The "King" soon alone on the throne.
LeBron James came within 36 points of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's NBA career-high in the Lakers' loss to New Orleans (131-126) on Saturday.
About to write a new page in his legend, "LBJ" (38,351 points) can become the best scorer in history ahead of "KAJ" (38,387) on Tuesday in Los Angeles against Oklahoma City.
Otherwise it will be Thursday, against Milwaukee.
"I think that's a record that really stands out among all the other NBA records," Lakers owner Jeanie Buss said.
This is the all-time points record.
But it's really about a career that LeBron has built through hard work, determination and talent.
And while we're going to take a moment to celebrate, it's really about LeBron and reflecting on all the sacrifices he's made to get to this point and reach this level of greatness.
It's his record.
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“A record that really stands out among all the others”
In the meantime, LA made a bad operation with the Pelicans who are part of their direct competitors in the race for the play-offs, and moreover remained on ten defeats.
The 27 points from James (9 rebounds) were not enough, especially since his address (10/22) was not proportional to his desire to do well.
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Anthony Davis, author of 34 points (14 rbds) against his former team did nothing about it either, because he did not weigh in the last quarter (only 2 registered) won by Louisianans (28- 20) yet led by twelve units just before the break.
And here are the Lakers who fall back to 13th place, while the Pelicans, carried by Brandon Ingram (35 pts), recover in 10th position, three places behind Golden State winner (119-113) from Dallas, who was deprived of Luka Doncic (heel).