The first anniversary of James' crowning of the all-time scoring champion!
On February 8, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued. Exactly one year ago today, Lakers star James was officially crowned the NBA's all-time scoring champion, and James reposted the relevant content on social media many times today to celebrate, and James is currently 203 points away from 40,000 points!

On February 8, 2023, the Lakers lost 130-133 at home to the Thunder, and James surpassed Abdul-Jabbar in career total points and was officially crowned the NBA's all-time scoring champion. Before this game, James' career total score was 38,352 points, and in the third quarter of the game, James hit a step-back jumper, and his career total score came to 38,388 points, surpassing Abdul-Jabbar (38,387 points) and officially crowned the NBA's all-time scoring champion.
In the final game, James played 33 minutes and 56 seconds, shooting 13 of 20, 4 of 6 three-pointers, 8 of 10 free throws, and scored 38 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals, bringing his career total to 38,390 points. At that time, the Lakers held a coronation ceremony for James at home, and former NBA all-time scoring champion Abdul-Jabbar also came to the scene to congratulate James.
Earlier today, James updated Instagram and reposted multiple photos to celebrate the one-year anniversary of being crowned the all-time scoring champion.
Now, a year later, James' career total has reached 39,797 points, and he is on his way to a new goal of 40,000 career points, the only one in NBA history! If nothing else, James will achieve this unprecedented achievement by the end of this month or early next month.
So far this season, James is averaging 24.9 points, 7.3 rebounds, 7.6 assists, 1.3 steals and 0.6 blocks per game while shooting 52.1% from the field and 39% from three-point range. How many points do you think James will score at the end of his career?