{"id":67199,"date":"2024-03-04T08:07:47","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T08:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/lebron-james-becomes-first-player-in-nba-history-to-score-40000-points-daily-times\/"},"modified":"2024-03-04T08:07:47","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T08:07:47","slug":"lebron-james-becomes-first-player-in-nba-history-to-score-40000-points-daily-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/lebron-james-becomes-first-player-in-nba-history-to-score-40000-points-daily-times\/","title":{"rendered":"LeBron James becomes first player in NBA history to score 40,000 points – Daily Times"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"LeBron James became the first NBA player to reach 40,000 career regular-season points on Saturday, the 39-year-old superstar scoring nine against defending champion Denver to achieve the milestone.<\/p>\n

But the historic effort came in a losing cause as Nikola Jokic scored 35 points to rally the Nuggets late for a 124-114 victory over the Lakers, stretching their win streak to six games.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m glad we\u2019re playing good,\u201d Jokic said. \u201cWe\u2019re doing the things we want to do. We don\u2019t have too many breakdowns. I just like how we\u2019re playing the game right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

James, who just over a year ago overtook Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the NBA\u2019s all-time scoring mark, is a four-time NBA champion and four-time NBA Most Valuable Player as well as the league\u2019s oldest active player, now in his 21st campaign.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust happy for him. It was a hell of an accomplishment,\u201d Lakers coach Darvin Ham said. \u201cWish we could have got the win to cap it off.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut my hat\u2019s off to him. Amazing, amazing run that continues to this day. And you know, everyone in our program, everyone within our organization, is extremely excited and happy for him.\u201d<\/p>\n

After scoring five points in the first quarter, James sank a layup 14 seconds into the second quarter to pull within two of the milestone, then missed a free throw and on the next Laker possession missed a 3-point shot.<\/p>\n

James scored the historic basket with 10:39 remaining in the second quarter, banking in a driving layup from the left side of the basket to give the Lakers a 37-32 lead.<\/p>\n

The crowd gave James a standing ovation after he made the basket. The ball James used to score the milestone hoop was removed from the game, but with the replacement he added a layup late in the period on the way to the Lakers seizing a 66-58 half-time lead.<\/p>\n

James scored his first basket of the game on a fast break layup 6:20 into the opening quarter to give the Lakers an 18-12 edge, then added a 3-pointer from the left corner 63 seconds later for a 23-14 advantage.<\/p>\n

In anticipation of reaching the milestone, James said it won\u2019t rank among his greatest feats but the 40,000-point mark is meaningful.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo one has done it. And for me to be in this position at this point and time in my career, I think it\u2019s pretty cool,\u201d James said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIs it one of the top things I\u2019ve done in my career? No. Does it mean something? Of course. Why wouldn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n

\u201cTo hit feats and have milestones throughout my career, they all mean something to me. Absolutely.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, there\u2019s a pecking order of which ones are higher than others, but I would be lying to you if I said no, it doesn\u2019t mean anything. It absolutely does.\u201d<\/p>\n

Porter \u2018was amazing\u2019<\/p>\n

The Nuggets equalized at 89-89 entering the fourth quarter and seized command with a 9-0 run in the final minutes to lead 117-110, Denver hitting 15-of-22 from the floor in the final quarter.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey had control the first half,\u201d Jokic said. \u201cThey had a really good energy. We didn\u2019t play really good in the first half. They were getting to the paint. They were having open looks.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe kind of were battling a little bit in the second half and we scored 124, which is a lot, but I\u2019m just glad we won the game.\u201d<\/p>\n

Michael Porter Jr. went 10-for-10 from the floor and scored 25 points while matching Jokic\u2019s 10 rebounds.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was amazing,\u201d Jokic said. \u201cIt\u2019s always a good thing when you have a guy on your team that can shoot like that.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Lakers, 33-29, rank 10th in the Western Conference, the final play-in spot, while the Nuggets are 42-19, third in the West but only a half-game behind leading Minnesota.<\/p>\n

In other games, Mikal Bridges scored 38 points to lead host Brooklyn over Atlanta 114-102 while Jimmy Butler netted 37 points to power the Miami Heat over visiting Utah 126-120.<\/p>\n

Anfernee Simons hit 30 points to lead Portland\u2019s 107-100 overtime triumph at Memphis.<\/p>\n

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LeBron James became the first NBA player to reach 40,000 career regular-season points on Saturday, the 39-year-old superstar scoring nine against defending champion Denver to achieve the milestone. But the historic effort came in a losing cause as Nikola Jokic scored 35 points to rally the Nuggets late for a 124-114 victory over the Lakers, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67200,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dailytimes.com.pk\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/03\/LeBron-James-becomes-first-player-in-NBA-history-to-score-40000-points.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-updates-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t