Although LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers suffered their largest margin of defeat this season on Monday night at the hands of the Boston Celtics, James inched a little closer to passing Kobe Bryant for No. 3 on the NBA’s All-Time scoring list with 15 points.
James now is 66 points away from surpassing Kobe and there’s a very good chance James could do it on Saturday when the Lakers face-off against the Philadelphia 76ers in Kobe’s hometown. With James likely to pass Bryant in the next three games, The Athletic’s Bill Oram got comments from Kobe about what it will be like once LeBron passes him.
“It’s great,” Bryant said. “I think it’s great for him. I mean, the amount of work he’s put in over his career, consistency, I think it’s awesome.”
During last season that was mostly a moot point, LeBron passed Michael Jordan for fourth on the All-Time scoring list in a mostly meaningless game. This season, with the Lakers thriving and in the midst of an important East Coast road trip in cities with rich basketball traditions, New York and Philadelphia, the circumstances for this latest milestone for LeBron can finally match the moment.
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