Beijing time on March 20, in an NBA regular season game that ended today, the Lakers lost to the Wizards 119-127 on the road, missing 2 consecutive wins, although the team lost some regrets, but in this game, Lakers star LeBron James also ushered in a moment of glory, this game James played 35 minutes, 29 shots 16, including 10 three-pointers 4 of 10, free throws 3 shots 2, cut 38 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists, James also surpassed Carl Malone, Rise to second place on the all-time scoring list.
There's no doubt that it's a great achievement, and even teammate Anthony had to admit after the game: "I'm in awe of LeBron for keeping climbing this list. I confess that when I was younger, I felt that no one could surpass Malone, no one could surpass Jabbar. ”
Melon admitted that he was punched in the face, and wizard Porzingis was also completely subdued by James, after yesterday's 36 points, today James bombed 38 points again, back-to-back total 74 points, to which Porzingis said: "When he still plays this kind of data and plays at this level, we must appreciate his performance, and his performance is definitely very perfect." ”
Lakers coach Vogel also exclaimed: "He just keeps attacking tonight, after playing 45 minutes yesterday, he can still have such a performance today, incredible!" It can be seen that whether it is the performance at this stage or the accumulated achievements in history, James is already legendary, and his legendary road continues, and in the near future, James even hopes to surpass Abdul-Jabbar and become the total scorer in the history of the NBA regular season."
At present, only historical leading scorer Karim Abdul-Jabbar is ahead of James with 38,387 points. James is just 1,440 points away from equaling Abdul-Abdul-Jabbar. If James averages 20 points ahead, it will only take 72 games; 25 points per game, 58 games; 30 points per game, 48 games. That is to say, as long as there are no accidents, according to James's current state, it is a foregone conclusion to surpass Abdul-Jabbar next season and become the NBA's historical scoring champion in the regular season.
In fact, people do not have too many doubts about James surpassing Abdul-Jabbar in the future, more people are looking forward to whether James can hit 40,000 points, which is an area that has never been reached by an NBA player, after all, throughout the history of the NBA, the total score of the regular season can exceed 34,000 points, and only Jabbar, James and Malone, not to mention the terrifying 40,000 points, which requires a player to average 30 points per game, play 82 games per season, and last 17 seasons to complete. It's almost hellish level of difficulty.
Therefore, many people believe that if there is really a player who can hit 40,000 points, it can only be James. But even if he maintained the peak of 19 years and was healthy for most of his career, it was not difficult to hit 40,000 points, according to statistics, if he maintained an average of 25 points per game, James needed to play another 122 games to achieve 40,000 points, that is, at least 2 more seasons, when James was almost 40 years old.
Unfortunately, James would have had the hope of overtaking Abdul-Jabbar earlier, and even the odds of hitting 40,000 points would have been greater, but if it had not suffered the suspension and contraction of the 2011-2012 and 2019-2020 seasons, coupled with the major injuries in 2018 and 2021, James could have played more games, and with his ability, he might have surpassed Abdul-Abdul-Jabbar this season.
But think about it in turn, after suffering 2 major injuries and 2 suspension seasons, James can still retain the possibility of hitting 40,000 points, which is enough to show his strength and greatness. And many fans are also looking forward to the day when James really scored 40,000 points.