surpassing the mythical Kareem Abdul-Jabbarthe superstar of the Los Angeles Lakers LeBron James became the NBA player who has scored the most points this Saturday combining regular phase and playoffs.
‘King James’, however, still trailing Abdul-Jabbar and Karl Malone in regular season point totalswhich is the ranking with which the NBA determines the highest scorer in history.
In the accumulated regular phase and playoffs, LeBron outplayed Abdul-Jabbar during Saturday’s game between the Lakers and Golden State Warriorsin which he needed to record at least 19 points to reach that lead.
The angel wing tied the 44,149 points accumulated by Abdul Jabbar between the regular phase and the playoffs with a triple with 1:24 to go before the break and he overcame it with another triple at 7:08 to the end of the third quarter.
The official top scorer ranking is still led by Abdul Jabbar (38,387 points in 1,560 games), followed by the also retired Karl Malone (36,928 points in 1,476 games and LeBron James (36,520 in 1,340 games).
At 37 years old, ‘King James’ is in one of the best moments of his 19-year career averaging 29.1 points, 7.7 rebounds and 6.5 assists in 36.7 minutes per game.
Before the clash against Warriors, LeBron chained 21 games in a row scoring at least 25 pointsmatching the best such streak of his career.
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