Basketball: LeBron James is the first professional to reach 50,000 points in NBA

LeBron James was the first basketball player in history to score 50,000 points in the NBA. Already with his first basket in the game of the Los Angeles Lakers against the New Orleans Pelicans, the 40 -year -old superstar broke the historical brand – he had gone into the game with 49,999 points in games of the main round and playoffs. When he converted a threesome in the first quarter of the first quarter of the arena in Downtown Los Angeles, most of the spectators got up and cheered James loudly.

James showed a strong performance in the 136:115 win of the Lakers and posted a total of 34 points, 8 rebounds and 6 templates. He got on the historic first three of Luka Doncic, who gets going better and better at the Lakers and even achieved 30 points. In total, James now stands for 50,033 points in his NBA career.

Durant overtakes Nowitzki in an eternal leaderboard

No other player in the history of the NBA has so far only reached 45,000 points in main round and playoffs. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar with a total of 44,149 points is in second place in the eternal leaderboard. The best even active professional is Kevin Durant, who, thanks to his 34 points in the 119:11 of the Phoenix Suns against the Los Angeles Clippers, past Dirk Nowitzki and now took sixth place. Nowitzki came to 35,223 points in his career, Durant is now at 35,225.

Twelve points lead in the final quarter Magic are not enough

With the Orlando Magic, Franz Wagner continues to be in one deep and collected a bitter defeat against the Toronto Raptors. At 113: 114, the guests met a threesome 0.5 seconds before the end, Wagner’s German teammate Tristan da Silva was not defended by Ja’kobe Walter. Since Silva herself came on 12 points, Wagner booked 28th best thrower was Magic professional Paolo Banchero with 41 points, but it was not enough to win despite twelve points in the last quarter.

For Orlando it was the fourth defeat in a row and the fifth from the past six games. Participation in the playoffs is increasingly in danger, the NBA main round lasts almost six weeks.