On March 28, Beijing time, the 2021-22 NBA regular season is in full swing. In a focus game today, the Lakers challenged the Pelicans on the road. Before this game, Lakers star James reached a career total of 36,985 points, and he is very hopeful to reach the 37,000 point mark today.
In the first quarter, after the game began, James was in a very hot state, he hit two three-pointers at the right 45 degrees and the bottom corner on the right, and made a layup on the counter-attack, and one person scored 8 consecutive points to lead the team to a 10-0 start. James then scored three more points on consecutive free throws, and in the first quarter alone, James had 11 points and three rebounds on 4-of-7 shooting.
At the start of the second quarter, James hit a 3-pointer from 45 degrees on the left, and then he hit another three-pointer to get his 17th point of the day.
As a result, James' career total score officially exceeded the 37,000-point mark, and he became the second star in NBA history after Abdul-Jabbar to achieve this achievement. With a career total of 38,387 points, James is very hopeful that he will surpass Jabbar in the future and rise to the first place in NBA history, and he is also very hopeful to become the first star in NBA history to achieve 40,000 points!
In addition, not counting today's game, James has averaged 30 points per game so far this season, narrowly ahead of 76ers star Embiid and Bucks star Alphabet Brother. If James can maintain that advantage until the end of the season, he will win his second career scoring title and become the oldest leading scorer in NBA history.
So far this season, James has averaged 30 points, 8.2 rebounds, 6.3 assists, 1.3 steals and 1.1 blocks per game, shooting 52.3 percent from the field and 35.4 percent from three-point range.