On Friday night LeBron James scored his 29,000th career point, becoming just the seventh player in NBA history to reach that lofty number, and also (at 32 years and 308 days old) surpassing Kobe Bryant as the youngest player in the history of the league to hit that milestone (29,000 counts as a milestone, right? Eh, who cares). LeBron, who bested Kobe to the mark by a whole 256 days, accomplished this feat in the first quarter of Cleveland's 130-122 'W' over the Wizards:
In fact, LeBron dropped 57 points on 34 attempts (plus nine free-throws) tonight, which should give him a helluva start on hitting 30,000. Those 57 points represent the highest total in a game this season (though we concede the season is young as hell). It also tied Kyrie Irving's franchise record, and marks the 11th time in LeBron's career that he's racked up 50+ in a game.
As of this moment (and probably not for much longer) he sits behind Dirk Nowitzki, Wilt Chamberlain, Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Karl Malone and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on the career scorer's list. Granted he didn't actually pass anybody tonight, so that was already true, but all those dudes sit well within reach. Watch them slowly get bumped off. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar leads the list with 38,387 career points.
Also, if this is what it takes for the Cavs to win while they figure early season ish out, well, so be it.
