No one like him ever. There are no impossible goals for LeBron James to reach: at 39, the US basketball star becomes the first NBA player to reach 40,000 career points during the regular season.
Yet another record for the Lakers champion came in the match between the Los Angeles quintet and the reigning Denver champions: the record-breaking basket at the beginning of the second quarter in the match, however, which the Californians lost. And for this reason LeBron defined the feat as ‘bittersweet’, because it was Nikola Jokic who ruined the party for the yellow and purple, who with his 35 points dragged the Nuggets to a 124-114 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers.
But the catwalk was all for Lebron, to whom the public – having achieved a record – gave a long standing ovation. “Being the first to achieve a result is nice, it means you’re part of a story – the words of the US champion -. I’d be lying if I said it didn’t mean something.
No one has ever succeeded: the fact that I’m the one who did it is fantastic. Even if in the end what matters is winning.” But Lebron wrote yet another page of history even without winning, the ceiling of 40 thousand points was a goal that no one had reached. “But it’s not among the most important of my career – says the star of the Lakers career. Every important stage means something to me, because achieving certain goals in this league, against the best players in the world, is something I have always dreamed of.” A year ago the Lakers’ No. 23 had once again raised himself high, surpassing another legend, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, to become the best scorer in the history of the stars and stripes championship. The numbers do not seem to be the first thoughts of LeBron who on the threshold of 40 years does not want to leave the scene. In fact he raises “I’ve always played basketball the way it should be done – he says -. But I still know how to score, and that total is destined to continue to rise.” A solo game on its own records: against Denver the points scored were 26, but they were not enough to make the Lakers rejoice. The US giant rises to 40,017 , all the other active players have not reached 30 thousand points. LeBron never misses appointments with history: at 10’39’ of the second quarter, he surpasses Michael Porter Jr. and scores the record-breaking basket, the yet another of an inimitable career.
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2024-03-03 17:19:06
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