James continued his pursuit of Abdul-Jabbar's scoring record on Sunday by scoring the 38,000th point of his career.
James entered Sunday’s game needing 11 points to reach the milestone. He scored 12 points midway through the first, hitting the jumper with 5:41 left in the quarter. James sits less than 400 points behind the all-time record held by Abdul-Jabbar, who has long maintained the league-career scoring record with 38,387 points.
James and Abdul-Jabbar are two of seven players in league history to eclipse 30,000 career points. They are joined by Karl Malone , Kobe Bryant , Michael Jordan , Dirk Nowitzki and Wilt Chamberlain .
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