Kevin Durant scored 20 factors in Friday’s victory over Chicago, giving him 26,727 for his profession.
One month after LeBron James turned the NBA’s all-time main scorer, Suns star Kevin Durant continued his personal climb up the profession factors record, surpassing Oscar Robertson on Friday for thirteenth place.
Durant, 34, wanted simply 4 factors in opposition to the Bulls to maneuver past “Large O,” and he bought them lower than three minutes into the sport with a pair of patented leap pictures.
KD rises up for the middy to move Oscar Robertson for thirteenth on the all-time scoring record!
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Congrats to @KDTrey5 of the @Suns for transferring as much as thirteenth on the all-time scoring record! pic.twitter.com/4qP7Ov3SHi
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Durant completed with an environment friendly 20 factors on 7-for-10 capturing as Phoenix crushed Chicago 125-101, giving him 26,727 for his profession.
He ought to climb even additional briefly order, with the following three gamers on the record — No. 12 Hakeem Olajuwon, No. 11 Elvin Hayes and No. 10 Moses Malone — sitting lower than 1,000 factors away. In Olajuwon’s case, Durant will virtually actually erase the 219-point hole by season’s finish.
Durant’s rise reinforces his standing as probably the most prodigious scorers in NBA historical past with 4 scoring titles and a 27.28-point common that ranks fourth all-time behind solely record-holder Michael Jordan (30.12), No. 2 Wilt Chamberlain (30.07) and No. 3 Elgin Baylor (27.36).