Los Angeles Lakers
A few hours ago, LeBron James made history in the 3rd quarter of the L.A. Lakers-Oklahoma City Thunder game when he scored his 38,388th point in career history...surpassing the 38,387 points that fellow Lakers champion Kareem Abdul-Jabbar achieved 40 years earlier.
While the Lakers lost to the Thunder, 130-133 tonight, its current team captain officially cemented his place as the King of the NBA.
We'll see if LeBron wins another ring in Los Angeles (which would be his 5th championship—tying Magic Johnson and Kobe Bryant but falling one short of Kareem and Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan—and the 18th franchise title for the Lakers) before he calls it quits, but if not, he'll nevertheless have his jersey retired and placed on the rafters of Crypto.com Arena someday.
Well-done, King James... This achievement belongs in the same category as Kobe scoring 81 points against the Toronto Raptors back in 2006, and the Jerry West/Wilt Chamberlain-led Lakers winning 33 games in a row during the 1971-'72 NBA season! That is all.
Ladies and gentlemen, your all-time leading scorer, @KingJames! pic.twitter.com/xbz3K7cyZk
— Spectrum SportsNet (@SpectrumSN) February 8, 2023
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