In an NBA game that ended this morning, the Lakers ended a five-game losing streak with a 132-123 away win over the Rockets. Lakers star James played well — playing 39 minutes, shooting 11-of-19 from the field, including 3-of-5 from three-point range and 7-of-9 from the free throw line, scoring a game-high 32 points, grabbing 11 rebounds, giving out 11 assists, as well as one steal and two blocks.
Prior to this game, James's career total score was 35,969 points, and after scoring 32 points in this game, James' career total score reached 36,001 points, becoming the third player in NBA history to exceed 36,000 points in total.
With 2 days to go before James' 37th birthday (local time in the United States), James surpassed 36,000 points in total at 36 days, making him the youngest Mr. 36,000 in NBA history, and this game became another milestone in his career.
In addition to James, Carl Malone and Abdul-Abdul-Jabbar are the other two players who have surpassed 36,000 points in total, so how old are they when they score 36,000 points?
Carl Malone: 39 years and 231 days
Malone has not won 1 scoring champion in his career, but his career total score is as high as 36928 points, ranking second in NBA history, relying on his long career and super high attendance, he has played in the NBA for 19 seasons, 16 seasons have played 80 or more games, except for the rookie season and the last season, the rest of the seasons he averaged more than 20 points per game, which makes his total score second only to Abdul-Jabbar.
In the 2002-2003 season, the 39-year-old Malone was still able to average 20.6 points, 7.8 rebounds, 4.7 assists and 1.7 steals per game, that is, in this season, his total score exceeded 36,000 points, surpassing Abdul-Jabbar to become the youngest Mr. 36,000 points in NBA history, and now his record has been broken by James.
Abdul-Jabbar: 39 years and 310 days
Abdul-Jabbar has averaged 24.34 points per game in his career, ranking 16th in NBA history in terms of points per game, but he can score 38,387 points, making him the all-time NBA all-time total scorer and the only player with a total score of more than 38,000.
Abdul-Jabbar is tall and long-armed, and he has a unique stunt "Sky Hook", the most powerful player is the defender who knows what he wants to do but can't prevent it, and Abdul-Jabbar is such a player. He played for the Bucks, averaging 30+ in four seasons, the highest one averaging 34.8 points per game, and he took two leading scorers. Later, he joined the Lakers, there are more scorers in the team, his average points per game decreased a little, but he maintained a stable output of about 25 points per game for many years, and the total number of points accumulated very quickly.
In the 1986-1987 season, the 39-year-old Abdul-Jabbar was in somewhat declining form, he averaged 17.5 points, 6.7 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.2 blocks per game, which was the first season of his career to average less than 20 points per game, but he scored more than 36,000 points in this season, but he was 39 years old and 310 days, he was the first player to break through 36,000 points in total, and later he became the first player to break through 37,000 points and 38,000 points in total, which was very great.
James – Record Reaper
The comparison can be found that James broke through 36,000 points more than two years younger than Malone and Abdul-Jabbar, nearly three years younger, which is a very large gap, in the regular season scoring the youngest piece, James became a record reaper, he has now harvested 36 youngest records.
At age 19 and 034, James became the youngest Mr. 1000, and then 2000, 3000... 10,000 points, 11,000 points... 20,000 points, 21,000 points... 30,000 points, 31,000 points... With 35,000 points and 36,000 points, James was the youngest player when he completed these scoring milestones, and there is no doubt that he will become the youngest Mr. 37,000 and Mr. 38,000, becoming the first Mr. 39,000, or even Mr. 40,000, is very likely, great needless to say.