Kevin Durant He picked up his second win with the Phoenix Suns this Friday, with a 125-104 win over the Chicago Bulls that keeps his team in the top four in the Western Conference, while he also had another career high with 20 points. . and thus passed Oscar Robertson on the list of all-time leading scorers in league history.
Durant Sum 26,727 points in the NBA in 980 Regular Season games played since 2007 and is the 13th player with most points accumulate in the league. At 34, it seems impossible to top 38,000 points from record holder LeBron James. But the historic top ten is just around the corner for KD.
Moses Malone ranks tenth with 27,409 points and Durant is a few hundred off that, just 682 points behind. Too little for one of the best shooters in league history, who averaged 29.5 points per game in the 2022-2023 season.
Durant would need 24 more games to average that to beat Malone: The 2022-2023 Regular Phase will not reach him in which the Suns only have 18 games to play (the average should rise to a very high 37.9), but it should not last longer than the opening months of the next campaign. Barring injury, Durant will be a top ten all-time scorer before 2024.
Outside of Malone, the case can be made that Durant should easily overcome Carmelo Anthony and Shaquille O’Neal to be at least eighth. Of Wilt Chamberlain and Dirk Nowitzki, seventh and sixth respectively, KD is less than 5,000 points away: it seems reasonable without injuries and to maintain his level, he would be enough for them too. And it’s not a stretch to think that Durant ends up ahead of them 32,292 points Michael Jordan.
Serious injuries, of which Durant has already suffered several, seem to be his main opponent going forward in this race in history.
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as for the grade point average scored, Durant is much higher: he has the fourth-best record in history with 27.28 points per gamevery close to his 27.36 Elgin Baylor and not so much since his 30.06 withering chamberlain and his 30.12 Michael Jordan. The top five is completed by LeBron James with 27.21 and another active player like Joel Embiid with 26.93 is close behind.
The leading scorers in NBA history
pos.
Player
Points
fifteen
Dominic Wilkins
26,668
14
Oscar Robertson
26,710
13
Kevin Durant
26,727
12
Hakeem Olajuwon
26,946
eleven
Elvin Hayes
27,313
10
Moses Malone
27,409
9
Carmelo Anthony
28,289
8
Shaquille O’Neal
28,596
7
withering chamberlain
31,419
6
Dirk Nowitzki
31,560
5
Michael Jordan
32,292
4
Kobe Bryant
33,643
3
Karl Malone
36,928
2
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
38,387
1
Lebron James
38,450
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Denver Nuggets announced Nikola Jokic He will miss at least four weeks due to a left knee injury.
Star center was diagnosed with left knee hyperextension. At the same time, tests confirmed that the three-time NBA MVP’s knee ligaments remained intact.
Jokic was injured in the final seconds of the first half of the 123-147 loss to the Miami Heat and limped heavily on his way to the locker room. He did not return to the site after a long time.
Before his injury, Nikola managed to produce 21 points, 8 assists and 5 rebounds in just 19 minutes on the field.
Losing Jokic could be a big blow for Denver, as starters Christian Braun (ankle injury), Aaron Gordon (hip issue) and Cam Johnson (knee injury) remain sidelined.
Jokic averaged 29.9 points, 12.4 rebounds and 11.1 assists per game this season.
Injury Update: Nikola Jokić suffered a Hyperextension injury in his Left Knee in last night’s match against Miami Heat. Nikola will be re-evaluated in four weeks. pic.twitter.com/NIDmlKAN81
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11 games were played in the NBA regular season on the night of December 29-30.
Miami hosted Denver and earned a landslide victory.
The home team was ahead by 12 points with 41:29 to play in the first quarter, but the Nuggets were able to slowly win back in the second quarter. The teams entered a long break with the score tied at 63:63. The decisive factor in the match was the third quarter, when the Heat made an 11:0 move and led by 15 points at 84:69. After that the home team completely controlled the course of the game and only increased their advantage, achieving a crushing victory – 147:123.
The most productive player of the match was Powell, who brought 25 points to Miami, while Jaques (20 points + 11 assists) and Adebayo had double-doubles with 13 points + 10 rebounds.
San Antonio hosted Cleveland and suffered a sensational defeat.
Three-quarters of the meeting was fought evenly, with the teams responding to each other’s pushes with their own pushes and often staying within a shot or two of each other. That changed in the fourth quarter, as the Cavaliers went on a 15-2 run to take a 10-point lead, 94-84. They then maintained their advantage and won with a score of 113:101.
Cleveland’s main hero in this game was Allen, who had a double-double with 27 points and 10 rebounds. Garland can achieve the same success with 15 points and 11 assists.
Toronto beat Orlando at home.
Magic started the match better and made a 14:2 move at the start. Afterwards, they took control of the course of the game and increased the advantage completely to +21 – 51:30 in the second 12 minutes. After that, the home team slowly started to close the gap and entered the long break with a score of 11-11 at 54:65. The third quarter was tied, so Orlando still had a double-digit advantage ahead of the final: 94:84. At the beginning of the match the play followed the same scenario but in the middle Toronto made a move with 15:0 and not only won it back but also took the lead with 105:102. The fate of the game was decided by Barnes’ free throws, which set the score at 107:106 with 1 minute and 27 seconds left in the quarter.
Barnes could not make a triple-double this time, but he did a double-double and got 13 points and 11 rebounds, while the most productive name in the victory was Shead with 19 points.
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Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo He gave a harsh response to the question about a possible trade to another NBA club:
“I’m here. Don’t ask me that question. It’s disrespectful to me and my teammates. I wear this jersey every day.
To say I don’t want to be here is disrespectful to the organization, the coaching staff, myself and everyone who worked hard to get me on the field. Don’t ask me this question. I am her. I’m going out in this uniform. And as long as I’m here, I’ll give it my all until the last second of the match.”
On the night of December 27-28, Antetokounmpo returned to the field after his calf muscle injury and became the most productive player of the game with the Chicago Bulls – 112:103.
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