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LeBron passes Kareem to become NBA scoring king

Kareem passes torch to LeBron/Clutchpoints

LeBron broke Kareem’s record. 

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LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Lakers lost the game 133-130. But King James got the record and that’s all that matters. LeBron James swished a 21-foot fadeaway with 10.9 seconds left in the third quarter Tuesday night against the Oklahoma City Thunder to surpass Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the NBA’s all-time scoring leader. LeBron, now in his 20th season, entered the contest with 38,352 points — needing a measly 36 to overtake the lanky 7-footer previously known as Lew Alcindor. As soon as he hit the record-breaking shot, LeBron raised his hands in the air while gazing skyward. The game was stopped and he was quickly encircled by photographers as thunderous chants of “MVP, MVP” rained down from the capacity crowd at Crypto.com Arena. As his highlights were being displayed on the arena videoboard, LeBron was joined midcourt by his wife ‘n’ kids. NBA commissioner Adam Silver and Abdul-Jabbar also took the floor.

Abdul-Jabbar handed LeBron a basketball as memorabilia then they posed for pictures.

“A record that has stood for nearly 40 years. Many people thought it would never be broken,” Silver said.

“LeBron, you are the NBA’s all-time scoring leader. Congratulations.”

LeBron, 38, took the microphone. “I just wanna say thank you to the Laker faithful. You guys are one of a kind,” he told the crowd. “To be able to be in the presence of such a legend as great as Kareem, it means so much to me. It’s very humbling. Please give a standing ovation to the captain, please… To my beautiful wife, my daughter, my two boys, my friends… man, everybody that’s ever been a part of this run with me the last 20 years — 20-plus years — I just wanna say I thank you so much ’cause I wouldn’t be me without y’all.” 

“F*ck man, thank you guys,” he added.

Yes, the king cussed on national television and it wasn’t censored.

But it was his big moment so we’ll let it slide.

LeBron, who wears No. 6, is 38 years old and he finished the night with 38 points for a total of 38,388.

Kareem’s record was also 38 years old when LeBron broke it.

Do you smell Illuminati?

Should LeBron be considered the GOAT?

Watch the record-breaking shot and his emotional speech.

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This Post Has 79 Comments

  1. Ceremony in the middle of the game … classic nba egoistical bullshit.

  2. You: OMG LeBron has the most points all-time!
    Me: He also has the most turnovers all-time.
    You: Well, of course, if you play as long as he has, the numbers naturally pile up. That doesn’t mean anything!
    Me: Exactly.

  3. Let’s take a moment and appreciate the fact that LeBron did this while also being #4 all time in Assists. I truly don’t believe the haters realize what an insane feat that is. There’s a reason nobody else has done it!

  4. Lebron: Fuck you all haters. You all gonna be dead, but this record will be here forever. 🐐

  5. How can they just stop a game and let everyone on the court with cameras family etc during the game….? Typical yank bullshit. Get on with the game celebrate after. Weird

  6. Man he earned that F-bomb, caught me off guard at first but he earned every little bit of all of it. Scoring King!

  7. Imagine how dirty it would’ve been if Lebron broke the record on a skyhook 😂

  8. @mega77CHAVEZ: I agree. He’s still not as good as Jordan, Bird, Magic, Kobe…and im not even counting centers.

  9. Michael Jordan didn’t have to go team to team so he could achieve greatness

  10. That f bomb caught me off guard, shit had me dying lmao. Congrats king

  11. He bends his knee to China the same country that was evicting all black people during the start of the covid-19 pandemic… He had nothing to say about racism then…

  12. “Fuck man thank you guys” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  13. @Mrwhosetheking: MJ will always be the GOAT for me, but I have massive respect for LeBron.

  14. James is the SOLE reason that a lot of basketball fans will NEVER watch the NBA again, including me.

    Why would I watch a league, led by this fool, that HATES white people, but love the white man’s green??

  15. The respect is real for not CENSORING his speech 👑👑👑👑👑👑👑💯💯💯💯💯💯

  16. So what??? Last season Steph broke a record AND made sure The Warriors actually won the game. LEBRON IS NOT THE GOAT and the word HUMILITY is not in his vocabulary. Thank God that this too shall pass..smh

  17. LeFraud’s speech was cringe, mj was way too articulate to drop f bomb on live tv

  18. LeChina, no class what so ever!
    Once from the “HOOD” always from the “HOOD”

  19. LeChina breaks the record then proves to the world he’s all about himself by quitting on his team and watch them lose. Definitely NOT GOAT mentality. What type of so called leader quits on his team and makes the night about an individual record over a team win? Pathetic

  20. Breaking records and still losing 😂 Also some role model, droppin F bombs on national TV for no reason. Whata bum.

  21. LeBron is so stupid he cant think of anything better to say than “Fuck man, thank you guys”?!?!?!

  22. Lebronica James will never be the GOAT. He is all about stats and nothing about winning. Last nights game proved it. He didn’t care about winning that game. He wanted the stats. GOATS do not lose more in championship rounds than they win. 4-6 in the finals is terrible. You went 10 times and lost in the finals 6 times. Pathetic. If Tom Brady had the same Superbowl record he wouldn’t be the GOAT would he? Tom Brady was 7-3 in the Superbowl. A pure winner and the undisputed GOAT of football. Lebronica will never surpass Michael Jordan because when Jordan got there he didn’t lose. If Jordan got the scoring title last night but was losing and lost that game last night he wouldnt have celebrated. He would have been mad they lost the game. Lebronica can pad his stats all he wants, he can say he is the GOAT all he wants and his silly little fans that never watched Jordan play can agree like sheep with Lebronica that he is the GOAT but it doesn’t make him the GOAT. He can not lace Jordans sneakers and he never will be able to. He’s a loser.

  23. What a shitty day for basketball! Disgraceful to say the least. He will never be on MJ or Kobe’s level. LeBron is nothing but trash solidifying the worst era in basketball!

  24. What has the Diva done for LA? A Bubble Championship (2020)

    Lebron James No Class face of the NBA

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