With a driving right-handed layup against the Philadelphia 76ers, LeBron James passed Kobe Bryant for No. 3 on the NBA’s All-Time scoring list. James now only has Karl Malone and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ahead of him on the All-Time scoring list.
In less than two seasons in a Lakers uniform, LeBron James has passed Michael Jordan for No. 4 on the NBA’s All-Time scoring list and passed fellow Lakers legend Kobe Bryant as well. He did so tonight in Kobe’s hometown of Philadelphia, where he played high school ball at Lower Merion High School. James also scored more points than Kobe and Jordan on fewer field goal attempts.
Overall, Saturday night was a difficult one for James and his Lakers teammates offensively. As of publishing, the Lakers were shooting 11% from the 3-point line against the 76ers and the Lakers trail by 20.
Así hizo historia @KingJames, 3° máximo anotador de la historia de la #NBA superando a @kobebryant.pic.twitter.com/dYFCS33M9a
— NBA Lakers Blog (@NBALAKERSBLOG) January 26, 2020
James has never seen himself as a scorer, although the records have him down as one of the three greatest ever in NBA history, and counting. James already owns the record for scoring in postseason NBA history and now he’s about 3,000 points shy of Karl Malone for No. 2 All-Time and a little less than 5,000 shy of passing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the No. 1 spot on the All-Time scoring list.
Although this was the case before James passed Kobe tonight, all of the players other than Jordan in the top-five in scoring, all played at one point for the Los Angeles Lakers.
In his 17-year career, LeBron has averaged 27.1 points, seven rebounds, and seven assists per game while shooting 50.4% from the field and 34.4% from the 3-point line. So far in 2019-20, James is averaging 25 points, seven rebounds and a career-high 10.8 assists per game.
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