Against the Warriors, James scored 26 points, bringing his career total (regular season + playoffs) to 44,157, surpassing Karim Abdul-Jabbar and becoming the first in history. However, the NBA's historical record generally only counts regular season data, so James is actually still some distance away from surpassing Abdul-Jabbar.
James scored fewer regular-season points than Abdul-Jabbar, but scored higher in the playoffs than Abdul-Jabbar. As of now, James has scored 7631 points in the playoffs, while Abdul-Jabbar has only 5762 points. As a result, James can still surpass his predecessors in the career total score list even though he scored less than Abdul-Jabbar in the regular season.
In fact, James' regular season total is 1861 points away from Abdul-Jabbar. Currently, James' regular season total is 36,526, Abdul-Abdul-Abdul-Jabbar's regular-season total is 38,387, and Carl Malone's total regular-season score is 36,928. James is only 402 points behind Malone, and at his rate of 29.1 points per game this season, James only needs to play 14 more games to catch up with Malone, which means that James should be able to "sit on two sides" this season.
As for Abdul-Abdul-Jabbar and his top pick, James still has some way to go. LeBron is 1,861 points away from overtaking Abdul-Jabbar, meaning he needs at least a season to make that leap. This season, James can still score at least 700 points. That means James can surpass Jabbar with just over 1,100 points next season.
In James' 19 NBA seasons, the one with the fewest points was last season. In the 20-21 season, James played only 45 games and scored 1126 points. According to this statistic, James is almost enough to surpass Abdul-Jabbar next season and officially ascend to the NBA's all-time scoring throne.