James needed 21 points entering Monday night’s game to reach the scoring milestone.
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Lillard made 14 of 25 shots, C.J. McCollum scored 18 points and Al-Farouq Aminu had 17 points and nine rebounds for Portland, which trailed by 17 points in the first quarter after an inspired start by Minnesota. “I’ve been able to play with two great organizations”. That guy is in my ear constantly, telling me how I can get better and watching film with me.
James finished the game just with 22 points, nine rebounds, and 11 assists.
The two-time champion is playing this season with a bad back that has plagued him since the preseason but is still performing very well.
James becomes just the 20th player overall in National Basketball Association history to hit 25,000 points, and did in just 915 games, behind only Wilt Chamberlain (691), Michael Jordan (782) and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (889), according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
However, what made James stand out is that he became the youngest National Basketball Association player to reach the 25,000-point milestone at only 30 years and 307 days old. He knocked off the previous record holder, Kobe Bryant, who was 31 when he reached the mark.
Another feat for James was giving 18,094 Philadelphia fans a reason to cheer; he was rewarded with a standing ovation.
A more likely scenario has Love again taking a back seat to James and Irving, and his production returning more to what we saw last season.
Rookie Jahlil Okafor led Philadelphia with 24 points, while Nik Stauskas added 15 points.
Curry also had a huge third quarter with a career-best 28 points in Saturday’s win at New Orleans, and he won Western Conference Player of the Week honors after averaging a league-best 39.3 points.
Without him, they’re averaging 27 assists on 40 field goals per game.
James and Kevin Love, who scored 15, got the Cavs rolling in the second half.
He surpassed the mark when he dunked a lob from guard Matthew Dellavedova with 8:07 remaining and left the game for good shortly after that.
BUCKS 103, NETS 96: In NY, Jerryd Bayless scored 26 points, and Greg Monroe had 23 points and 13 rebounds to lead Milwaukee to its first victory of the season. The Miami swept 63-59 in the third quarter before the CLeveland put together a run that kicked off with a reverse layup by LeBron James. James has 557 points in 20 career games against the Kings, 558 points in 21 games against the Spurs and 571 points in 22 games against the Rockets.
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“So, I don’t think he’s anxious about what his role is going to be”, James said. “Because I don’t get much time to really stop and look at a few of the things that I’ve done”.
