In the regular season game of the Lakers and Rockets on December 29, Beijing time, James finally scored 32 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists on 11 of 19 shooting, thus achieving a career milestone of 36,000 points. So far, James has played 1333 NBA regular season games, and now he has scored a total of 36001 points in the regular season, and is still ranked 3rd in the historical scoring list. The NBA players who are ranked higher than James on the list are the two famous superstars of Abdul-Abdul-Jabbar and Carl Malone.
So according to James's current regular season scoring data, how much is the scoring data gap between him and Karl Malone, who is no. 2 in the all-time scoring list, and when will James catch up with the career data that surpasses Carl Malone? As a player in the first round of the NBA in 1985, Carl Malone played in the NBA League for 19 seasons, with a total of 1476 regular season appearances during the period, coupled with Carl Malone's own data performance of 25 points per game, so in the end, he scored 36928 points in the NBA regular season.
Considering that James has now scored 36,001 points in the regular season, James is actually only 927 points less than Carl Malone. It should be known that in the current NBA regular season, James's average score per game has reached 27.6 points, so if you follow this average score performance, then it only takes 34 NBA regular season games to successfully catch up with Carl Malone's regular season 36928 points, thus smoothly rising to the second place in his historical scoring list.
Keep in mind that the Lakers still have 47 games left in the NBA regular season this season, so as long as there are no injury problems or isolation absences, James is basically stable and will surpass Carl Malone. As for the next team name Jabbar, who ranks at the top of the list, I believe that it is only a matter of time for James. And the real challenge is actually the NBA career 40,000 points of the legendary data, which is also the most anticipated NBA historical scoring record for fans, I believe that with James's ability and physical condition, he will definitely be able to achieve this goal in the end!