Basketball superstar
LeBron James becomes the first NBA player to score 40,000 points
Lakers superstar LeBron James (23) is the first NBA player to score 40,000 points in his career. photo
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LeBron James has been the NBA’s record scorer for just over a year now. Since then, he has continued to increase his points mark – now exceeding the previous sound barrier of 40,000 points.
The star player from the Los Angeles Lakers scored the missing nine points early in the game against defending champion Denver Nuggets (114:124): At the beginning of the second quarter, the 39-year-old superstar inimitable moved to the basket and put the ball in with his left hand via the board the basket. James finished the memorable game with 26 points, making him the Lakers’ best scorer.
But he couldn’t prevent the defeat against Denver. Nikola Jokic shone with 35 points, ten rebounds and seven assists and led the defending champions to their sixth win in a row. The Nuggets have been undefeated since the All-Star Game break.
The man of the evening was James: If the game against the Oklahoma City Thunder was interrupted for ten minutes in February 2023, when he surpassed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s 38,387 points and became the best point collector in NBA history, this time it was waited until the next timeout , before James was acknowledged. The audience rose to applaud and a video was played in the hall.