Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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The Thunder will be back that night. “For the game (against the Bucks), we did sell a pair of tickets, courtside seats, for (USD)$24,000 a ticket, $48,000 total,” said Kyle Zorn, a brand manager at the online ticket marketplace TickPick. “We’ll stop and make sure that we’ve done our jobs as the archivists of the NBA. Many price points are likely out of reach for most fans. Which is why those same seats are even pricier for the Lakers’ next game against the Milwaukee Bucks — the two teams Abdul-Jabbar played for during his Hall of Fame career. “There’s no doubt we will stop that game and make sure we record for history, the ball, the basket, the uniform,” Silver said. If it happens early, a brief halting of play wouldn’t be unprecedented. Total price for the two seats with Ticketmaster fees: $261,000. And there’s no guarantee James will even break the record on Wednesday; in fact, at his current scoring pace, he would be just shy of the mark when the Thunder game ends. “It’s weird how prices for the game (on Wednesday) have decreased so significantly, as if it’s like a guarantee that he’s breaking it on (Friday),” Zorn said. At the same time, there’s that balance that they will be playing against a team that will very much want to win that night and not be distracted. “I feel like people are betting on the storyline that he does it against Kareem’s former team, but he could easily score 36 points (against Oklahoma) and then the market for the game (against Milwaukee) could completely crash.”

LeBron James and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar don't have a good relationship, that's a known fact, in fact, it's more accurate to say they don't have a relationship.

[Lebron James' strange desire: I wish I could walk into Starbucks and have my name on the cup like normal people](https://www.marca.com/en/basketball/nba/los-angeles-lakers/2023/02/07/63e2aa38ca4741e8628b464a.html) [LeBron James](https://www.marca.com/en/basketball/nba/lebron-james.html) and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar don't have a good relationship, that's a known fact, in fact, it's more accurate to say they don't have a relationship. It was ESPN's Dave McMenamin who first confirmed the presence of Abdul-Jabbar, who won five of his six NBA championships as Los Angeles' tall man. Therefore, Kareem's presence was a question mark in the first real chance that the scepter was handed out. The man born with the name Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr. received a standing ovation when his presence was seen on the court and at all times he looked with a tense face as he watched on the Lakers' home screen the points that remained for his mark to be surpassed. That doesn't mean that when the [Los Angeles Lakers](https://www.marca.com/en/basketball/nba/los-angeles-lakers.html) and the [Oklahoma City Thunder](https://www.marca.com/en/basketball/nba/oklahoma-city-thunder.html) are facing off this Tuesday at Crypto.com Arena the presence of the inventor of the Sky-Hook is not important to the "King".

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7 play-in position ahead of the trade deadline. Jalen Brunson netted a game-high 25 points, while Immanuel Quickley buried 4 of 9 attempts from 3-point range and netted 18. While Thomas sank both attempts with 7.7 seconds to play, venerable Suns veteran Chris Paul responded by hitting both of his free throws to push the lead to three. He shot 14 of 18 and had his way. He even outdueled Suns All-Star Devin Booker, who had 19 in his return from the left groin injury that had sidelined him since Christmas. Thomas’ finger roll left Brooklyn down 112-109 with 11 seconds left, and after fouling Booker, watched the Suns star shockingly miss both free throws. But he could not be stopped as he returned to the court – with the crowd chanting and clapping feverishly almost every time he touched the ball. The centre finished with 33 points and 14 boards to lead the Suns, who have won nine of 11. But the Lakers were still down by 10 points, 76-66, as Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led the sharp-shooting Thunder with 19 points. James Harden and Russell Westbrook both have a little over 24,000 points. He had eight points in the first quarter and 12 in the second period, just the second time this season he has had 20 or more in a season. James has averaged over 20 points in all 20 of his seasons in the league.

LeBron James is closing in on Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's all-time scoring record, and the Los Angeles Lakers superstar could break the record as soon as Tuesday.

With a third-quarter jump shot Tuesday night against the Thunder, Lakers star LeBron James overtook Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the NBA's all-time scoring leader ...

... He's the best of all time." "That's the relationship, that's the conversation and we will kind of always be linked." "He's one of the all-time greats. "He will put in the work. and then being a part of this conversation with the scoring record," James told ESPN when asked about Abdul-Jabbar. The scoring record was never, ever even thought of in my head because I've always been a pass-first guy." To be able to be in the presence of such a legend as great as Kareem, it means so much to me. LeBron's had the greatest career." "Just the correlation of being high school phenoms, to doing the things that we did off the floor for the betterment of our people, to wearing the Lakers jersey and trying to carry on that legacy that Dr. And I would never, ever in a million years dreamt this even better than what it is tonight." man, everybody that's ever been a part of this run with me the last 20 years -- 20-plus years -- I just wanna say I thank you so much 'cause I wouldn't be me without y'all. The Lakers played a video filled with highlights of James' career on the arena videoboard, after which commissioner Adam Silver and Abdul-Jabbar joined James at center court.

