LeBron James Becomes Youngest NBA Player to Reach 28,000 Career Points
LeBron James became the youngest player in NBA history to reach the 28,000-point plateau during the Cleveland Cavaliers' game against the New York Knicks on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden.
The
32-year-old reached the milestone in the second quarter, when he
drilled a deep fadeaway jump shot over Courtney Lee, as the NBA
documented on Twitter:
James has ascended the league's scoring charts at
an unprecedented pace, having already passed the likes of Hakeem
Olajuwon, Oscar Robertson, Moses Malone and Tim Duncan on the all-time
list.
Next up is Shaquille
O'Neal, who occupies the seventh spot with 28,596 points. At this point,
it's simply a matter of when James will pass the Big Aristotle.
| NBA's All-Time Scoring List | ||
| Rank | Player | Points |
| 1 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | 38,387 |
| 2 | Karl Malone | 36,928 |
| 3 | Kobe Bryant | 33,643 |
| 4 | Michael Jordan | 32,292 |
| 5 | Wilt Chamberlain | 31,419 |
| 6 | Dirk Nowitzki | 29,797 |
| 7 | Shaquille O'Neal | 28,596 |
| 8 | LeBron James | 28,000 (and counting) |
| Source: Basketball-Reference.com | ||
The three-time NBA champion entered Saturday night averaging 25.7 points per game on 52.7 percent shooting, making him one of two players—along with Golden State Warriors star Kevin Durant—averaging at least 25 points per contest while knocking down better than 50 percent of his total looks from the field.
As
those numbers indicate, James is showing no signs of slowing down even
as he approaches his mid-30s and prepares to set more records.
0 comments:
Post a Comment