The ‘King’ reached an extraordinary number of points that only a basketball player before him had achieved in the history of the North American league.
LeBron James became the second player in the history of National Basketball Association which reaches 38,000 points scored in the Game already los angeles lakers they lost to Philadelphia 76ers.
in the star of lakers he fell just 11 points short of that victory and wasted no time in his game against Sixers, as he reached that number before the end of the first quarter. A mid-distance frontal shot allowed him to achieve the figure.
In front of lebron only a legend remains Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who holds the all-time record for points scored in a regular season with 38,387. At the rate he’s playing at 38 years old and in his 20th season in the elite, lebron -with an average of 29 points per game- is on track to overcome Abdul Jabbar to become the top scorer in the history of nba.
“To come here and know that I’m about to break the most coveted record in the NBA, something that people say will never be achieved, it’s huge for me and it’s so cool,” LeBron admitted to Los Angeles media day. Lakers at the beginning of the season. “Whenever my name is mentioned among the greats, like Wilt Chamberlain, Michael Jordan, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar or others, it’s huge.”he added.
last year, lebron He became the top scorer in the history of nba if the points scored in the regular season are added to the playoff games, but the official league record does not take into account the playoffs scores.
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Source: Tycsports
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