On March 28, Beijing time, the 2021-22 NBA regular season continued. In today's East Focus game, the Nets' home team welcomed the Hornets to challenge. Prior to this game, Durant had a career total of 25,271 points, ranking 22nd in history, just eight points away from Reggie Miller, who was 21st in history.
After the game began, Durant quickly hit a three-pointer, then caused all three-point fouls, and then Durant scored again to get his 8th point of the day. In the second quarter, Durant scored a layup before the end of the first half to score his 10th point of the day.
In this way, Durant completed the surpass of Reggie Miller and rose to 21st place in the NBA's all-time scoring list, and his next goal is Inglesh (25613 points) at 20th place in history! Among active stars, Durant's overall score is second only to Lakers stars James and Anthony, ranking 3rd.
It is worth mentioning that Durant had just reached the career 25,000 points milestone when he said: "This record is cool, but I should have scored 30,000 points by now, but it is a great honor to reach this milestone, and I will continue to try to see where I will eventually reach." ”
So far this season, Durant has averaged 29.5 points, 7.2 rebounds and 6.1 assists per game, shooting 52.3 percent from the field and 37.2 percent from three-point range. Unfortunately, due to the large number of absences, Durant has lost the qualification to compete for the scoring king. Throughout his career, Durant has been named the NBA leading scorer four times.