then just staring deeply into Michael's soul," Williams said with a broad smile.