LeBron James is now the NBA’s all-time leading scorer

38 years old and with an extraordinary level in his twentieth season in the league, LeBron thus added another milestone to an exceptional career that includes four NBA titles (2012, 2013, 2016, 2020) and four regular season MVPs ( 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2013).

A fade-away basket at the end of the third quarter gave him the record and LeBron celebrated with his arms raised amid the euphoria of the Lakers fans.

Abdul-Jabbar was present this Tuesday at the Lakers game to see in person how LeBron snatched the record. The game against the Thunder was interrupted momentarily to honor LeBron, and Abdul-Jabbar posed with him in that tribute.

LeBron tearfully thanked his family, friends and teammates. “All of your help, all of your passion, has helped me get to this point,” he said. Adam Silver, commissioner of the NBA, assured in this tribute to LeBron that “many people thought that he would never break” this record.

The NBA has lived with enormous expectation the countdown for LeBron to become the player with the most points of all time since the question this season in the league was not if he would surpass him but when he would. With extraordinary performance despite his age, LeBron is averaging 30 points, 8.5 rebounds and 7.1 assists per game this season. “I think this is one of the greatest records in sports in general,” LeBron said last week at the press conference after the Los Angeles Lakers’ victory over the Indiana Pacers.

Before the season began, LeBron said it was “super overwhelming” to be close to “breaking the most sought-after record in the NBA.” “Every time my name is mentioned among the greats, like Wilt Chamberlain, Michael Jordan, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar or others, he is super overwhelming,” he said at the media day before the start of the course.

Last year, LeBron became the leading scorer in NBA history if points scored in the regular season are added to those from playoff games, but the official NBA tally doesn’t take playoff scoring into account. .

A packed Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles lived with fantastic passion tonight at the possibility of LeBron making history. Every time the Lakers star touched the ball, fans held their breath waiting for LeBron to hit the basket and continue to deduct points from his record. The final minutes of that countdown were lived with all the spectators on their feet before they exploded with joy with LeBron’s final basket.