James scores 25000 career point in Cavs’ win over 76ers

I’ve been around a few great groups, and I’m able to reap a lot of the benefits. In terms of all-time points scorers, 2,18m Kareem Abdul-Jabbar heads the list with more than 38 000 points, followed by Karl Malone, Bryant and Jordan. At 30 years and 307 days, James surpassed Kobe Bryant (31 years, 351 days) as the youngest to reach that plateau.

James was even given a standing ovation from the Philadelphia crowd for the accomplishment. “And to get a standing ovation reaching that milestone, it was very special”. LeBron James returned to the Cavs in the summer of 2014 and played in all four contests against the Miami Heat in the most recent season.

James scored six points in the third quarter to help the Cavaliers start their rally against the 0-3 Sixers. He had four 3-pointers in his last 167 games combined entering the season, then made four in the Kings’ season-opener.

“The man above definitely put a stamp on it”, James said after the game. “He plays with great pace”.

Okafor and Noel are the building blocks of a franchise years away from contention.

Covington, the Sixers’ best outside shooter not known for his defensive work, kept James to one first-quarter field goal as Philadelphia led by 14. “To know what I was actually going to do out on the floor, that was up to me”. James Jones’ 3-pointer with 15.8 seconds left extended the lead to 107-98 after the Sixers had cut the deficit to six in the final minute.

Love has had double-doubles in his last two games, and his consecutive three-pointers late in the third quarter gave the Cavs a few space after the Heat closed to three points.

In fact, Love is fourth on the team in overall touches per game this season, behind Mo Williams, Matthew Dellavedova, and James.

In Minneapolis, Damian Lillard had 34 points and seven assists as Portland edged the hosts after the Timberwolves honored fallen coach Flip Saunders with an emotional pre-game tribute. According to ESPN, Irving is slowly increasing his workload, but the Cavaliers are still not sure when the point guard will return to the team. Reserve G T.J. McConnell had 12 assists. “When we’re moving and passing and screening and taking shots, I think we’re pretty hard to guard”, McConnell said.

James has other connections to the Sixers as well.

“It was something that was already planned from the medical staff to the front office to the coaching staff to myself that we would do this”, James explicitly said. Their depth just got a little bit smaller as JR Smith is expected to miss time with a knee injury.

We should probably get used to games like this.