When LeBron James handed Karl Malone for second on the NBA’s profession common-season factors record, he set his sights firmly on Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the NBA’s current all-time main scorer.
Abdul-Jabbar has been atop the profession factors record since April 5, 1984 — eight months earlier than James was even born — when he broke the mark beforehand held by Wilt Chamberlain. Now James has that file inside attain, needing 460 factors to surpass Abdul-Jabbar’s profession complete of 38,387.
At his profession scoring common of 27.2 PPG, James would want 17 video games to rack up that complete, placing him on monitor to interrupt the file on Feb. 9 in opposition to the Milwaukee Bucks. James has missed 9 video games this season. If he misses video games on the identical price he did final season, the file-breaking recreation would come March 7 in opposition to the Memphis Grizzlies. through 30 video games this season, James is averaging 28.9 PPG, placing him forward of his profession tempo.
We’ll have ongoing safety of LeBron’s quest, collectively with up so far recreation-by-recreation projections and full stats, all through the season.
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