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The Los Angeles Lakers LeBron James player has become the game this morning against the New Orleans Pelicans, in the first player in the entire NBA story to reach 50,000 points, including regular seasonal meetings and ‘play-offs’.
The star of the Lakers began Wednesday’s game against the Pelicans with 49,999 points, and a triple in the first quarter led him to overcome the 50,000 mark in the middle of an ovation of the fans present at Crypto.com Arena.
James scored 34 points in the Victory of Los Angelinos for 134-115 and raised to 50,033 the total of his career between the regular season and the ‘play-offs’, something never seen before in the 79 years of history of the US League.
“I am not going to sweeten it, they are many points,” said the four-time NBA champion, who at 40 is turning his 22nd season, a record, and leading the table of scorers very much ahead of the former player of the Lakers Kareem Abdul-Jabbar player, who added 44,149 points during his two decades of career.
The next active player with more points scored is Kevin Durant, of the Phoenix Suns, who surpassed the German Dirk Nowitzki and placed himself sixth with 35,225 total points, of the 34 he scored in the victory of tonight of the Suns for 119-117 over Los Angeles Clippers.
“Congratulations to King LeBron James for becoming the only player in the history of the NBA to score 50,000 points in regular season and ‘playoffs’!”, Published the ex -star of the Lakers Magic Johnson on platform X.