In the Lakers' 23-point reversal by the Pelicans, James shot 14-of-27 in 42 minutes, 7-of-13 from three-point range, and 4-of-6 from the free throw line for 39 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists, his fourth consecutive game to score more than 35 points.
In this game, James also exceeded the 37,000-point mark in his regular-season career, becoming the youngest (37 years and 88 days) 37,000 points in history, and the fastest player in NBA history to score 37,000 points. Except for James, only Abdul-Jabbar scored more than 37,000 points in his career.
James scored 37,000 points in just 1,365 games, while Abdul-Jabbar took 1,441 games to do so, 76 more than James, essentially one more season. It is worth mentioning that after reaching the 37,000-point milestone, James is only less than 1,400 points away from Abdul-Abdul-Jabbar, so if James plays 76 games, it is likely that he has surpassed Abdul-Jabbar and become the new historical scoring king.
In addition to becoming the youngest mr. 37,000 points in NBA history, James also reached another milestone in this game, reaching 13,530 career goals, surpassing Carl Malone and rising to the second place in the NBA's all-time total number of goals. Not long ago, James' total score surpassed Malone's, which also shows that the average score of each goal between the two of them is similar.
However, compared with Abdul-Jabbar, James is still much worse, With a total of 15,837 goals in his career, James has more than 2,300 goals from Jabbar, and James' total score is less than 1,400 points away from Jabbar. Of course, this is mainly because Abdul-Abdul-Jabbar is an inside player, and James developed three-pointers later in his career, so the average score per goal is higher.
James's career total score surpassed Jabbar, and even the first in history is a high probability event, but it is unlikely to surpass Abdhad Jabbar in terms of total goals scored, but it also shows that James is more powerful, scores fewer goals, and can get the same or even more points as Jabbar.
James' ability to surpass Malone this season and reach the 37,000-point milestone is inseparable from his 30-point average this season, and no player in history has ever been able to play an average of 30+ at the age of 37.
In addition, James has scored the highest points in most of the season, accounting for 83.6% of the games he played, which is the highest percentage of players in history in the 15th season or later. In his 15th season of his career (99-00), Carl Malone scored the highest score in 80.5% of the game.