NBA: Thunder nip Lakers on LeBron James’ record night
Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James owned the spotlight Tuesday by setting the NBA’s all-time scoring record, although the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder left their mark on the proceedings by earning a 133-130 victory.
James passed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s all-time scoring record of 38,387 points on a fallaway jumper from just beyond the free-throw line with 10.2 seconds remaining in the third quarter. He finished with 38 points in the game to give him 38,390 in his 20-year-career.
Abdul-Jabbar, who celebrated the feat with LeBron at center court, owned the record for nearly 39 years, having surpassed Wilt Chamberlain on April 5, 1984.
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