In today's Lakers away game against the Warriors, James ushered in a career milestone moment. With 7 minutes and 08 seconds left in the third quarter of the game, James scored the 21st point of the game with three-point shots, and the total score of the career regular season + playoffs reached 44152 points, ranking first in history! Throughout the game, Old Zhan scored 26 points, 15 rebounds and 8 assists. After the game, LeBron's total scores in the regular season and playoffs totaled 44,157 points.
After the retirement of "Skyhook" Abdul-Jabbar, he not only left a regular-season scoring record of 38,387 points. The NBA all-time total score (regular season + playoff) record is also held by the Hall of Famer. In the playoffs, Abdul-Jabbar also has 5762 points, and his career total of 44149 points, like the regular season scoring record, has been regarded as an insurmountable peak.
But today, LeBron James completed his overtaking of Abdul-Jabbar in the Lakers' game against the Warriors. At this point, the emperor became the player with the most total scores in NBA history. Given that James still averaged 29.1 points per game in his 19th season, it is now a matter of time before Jambar broke the NBA regular season scoring record held by Abdul-Jabbar.
After this game against the Warriors, no other player in NBA history has scored more than LeBron James.
Although in terms of regular season scoring, there is still a gap between LeBron and Malone and Abdul-Jabbar. However, his playoff score reached 7631 points, far behind Michael Jordan, who ranked second in history. After the game, LeBron's total scores in the regular season and playoffs reached 44,157 points, completing the surpass for Abdul-Jabbar.
After the last game against the Trail Blazers, James was just 18 points away from Abdul-Abdul-Jabbar's career total. In the first half of the game, the emperor efficiently scored 18 points. Shortly after the start of the second half, James scored his 21st point of the game with a three-pointer, becoming the most scoring player in NBA history.
"It's cool and it's an incredible thing." Vogel said, "Everything this guy has done in his career has been remarkable, and that's why I think LeBron is the best player in history. ”
In terms of total regular season points, the Emperor has also scored 36526 points, 402 points from Malone and 1861 points away from Jabbar. However, in terms of playoff scoring, James has already reached the top of history as early as 2017. Since then, every point he has scored in the playoffs has been making NBA history.
"I've seen a lot of LeBron score in the playoffs, and I think James' surpassing Abdul-Jabbar in terms of all-time total scores is something to celebrate and remember." Especially when you think about the fact that he's the oldest player in the league and can play like this, you really feel that everything is so incredible. Warriors coach Kerr said, "I think the most underrated thing about LeBron is that he can play like this at this age." For now, at least, he's still one of the best players in the league, at the top of the league pyramid. ”
After this campaign, LeBron has scored 25 points in 22 consecutive games, setting a career record. In addition, he is averaging 29.1 points per game, the second highest in the league, behind the 76ers' Embiid. Throughout the Emperor's 19-year career, averaging 29.1 points per game is already the fourth highest scoring average in his career, and the highest single-season scoring since the 2009-10 season.
It is worth mentioning that before LeBron, the league's 19th season average in points per game was held by Kobe Bryant. He averaged 22.3 points per game in 2014-15, but Bryant's offensive efficiency was completely incomparable to LeBron's, not to mention that Bryant only played 35 games that season.
"James has once again changed perceptions, being able to stay at his peak in the twilight of his career and allowing his offensive abilities to evolve to another level is another part of his great story." Vogel said.
Speaking about surpassing Abdul-Jabbar in total points, LeBron said: "In my career, I feel awe whenever I connect with some great players. ”
It should have been an unforgettable night for the emperor, and he was also hoping to embrace the milestone with a victory. However, in the end, the Lakers failed to complete the reversal of the Warriors. LeBron hit just one of his 10 shots in the final quarter and missed a crucial free throw in the final moments.
After the game, James also expressed his disappointment with his performance on this night in an interview. "I hate playing inefficiently, especially when it comes to shooting. I didn't play enough rounds in the final stages to help our team win, I shot just 2 of 15 in the second half and it wasn't like me. However, I like some of the shots I get, and I'm sure I've been hit in some shots. They played well, though, and I didn't finish enough rounds well to help us win. This kind of thing will inevitably happen. The emperor said.
As James himself described, the emperor was actually very efficient in the first half. But as the game progressed, James' scoring efficiency showed a very noticeable decline. Especially in the fourth quarter of the game, he missed a lot of long-range shots, and the end after the breakthrough was no longer as sharp as before.
The Warriors are one of the best defensive teams in the league and are well-resourced defensively on the flanks. James not only had to face 2014's champion Andrew Wiggins, but also paired cummingga, who was only 19 years old, several times in the game. Although on an empirical level, the emperor was indeed able to crush his opponents. But LeBron is no longer young after all, and Cuminga and Wiggins have taken turns to consume him, resulting in the Lakers core failing to play the role of hero in the final moments of the game. In the final moments, LeBron had a close-hand layup that failed to hit, which was caused by physical problems.
The only fortunate thing is that the Lakers' overall competitive status has begun to pick up. Wei Shao, in particular, played the best performance in recent times. LeBron said he would adjust his form as soon as possible and play the last game before the All-Star. On the other hand, he doesn't seem to want to continue to face the "mileage sadness" himself.
In the previous game that surpassed Bryant in the all-time scoring list, the Lakers regrettably lost to the 76ers. On the night when the career score exceeded 35,000 points, the Lakers failed to win. This time to complete the transcendence of Abdul-Jabbar, the Lakers still suffered a defeat. Following James's current momentum, it's a foregone conclusion that he overtakes Malone this season to become the second-highest-scoring player in NBA history. However, LeBron hopes to help the team win the game while making history, rather than making the milestone a "mileage sad" again.
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