NBA – Cleveland Cavaliers superstar LeBron James has added another milestone in his resume as he becomes the youngest player to reach the 29,000 career points in NBA history. James, who entered the game against the Washington Wizards with 28,992 career points, an 8 points shy of reaching the milestones where he is currently placed at 7th on All-time scoring list.
Early in the 1st quarter, James scored a quick 8 points where he made a dunk basket that sealed the milestone with 7:33 remaining and finished the quarter with 15 points. James continues his dominance throughout the game as he finished the game with 57 points his highest points this season and second highest points of his career while adding 11 rebounds, 7 assist, 2 blocks and 3 steal to end the Cavaliers 4 game losing streak against an elite team Washington Wizards in D.C.
Meanwhile, James is also narrowing the gap against the 6th place Dallas Maverick Dirk Nowitzki in scoring list with 30,362 career points separating an estimated of 1, 300 points before James possibly surpass Nowitzki this 2017 – 2018 NBA Season or the next season?
Aside from chasing Nowitzki, James is also 1,000 points away from joining the elite group of 30,000 milestones where Nowitzki the only active player in the list while retired players that makes the top 5 list are Wilt Chamberlain (5th place), Michael Jordan (4th place), Kobe Bryant (3rd place), Karl Malone (2nd place) and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1st place).
James is expected to move up in the scoring list as the season goes on and the succeeding NBA Season at age 32 going 33 in December James is predicted to finish his career as the NBA top scoring list if he will average 25 points a game until his 40’s?
Will James becomes the All-time leader in NBA scoring? Or will he finish 2nd or 3rd behind Kobe Bryant?
