Kevin Durant passes Wilt Chamberlain on all-time scoring record

After overtaking the legendary Wilt Chamberlain, Kevin Durant seems on tempo to cross No. 6 Dirk Nowitzki on the NBA’s all-time scoring record later this month

Houston Rockets star Kevin Durant swished a three-pointer with 7:57 left within the third quarter to maneuver into seventh place on the NBA’s all-time scoring record.

Durant’s trey allowed him to cross legendary Wilt Chamberlain (31,419) in the course of the contest in opposition to the host Portland Path Blazers.

The three-pointer gave him his seventeenth level of the sport and lifted Durant’s profession level complete to 31,422.

However  the Path Blazers spoiled Durant’s milestone evening with a 111-105 residence victory over the Rockets on Friday evening, January 9 (Saturday, January 10, Manila time).

Durant completed with 30 factors and 12 rebounds to place his profession level complete at 31,435 after Houston’s second consecutive loss in Portland.

The NBA celebrity, who had 31,405 factors getting into the competition, tied Chamberlain’s complete with 1:53 left within the second quarter when he received the bounce on a free-throw line turnaround jumper.

Durant handed Chamberlain in his 1,156th profession recreation. Chamberlain performed 1,045 video games throughout a 14-year profession with the Philadelphia/San Francisco Warriors, Philadelphia 76ers, and Los Angeles Lakers from 1959-1973.

Subsequent up for Durant to chase down is sixth-place Dirk Nowitzki (31,560), the previous Dallas Mavericks star. Durant is on tempo to cross Nowitzki later this month, barring harm.

LeBron James is the main scorer in NBA historical past and he had 42,575 profession factors getting into the Los Angeles Lakers’ recreation on Friday evening in opposition to the Milwaukee Bucks.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38,387) is the second-leading scorer in NBA historical past. Karl Malone (36,928), Kobe Bryant (33,643), and Michael Jordan (32,292) spherical out the highest 5. – Rappler.com