Los Angeles Lakers celebrity LeBron James reached the 38,000-point plateau with a basket within the first quarter Sunday to develop into simply the second participant in NBA historical past to hit the mark.
The historic factors got here on a jumper from the highest of the important thing off a brief cross from Russell Westbrook with 5:43 remaining within the first quarter towards the visiting Philadelphia 76ers. He wanted 11 factors to achieve 38,000 and completed the primary quarter with 16.
James is closing in on the all-time NBA scoring mark of 38,387 set by former Laker Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who performed in 1,560 video games over 20 seasons. James was taking part in in his 1,399th sport and can be in his twentieth season.
James, who turned 38 late final month, entered Sunday with a median of 29 factors over 32 video games, just below his mark of 30.3 final season and his second-best mark over the previous 13 seasons.
