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The NBA legend LeBron James is all set to reach one of the most incredible feats ever achieved in professional basketball-a scoring of 50,000 cumulative career points for both the regular season and the playoffs. In all likelihood, March should find him scoring that goal while further solidifying his legendary status in the annals of NBA history. He is just short of 131 points to do that.
Lifetime Achievement Award
Pretty much, LeBron James has done it all in basketball. He is the all-time top scorer in the NBA and has won four championships; yet, the duration he has been able to produce time goes with greatness. In spite of all things he has done in his career, James does seem to place new milestones before him, and the next for him is 50,000 points.
And that will make him the first to have ever gained one such huge total in the history of the NBA when regular-season and playoff points combined count. That is a testament to his durability, ability, and dominance to have done this for over two decades in the league.
How Close is LeBron to 50,000 Points?
The regular season points of LeBron James stood at 41,707 as for February 22 before the Lakers took on the Denver Nuggets. The scoring record is still being added, while amassing 50,000 points from the regular season is far from being even close to reality. Even at the peak, averaging about 2,000 points a season would take multiple years to reach that mark.
However, James' overall total as this point is 49,869 when you factor in his 8,162 playoff points. That puts him a mere 131 points away from the historic 50,000. "Tonight against Denver could have potentially seen that milestone, mathematically speaking-the actual work would have entailed a staggeringly difficult 131-point performance. Instead, James nailed 25 on the night, coinciding with his seasonal average of 24.7 points per game."
When Will LeBron Rip Off the Milestone?
At his present scoring rate, LeBron James is likely to hit the 50,000 career PTS mark by the early days of March. With an average of 24.7 points a game, that could take about five more contests to reach the milestone. The most probable date for the event would be March 4 as the Lakers would play the New Orleans Pelicans on that date.
But there are contingencies that may cause some adjustment to that date. Because of back-to-back games on February 27 and 28, James may skip one of those games to save his energy for the later parts of the season, so this means that if he rests, the milestone may be pushed to March 6, when the Lakers meet New York Knicks.
An Unequaled Legacy
In fact, no player in NBA history has so far reached the magical mark of 50,000 combined points. LeBron may already be the highest scorer in a regular season, but this further bows down all arguments against greatness as being one of the top athletes of all time. Decades nearing the close of his 20th season, he still performs at elite levels because of hard work and commitment plus love for the game.
World-publicistic ways are out there: Starting from this point, the countdown set for 50,000 gets under way on the grand scale of basketball. This is more than just a figure: It speaks of the singular effect, LeBron James, and as a generational talent.
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He has already put in place new underpinnings over what an athlete would be expected to consider extraordinary, when LeBron showcases once again his awe inspiring talent, now at age 21 in the league season.
