During Wednesday night's game against the Denver Nuggets, LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers surpassed Michael Jordan in total points scored in the NBA.
King James did it! He passed his idol! pic.twitter.com/KKgl046pRf
LeBron couldn’t hold back the emotion after passing his idol MJ. (via @espn) pic.twitter.com/zyMMOHmObe
Jordan congratulated the 34-year-old in a statement:
Prior to the game, James took to Twitter to seemingly reference the milestone he was about to reach.
Can’t even front. This is going to be UNREAL!! Wow man
History awaits 👑 pic.twitter.com/f4pL876l7s
James entered the game against the Nuggets just a few points behind Jordan.
1️⃣3️⃣ points away from history pic.twitter.com/d8bE9Y6wwR
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar holds the No. 1 spot on the NBA's all-time scoring list with 38,387 points made. Karl Malone is second with 36,928 and Kobe Bryant is third with 33,643. And now, James is in the fourth spot and Michael Jordan is in fifth. Jordan accumulated 32,292 points throughout his NBA career.
One over Jordan 👑 pic.twitter.com/SYp4V8feFE
Congrats to @KingJames of the @Lakers for moving up to 4th on the NBA’s ALL-TIME SCORING list! #LakeShow pic.twitter.com/pydCxEkBCM
