A take a look at LeBron James’ pursuit of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the NBA scoring document. Abdul-Jabbar has held the document since April 5, 1984:
Abdul-Jabbar factors: 38,387.
James factors: 38,271.
Distinction: 116 factors.
James’ final recreation: He scored 41 factors Saturday night time within the Los Angeles Lakers’ 125-121 extra time loss in Boston.
James’ scoring common this season: 30.2.
File-breaking potential: At his present charge of 30.2 factors per recreation, with 117 factors wanted to go Abdul-Jabbar, James would want 4 extra video games to turn out to be the NBA’s main scorer. The Lakers say James is not going to play in Brooklyn on Monday. Assuming he does not miss one other recreation, he could be on tempo to interrupt the document on Feb. 7 at house in opposition to Oklahoma Metropolis.
Lakers subsequent recreation: Monday at Brooklyn. They play in New York on Tuesday.
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