On December 24, Beijing time, Lakers 37-year-old veteran Anthony ushered in a milestone record, he reached the 1200 steals milestone in the regular season of his career in the western focus battle against the Spurs. Anthony became the sixth player in history to achieve at least 27,000 points + 1,200 steals, the remaining five are Jordan, Postman Malone, Bryant, Nowitzki and James, and the second person after James.
The 37-year-old Anthony chose to sign with the Lakers this summer, joining the Purple and Gold With a one-year veteran's base salary contract and playing brother basketball with his old buddy James. Anthony proved his prowess as the Lakers' most trusted sixth-man bench bandit, averaging 13.3 points and four rebounds in the first 32 games of the season and averaging 2.4 three-pointers per game.
Anthony's last game against the Suns, he was deported in the second half, the first time in his Lakers career.
Anthony has now delivered 1,199 steals in his career before the game against the Spurs, while he has averaged 0.7 steals per game this season. With Anthony already stealing in this game, he successfully reached the career steals milestone of 1200, becoming the 92nd player in history to achieve such a milestone and equaling the Gerald Wallace record.
Anthony became the 13th player to reach the 1,200 steals milestone in the active squad: Paul, James, Iguodala, Westbrook, Ariza, Rondo, Harden, Curry, Millsap, Lowry, Conley and George.
In addition, Anthony achieved 27,000 points + 1,200 steals in his career, becoming the second player in the active squad to achieve such a miracle, the other being his teammate James. As for history, Anthony is the sixth player to achieve at least 27,000 points + 1200 steals, the top 5 are: Flyer Jordan, Postman Malone, Kobe, Nowitzki and James.
(Text/Drunken Floating Life)