When Kareem Abdul-Jabbar set the record, he wanted to get it out of the way.
James needs 36 more points to break Abdul-Jabbar’s NBA regular-season record of 38,387. If he doesn’t get it tonight at Crypto.com Arena against the Oklahoma City Thunder, he’ll almost certainly get it Thursday night in another home game against the Milwaukee Bucks.
If there’s any doubt it would be good to get the record out of the way as soon as possible and be able to focus on the team’s other goals, there might be a lesson to learn from when Abdul-Jabbar was on the cusp of eclipsing Chamberlain’s record of 31,419 points. “I could have saved it for in the Forum,” Kareem told writers in Las Vegas, “but it’s better to get this behind us so we can concentrate on winning a world championship. After all, that’s why we play.”Leading the West, the 1983-84 Lakers went on to clinch the conference title, but they lost the NBA Finals to the Boston Celtics in seven games.
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