NBA superstar LeBron James became the highest scoring player in combined regular season and play-off history, surpassing Los Angeles Lakers icon Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on Saturday night. James came into Saturday’s game against the Golden State Warriors needing 19 points to pass Abdul-Jabbar for most combined regular season and playoff points. Abdul-Jabbar finished his hall of fame career with 44,149 points, including 38,387 in the regular season and 5,762 in the postseason.
James drained a three pointer less than five minutes into the third quarter Saturday for his 21st point of the game and a total of 44,152 which vaulted him past Abdul-Jabbar. Je finished the game with 26 points but missed a key last-second free throw as the Lakers lost 117-115 to the Warriors. James now sits number three on the all-time regular season scoring list with 36,526 points and number one on the all-time postseason scoring list with 7,657 points.—APP
