Witness the legend! Congratulations to James for overtaking Malone and rising to second place on the NBA's all-time scoring list!
On March 20, Beijing time, the Lakers 119-127 Wizards this night, James scored 38 points, accumulated his regular season total score to 36947 points, surpassing the legendary star Carl Malone, becoming the second player in NBA history in the history of regular season total scores, only 1459 points less than Abdul-Jabbar.
In the next few games, james will usher in his next milestone, the youngest Mr. 37,000 points in NBA history. These records are only a matter of time for James, and his greatness need not be repeated.
In fact, before this game, James did not know whether he would play. After all, in yesterday's game against the Raptors, James played 44 minutes, and the Lakers not only had to fly back-to-back, but also flew from Toronto to Washington.
After playing 44 minutes yesterday, James' knees reacted again, so he was on the daily watch list.
James could have rested the game against the Wizards, leaving the game that created the opportunity to return to Cleveland.
But today James was still on the pitch, and after today he said: "When I walked up the field and felt like my knees were fine, I didn't think about going back to Cleveland to break the record again!" ”
So the Wizards saw James's full power play, the second quarter of the game is not over, James has already scored 16 points, and then James in the three-point line 45 ° against the defensive dry pull jumper, the game's personal score rewritten to 19 points, with this goal, he also equaled Carl Malone's 36928 points.
Immediately after, James took the ball into the box, shook off two defenders with a pull bar, and easily scored two points, officially becoming the second person in NBA history to score totals in the regular season. In the subsequent dead ball session, the referee specially set aside time, and the fans, coaches and players on the scene stood up collectively to salute James, who also raised his right hand in response.
This is James, 37, who is 1440 points away from historical scorer Jabbar. After 19 years in the NBA, he can also average 29.7 points per game.
If this trend follows, James will need about 49 regular season games, and if he maintains full attendance, he is expected to complete the overtaking of Abdul-Jabbar in February next year. He would need about 58 regular season games if he averaged 25 points per game, and 72 games if he averaged 20 points per game.
Therefore, it is highly likely that James will become the all-time scoring champion in the regular season, probably in a game next season.
The reason why he calculates a few more cases is that his speed beyond Malone is beyond people's imagination.
Before the start of the season, James's career total had reached 35,367 points, 1,615 points away from Carl Malone, and based on last season's average of 25 points per game, he actually had to spend 65 games to surpass Malone.
This season, James has suffered many injuries such as ankles and knees, and has missed a total of 18 games so far, but his pace of surpassing Malone has not been slowed down at all.
According to statistics, in the past 8 games, James has twice scored 50+ at the age of 37, averaging 35.4 points, 8.9 rebounds and 5.9 assists per game, shooting 53.8% from the field and 40.3% from three-point range.
James has been chasing history with super efficiency, and that's just the norm for him this season, and he's been able to make some history almost every month.
At the end of December last year, James scored 32 points against the Rockets, reaching the 36,000-point milestone in the regular season.
In early January, James scored four steals against the Hawks, becoming the only player in NBA history to rank among the top 10 players in NBA history for career totals, total assists and total steals.
In mid-February, James scored 26 points against the Warriors, becoming the first player in career total scoring (regular season + playoffs).
In mid-March, he became the only player in NBA history to have 36,000 points, 10,000 rebounds and 10,000 assists in the regular season. Not only that, but he is also the only player in NBA history who can still score 35 points in a single game many times after the age of 35.
So the regular season score surpassed Malone, there wasn't even much ripple on social media, and it didn't even get noticeable about the Lakers' loss. There are too many broken records to make people feel too much.
For James, surpassing Malone and even surpassing Abdul-Jabbar's scoring record is just a step-by-step thing, as long as he is on the court, sooner or later there will be such a day, but the Lakers really need him to support the bottom this season.
Just like a video released by the NBA today, when the fans asked him how he felt when he surpassed Malone, he first responded with a sentence of "it feels great", and then the next sentence was, "I still have a game to play." ”
For James today, helping the Lakers win is obviously harder than accomplishing personal achievements. In today's game, the Lakers once led the Wizards by 16 points. Even Wei Shao, who has been criticized, did not expire yesterday's shooting experience package, shooting rarely in 36 minutes, shooting 10 of 15, 3 of 3 three points, contributing 22 points, 10 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 steal and 1 block.
But the Lakers were still reversed by their opponents in the fourth quarter, and Porzingis cut the highest single-game 27 points since joining the Wizards, including 16 points in the fourth quarter, and also completed a dunk against James.
After the game, Vogel described the game with mixed emotions, arguing that the team did very well when James was on the floor. However, when Old Zhan rested off the court, the Lakers could not stop the Wizards' offense.
Lately, many people have talked about James focusing more on scoring than on defense on the court, and some people feel that these figures are just working years.
But imagine, when a player who has played in the NBA for 19 seasons and has experienced countless games, large and small, it is not the hardest thing to get some regular data, let alone a regular season game. But you have to always maintain a high level of tension and excitement, and continue to output efficiently, which is not an easy task in itself.
And a player like James, when he's halfway through the season, can understand that there are things that can't be made up by one person.
For example, the much-criticized small lineup, the Lakers' orthodox center this season, one has been sitting off the court in civilian clothes, and the other is Howard, but now Howard has deteriorated even compared to two years ago, and Vogel is worried that he will drag space on offense, so simply let old Zhan come.
It's like two bottles of poison in front of the Lakers, which bottle you drink is not good, but you can't choose A to lose, you think B will be good, not to mention that there are more or less personal attachments of some head coaches.
Old Zhan is the lakers offensive end of the bottom of the person, but you let him in the defensive end still do the bottom, it is a bit reluctant, not to mention the Lakers' own defensive discipline is not good enough, running two rounds of defensive formation is chaotic, so the Lakers lose, is the hardware and software are not enough caused.
In fact, there is no need to laugh at the "Lakers championship" slogan they shouted at the beginning of the season, after all, the game has been played until now, everyone understands that the Lakers have no chance this season. But everyone is happy to live a good day, and you have to live a bad day, and you always have to give yourself some direction and goals in each game.
As for taking the "mileage sadness" to borrow the topic to play, in fact, it still did not put the position of the Lakers recently correct. After all, in the past few games, except for Lao Zhan's two 50+ games and the three balls of Wei Shao's divine soldiers, the others have all knelt. The Lakers' current game, losing is the norm winning is accidental, this thing to get used to.
So looking at the old Zhan at the age of 37 on the court, and a group of young people who have played such amazing data, it is also one of the few comforts for Lakers fans.
So instead of arguing about who is responsible for the Lakers, who is the biggest reason for losing, and what the Lakers will do in the future, it is better to see how James has maintained such a high level of performance in 19 seasons.
This is not an easy thing.
Past reading: Wei Shao, just like today, it is right to support it!
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