Another episode in a legend called LeBron James. During the Los Angeles Lakers game in Washington tonight (Saturday through Sunday), LeBron recorded a historic achievement by overtaking Carl Malone (36,929) and rising to second place on the all-time scoring list. The 37-year-old superstar has done so in 113 games less than a hotel, and now he can focus on his next goal: Karim Abdul Jabbar, who has scored 38,387 points throughout his illustrious career. LeBron finished the contest with 38 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists, losing 127: 119. Danny Abdia scored 17 on the winning side.
LeBron needed 20 points to overtake Melon and already in the middle of the second quarter the long-awaited moment arrived. About 5:20 minutes before the end of the first half the big star moved without a ball and placed two easy points that raised him to second place and brought him closer to the most glittering personal record the NBA has to offer. The entire crowd at the Capital One Arena, including a host of yellow-and-purple fans, got to their feet and cheered for LeBron, who finished the first half with 23 points.
Assuming LeBron manages to maintain his fantastic fitness, he will already occupy the prestigious summit next season and replace Karim at the top of the list. “King James” averages 29.7 points per game in 2021/22 (his highest average since the 2009/10 season) and is 1,440 points away from first place. That is, at the current rate – he may within 49 games look at all the other NBA players throughout history from above.
Unless something out of the ordinary happens, LeBron will become the greatest scorer in NBA history, and since he does not appear to be retiring anytime soon, he is on the right track to becoming the first player ever to reach 40,000 points in his career. It should be noted that this record, like the other prestigious records in the best league in the world, refers to the regular season only. About a month ago LeBron had already overtaken Karim when he became the all-time leading scorer, including the playoffs.
2nd All-Time in Scoring.
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LeBron James is now 2nd All-Time in Scoring.
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