Basketball
Durant moved into sixth place in NBA history in regular season points.
Houston Rockets forward Kevin Durant rose to sixth place in the history of the National Basketball Association (NBA) in points scored in the regular season, the league’s official website reports.
The 37-year-old basketball player scored 18 points in a victorious game against the New Orleans Pelicans (119:110). Durant now has 31,562 points. He beat out former Dallas Mavericks power forward Dirk Nowitzki, who played for the Texas club from 1999 to 2019. The German has 31,560 career points.
In fifth place on the list of top scorers is Michael Jordan, who scored 32,292 points in the NBA regular season.
In October, the Houston basketball player became the highest paid player in NBA history in terms of salary for his entire career, including future payments – 598.2 million. By this indicator, he was ahead of LeBron James (583.9).
Durant is a two-time NBA champion with the Golden State Warriors, the NBA’s Most Valuable Player in the 2013-14 season, and twice won the Finals Playoff MVP award. The American also played for the Seattle SuperSonics, Oklahoma City Thunder and Brooklyn Nets.
Source: Sportbox
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