LeBron James is another milestone higher on his climb up the all-time NBA scoreboard.
In the first half of Thursday’s game between the Los Angeles Lakers and Brooklyn Nets, James became the third player in league history to reach 35,000 points, joining Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Karl Malone.
Abdul-Jabbar tops the all-time scoring list with 38,387 points and Malone has 36,928 points. As it stands this season, James needs a little over 3,300 points to catch Abdul-Jabbar. In every season of his career, James has scored at least 1,500 points, and he has scored more than 2,000 points 10 times in a season.
Here are a few of the photos that brought James to the milestone:
With this free throw, LeBron James becomes the third player in NBA history to have 35,000 career points and joins Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Karl Malone!
Check out TNT pic.twitter.com/UWaz1fnqFn
– NBA (@NBA) February 19, 2021
LeBron baseline fadeaway on TNT!
LBJ is 8 points away from reaching 35,000 for his career! pic.twitter.com/NuKkOYzP6j
– NBA (@NBA) February 19, 2021
– Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) February 19, 2021