THE DAILY LAKERS

IAN LORENZO P. SIERRA

STEM 20 – MAADHIKA

Lebron James' journey to the top of the NBA all-time scoring list has begun.

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James passes Karl

Malone for second on NBA's all-time scoring list
Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James made some NBA
history on Saturday night. With his point production against the
Washington Wizards, James passed Karl Malone to move up to
second on the league's all-time scoring list. Malone scored
36,909 points over the course of his career. Now, the only player
that has scored more points than James in league history is
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38,387).

Entering the evening, James needed 21 points to pass Malone,

and he recorded them all in the first half. With a layup in the first
half against the Washington Wizards on March 19, 2022, LeBron
James moved past Karl Malone for second place on the NBA's
career regular-season points list. Now the Los Angeles Lakers
star has his eyes set on another Lakers legend, Kareem Abdul-
Jabbar, the NBA's current all-time leading scorer.
Abdul-Jabbar has been atop the career points list since April 5,
1984 -- eight months before James was even born -- when he
passed Wilt Chamberlain, who had been the all-time leader since
the 1965-66 season. For nearly 60 years, Abdul-Jabbar and
Chamberlain have been the only players to hold one of the NBA's
most revered records. Now James is on track to add his name to
that group at some point in the 2022-23 season.
James finished the game with 38 points, 10 rebounds and six
assists. Ultimately though, his production wasn't enough as the
Lakers fell to the Wizards, 127-119.
Blomein, Michael Kaskey (2022). Lakers' LeBron James passes Karl Malone for second on NBA's all-time scoring list.
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/lakers-lebron-james-passes-karl-malone-for-second-on-nbas-all-time-scoring-list/
Leading up to the feat, James acknowledged some
similarities between him and Malone, especially in the way
that they both took excellent care of their bodies over the
course of their respective careers. "Guys that just took care
of their bodies for the majority of their career and always
wanted to be available to their teammates," James said.
"The most important leadership for you is to try to be
available as much as possible on the floor.
"I think myself and him, we always just tried to be in
uniform and make plays and stay in condition and try to
stay healthy, stay injury-free as much as you can and also
be productive on the floor -- so yeah, absolutely."
James, 37, now needs less than 2,000 points to pass Abdul-
Jabbar to become the league's all-time leading scorer. As
long as he remains relatively healthy and doesn't abruptly
retire, it's almost a certainty that he will indeed eventually
claim the top spot.