By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James with 7:51 left in the third quarter of the Lakers’ game against San Antonio reached 31,188 career points — one more than Nowitzki, whom he also passed as the league’s leading scorer among active players.
“If he stays healthy, the way he’s looking and moving, he has a chance at Kareem [Abdul-Jabbar],” Nowitzki told ESPN’s Tim MacMahon. “His numbers have been unbelievable. He doesn’t seem to slow down. The stuff he was doing last year in year 15 was incredible. If he keeps this up, he can pass Kareem.”
James finished the game with a season-high 35 points, putting his career total at 31,202, but the Lakers fell 110-106.
He now only trails Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38,387), Karl Malone (36,928), Kobe Bryant (33,643), Michael Jordan (32,292) and Wilt Chamberlain (31,419) in the history books. He is on pace to pass Jordan and Chamberlain this season.