The last time a new name appeared atop the NBA's all-time points rankings was in April 1984. LeBron James was born later that year.

The points record is a testament to an athlete's scoring ability, but also to their stamina and long-term durability. Over that span, he's gone to the NBA Finals Add Dirk Nowitzki and Wilt Chamberlain, and you have the only seven NBA players to score more than 30,000 points. He's slated to be a captain in that game, which will tip off Feb. James addressed the crowd and was emotional about what he'd just done. Abdul-Jabbar was in attendance to witness the accomplishment, along with countless other celebrities.

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"It just had to be somebody that the offence focused on continually. "It's all about my mind. Please give a standing ovation to the captain please. Long-time rival Kevin Durant was among those who paid tribute. "The way I'm feeling, the way my body has reacted to me throughout the course of the season, I know I can play a couple more years. All y'all help, all your passion, your sacrifices helped me get to this point. "I know I can play a couple more years," he said after the game. OKC's win allowed it to leapfrog the Lakers in the standings with a 25-28 record while the Lakers dropped to 25-29 and 13th in the Western Conference. Unfortunately for James and the Lakers, the stoppage in play seemed to take the air out of the team's comeback attempt, as the young Thunder ran out 133-130 winners. "To the NBA, (commissioner) Adam Silver, the late, great David Stern, I thank you guys so much for allowing me to be a part of something that I always dreamed about and I would never ever in a million years have dreamed that it's even better than what it is tonight." "To be able to be in the presence of such a legend and great as Kareem it means so much to me, it's humbling. "Thank you to the Laker faithful, you guys are one of a kind," he said.

LeBron James passes the long-standing record of ex-Laker Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to become the leading point scorer in NBA history.

"To the NBA … Ever." "LeBron led them. I said OK, it's possible." "I know what I've bought to the table, I know what I bring to the table every single night and what I can do out on this floor. But he now owns the official record as well — and, just as Abdul-Jabbar held the record for 38 years, 10 months and two days — before James was born — odds are James will likely keep it for several decades to come. "You've got to give him credit just for the way he planned to last and to dominate. "He got out of high school, he's got the size and talent to step right into the NBA, and he immediately started to have his effect — and that's gone for almost 20 years now." But once it came, James was well aware of the target he was hoping to achieve to break the record, 38,388 — he even had it branded on the headphones he wore pre-game. "To be able to be in the presence of just a legend and great as Kareem, it means so much to me, it is very humbling. After the match James, 38, told NBA on TNT that it was "surreal" and that he never set out to break the record. "I just wanna say thank you to the Laker faithful, you guys are one of a kind," James said immediately after breaking the record.

His N.B.A. career scoring record has been broken, but his legacy of activism and his expansion of Black athlete identity endure.

That season, he led the fledgling Milwaukee Bucks to the 1971 N.B.A. Still, his Lakers are so disjointed they would need Abdul-Jabbar in his prime to make a serious run at an N.B.A. He also absorbed blow after blow on the court. with his lithe quickness and a singular, iconic shot: the sky hook. to three national titles in his three years of eligibility, his teams accumulating a scorched-earth record of 88-2. Soon, there he was, dominating the N.B.A. It is easy to forget now, in today’s digitized world where week-old events are relegated to the historical dustbin, how much of a force Abdul-Jabbar was as a player and cultural bellwether. As a star at the basketball powerhouse U.C.L.A. “He is an intelligent, still maturing man, who realizes some of the individual and collective frailties of human beings, including himself.” “America is not my home,” he said in a televised interview. Guided by the footsteps of Jackie Robinson and Bill Russell, Abdul-Jabbar pushed forward, stretching the limits of Black athlete identity. That is what will always keep his name among the greats of sport, no matter how many of his records fall.

The NBA has a new scoring leader in LeBron James, who broke Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's nearly four decade-old record on Tuesday night. The Los Angeles Lakers ...

“Everything you said you would do, you’ve done: Led the Lakers to a championship, elevated the Lakers brand, and gave back to the city of LA!” James, who has now played 1,410 NBA games, joined the Lakers from the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2018. The NBA has a new scoring leader in LeBron James, who broke Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s nearly four decade-old record on Tuesday night.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar embraced LeBron James at center court in Los Angeles on Tuesday night after the latter broke his record as the leading scorer in NBA ...