On March 20, 2022, Beijing time, the Lakers were reversed away from home, losing 119-127 to the Wizards. James played 36 minutes in the whole game, 16 of 28 shots, 4 of 9 from three-point range, 2 of 3 free throws, cut 38 points, 10 boards and 6 assists, and his career regular season total score reached 36947 points, surpassing Malone's 36928 points to rise to the second place in history, because of James's strength, we always feel that this record is too easy to break, often ignore his difficulty, in fact, the second in NBA history, this difficulty is too big.
If you can average 25 points per game, and in the history of the NBA, there are 17 people who can currently average more than 25 points per game, and only 9 of them have retired, namely Jordan, Chamberlain, Baylor, West, Iverson, Petit, Gervin, Robertson and Carl Malone. Then you have to play at least 1478 games to surpass 36947 points, and the players who can play more than 1478 games in NBA history have only 5 players in the vast sea of people, namely Parish, Abdul-Jabbar, Carter, Nowitzki and Stockton.
Replace it with 82 games a season, then it is 18 seasons, but no one can be in 18 seasons, continuous full attendance, there will always be some injuries, or uncontrollable factors will affect, so there is no way to continue to be full, like the NBA's previous suspension, there is a season to play more than 60 games, one season because of the epidemic, only played more than 70 games, so in fact, to play 1478 games, to more than 18 seasons, at least 19 seasons to start. It is simply too difficult for a player to play for 19 seasons, and at the same time to maintain an average of 25+ per game, which is even more difficult, many players can have an average of 25+ per game in the peak period, and at the end of their careers, their physical fitness will decline and it is difficult to maintain
So Anthony said today that when he was younger, he never dared to think that anyone could catch up with Malone or Abdul-Jabbar's scoring record, which also shows how difficult it is. To achieve this achievement is to rely on the accumulation of time to play, in this process, there will be a variety of temptations or difficulties in front of the face, once relaxed, the body will not be able to keep up, will make themselves lazy, thus slowly falling in the sport.
So James is now second in the regular season scoring list, which is really admirable, and now he still maintains an average of 29+ per game, which is even more surprising. It's really great, it's so hard!