Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James became the top scorer of all time in the NBA regular season and overall playoffs on Saturday, surpassing Karim Abdul-Jabbar, another Angelinos symbol of the 1970s and 1980s.
Scoring 26 points in the 117-115 defeat by the Golden State Warriors, James scored a new total of 44,152 points, three points more than Abdul-Jabbar.
The former center of the Milwaukee Bucks, then of the Lakers, is still at the top of the standings of the best scorers in the history of the league in the regular season, with 38,387 points, ahead of the former strong winger of the Utah Jazz. , Karl Malone (36,928 pts) and … James (36,526 pts).
The “LBJ” could not prevent the defeat of his team, however, failing to equalize at 117 everywhere losing two of the three free throws with only two seconds left.
He voluntarily aimed the hoop in his third throw hoping to give his team the final possession, in vain as the Warriors managed to get the ball out of the racket.
With 26 wins and 31 losses, the Lakers are currently ninth in the Western Conference.
Embiid rejects the Cavs
Even without the services of James Harden, the Philadelphia 76ers were not too worried about the 103-93 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers.
As has often been the case this season, it was Joel Embiid who took charge with an impressive 40-point hat-trick, 14 rebounds and 10 assists.
This is the 8th time this season that Embiid reaches the 40-point plate.
In his victory PhillyTyrese Maxey scored 16 points and Tobias Harris contributed 11 points.
At the Cavaliers camp, Darius Garland was the most productive with 26 points per night. Cleveland had won its last four games.
Thanks to this victory, the 76ers settled a little more comfortably in 5th place in the East with 2.5 games ahead of the Raptors and are close to half the game of the Bucks.
Brooklyn continues to sink
With 35 points in the 4th quarter, the Brooklyn Nets will be able to defend themselves from believing it to the end, but the result remains the same: the men of Steve Nas suffered their 11th consecutive defeat, with a score of 115. -111 against Miami Heat.
Going into the 4th quarter, the Nets were 15 points behind. Brooklyn managed to reach 14 seconds from Miami, but failed to complete the task.
Kyrie Irving had a good 29-point deficit. Cam Thomas added 22 points and Day’Ron Sharpe had 10 points and 12 rebounds.
At the Heat camp, Bam Adebayo was first in the points column with 19 and in the rebounds column with 14.
He had the support of Duncan Robinson who scored 17 points and Kyle Lowry who added 13 points and six assists.
Miami has won its last five games.
Elsewhere in the NBA
Knicks 103 – Trail Blazers 112
NY : Productive night of 28 points and 16 rebounds for Julius Randle.
ORP : Yusuf Nurkic excelled under the ring with 12 points and 20 rebounds.
Grizzlies 125 – Hornets 118
SAME : Ja Morant contributed 26 points.
CHA : Terry Rosier just lost the hat-trick with 35 points, 10 rebounds and 9 assists.
Kings 123 – Wizards 110
BAG : Domantas Samponis had 16 points and 11 rebounds.
IT WAS : Kyle Kuzma contributed 22 points.
Spurs 124 – Pelicans 114
SHE : Dejude Murray finished the game with 31 points, 7 rebounds and 12 assists.
NO : CJ McCollum had a productive night with 36 points and 11 rebounds.
Thunder 101 – Bulls 106
OKAY : Lugenz Dort had a great night with 31 points.
CHI : With 38 points, DeMar DeRozan now reached the set of 35 points in five consecutive games.
Clippers 99 – Mavericks 97
Lake : Reggie Jackson scored 24 points and added 8 assists.
DAL : Luka Doncic had an excellent performance with 45 points and 15 rebounds.
Magic 105 – Suns 132
ENT : Jalen Sags finished the game with 20 points and 10 rebounds.
PHO : Devin Booker scored 26 points.
