In the Nets' 120-126 loss to the Celtics, Durant played 39 minutes, shooting 12-of-21 from the field, 4-of-9 from three-point range, 9-of-10 from the free throw line, 37 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists, but also made seven turnovers.
In the last game against the Heat, Durant also scored 31 points. Durant returned to the court after more than a month, cutting 30+ in the first two games, failing to help the Nets stop the losing streak. After losing to the Celtics today, the Nets have suffered four consecutive losses, and in the past 20 games, the Nets have only 3-17 records, and their current winning percentage has dropped below 50%, ranking ninth in the East.
Although today's game was lost and 37 points became empty, after scoring these 37 points, Durant reached the career milestone of 25,000 points, becoming the 23rd player in history and the third player in active duty to achieve this milestone. Before Durant, only James and Anthony scored more than 25,000 points.
With 25,000 points, Durant has a total of 922 games, which is the seventh-fewest in history, and the top six are Chamberlain (691 games), Jordan (782 games), Abdul-Abdul-Jabbar (889 games), James (915 games), Robertson the "Big O" (917 games) and Jerry West (920 games).
It is worth mentioning that although Durant is seventh, he has only used 7 more games than James in fourth, only 5 more than Robertson, and 2 more than West. That is, when he scored his career 25,000th point, Durant averaged about the same number of points per game as James, Robertson and West.
West, Durant and James all exceeded 27 points per game on the all-time scoring list, a very narrow gap, while Jordan and Chamberlain both exceeded 30 points, so they used a lot less time to score 25,000 points. As for Abdul-Jabbar and Robertson, they averaged high points per game in the early part of their careers, but their average points per game decreased at the end of their careers, so the average points per game for the whole career were not so high, which is also on the list.
Although durant gets 25,000 games and James is not much different, durant is much worse in age. James scored 25,000 points in 30 years and 307 days, breaking Kobe Bryant's all-time record and becoming the youngest Mr. 25,000. Bryant scored 25,000 points at 31 and 151, while Durant is now 33 years old and 159 days old, more than two years older than James' record.
Of course, Durant has only now scored 25,000 points because he has suffered many injuries and missed too many games. If he remains relatively healthy, Durant can still break Bryant's record even if he can't break James's record, but he is actually a lot worse than Kobe's record.