Close to record, LeBron James can surpass Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and become the greatest scorer in NBA history
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LeBron James has the chance to make history once again. If he scores 36 points today, the Los Angeles Lakers star surpasses Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s 38,387 points and becomes the biggest scorer in NBA history. The duel will be at home, at the Staples Center, against the Oklahoma City Thunder, starting at 00:00 (from Brasilia, with transmission from Amazon Prime Video).
The 38-year-old star is 35 points behind Abdul-Jabbar. LeBron’s season average is 30.2 points per game, but he has averaged 34 points over the past 15 games.
If the record is not broken against the Thunder, which has 25 wins and 27 losses and is 12th in the West, the mark should fall in the next Lakers game, also at home, on the 10th, against the Milwaukee Bucks. The Los Angeles team has an irregular campaign in the season, with 25 wins and 29 losses, in 13th, outside the playoff classification zone.
The countdown has taken over the news in the United States for weeks. During all NBA broadcasts, a timeline of when LeBron James will break the record is shown. The brand has belonged to former center Abdul-Jabbar since April 1984, when he surpassed Wilt Chamberlain – now the seventh highest scorer in the league with 31,419 points.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar himself is in the crowd for having his record surpassed. When LeBron turned 38 at the end of December, the legendary Lakers center wished congratulations and wrote “38 is the new 38,388”, referring to his own points record.
The possibility of witnessing a historic moment in the NBA changed — and a lot — ticket prices at the Staples Center. According to the website SITickets, which specializes in ticket price control in the United States, the Lakers changed the values for the matches against Oklahoma City Thunder and Milwaukee Bucks.
For the game against the Thunder, average ticket values rose from US$424 (about R$2,184) to US$1,757 (over R$9,000). Those who want to follow the game in the chairs next to the court will have to pay around 100 thousand dollars (R$ 515 thousand).
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