On February 13, Beijing time, the 2021-22 NBA regular season is in full swing. In today's Western Conference Focus game, the Lakers traveled to the road to challenge the Warriors. This game has a special meaning for Lakers star James, who has the hope of surpassing Abdul-Jabbar to become the NBA's all-time total scorer.
Prior to this game, James had a career total of 44,131 points (36,500 in the regular season and 7,631 in the playoffs), just 18 points from the all-time number one Abdul-Jabbar (44,149 points, 38,387 in the regular season, and 5,762 in the playoffs). As long as James can score 19 points, he will complete the surpass of Abdul-Jabbar.
In the first quarter, James quickly caused two fouls to hit all of them, and in the middle of the quarter, James hit consecutive shots, one of which received a teammate's pass and dunked under the basket, and james hit the basket again before the end of the quarter, scoring 8 points in the single quarter. In the second quarter, James quickly made another basket and then hit his first three-pointer of the game at 45 degrees on the right. Before the end of the quarter, James scored a basket and then hit another three-pointer to reach 18 points.
In this way, James equaled Abdul-Abdul-Abdul-Jabbar's record of 33 years, officially becoming the all-time scoring champion in NBA history.
James currently ranks Third all-time in regular season scoring, behind Abdul-Jabbar (38,387) and Carl Malone (36,928). Not surprisingly, James will surpass Malone this season to rise to No. 2 in NBA history, and he is expected to break Abdul-Jabbar's regular-season scoring record next season and even challenge the unprecedented 40,000-point mark in the future.
In the playoff scoring list, James is far ahead of the stars with 7631 points, and Jordan ranks second (5987 points). Given that James' career continues and his form remains outstanding, he is expected to continue to set his playoff scoring record in the future.
In addition to his scoring record, James is currently ranked 7th in total assists, 10th in total steals, 14th in total appearances, 3rd in total playing time and 11th in total three-point shooting. In the playoff statistics rankings, James ranked first in history in terms of total number of appearances (266 games), total playing time (11035 minutes), total points (7631), total steals (454), and total goals (2725). He ranks 6th all-time in total rebounds and 2nd in all-time three-point shooting.
So far this season, James has averaged 29.1 points, 7.7 rebounds, 6.5 assists, 1.6 steals and 1 block per game, shooting 52.6% from the field and 35.4% from three-point range!