NBA statistics and social news have one thing in common, and they both follow the same rule: fewer words mean bigger things.

James officially surpassed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's NBA scoring record of 38,387 points to become the first player in history.

With 10 seconds left in the third quarter, James finished the game with a trademark jump shot, then he wept on the court, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar also held a ceremony for James.

"I thank all the Lakers fans," James said. "I was honored to witness this moment in front of so many great legends."

"Sky hook" Abdul-Jabbar witnessed James break the record.

The reason why the outside world is so concerned about James' scoring trip to the top may be because when the scoring record is broken, the remaining four basic data of the NBA - rebounds, assists, steals and blocks, will become unprecedented and difficult to come after the ancient data.

Compared to these, James broke the scoring record, almost the only modern players can touch the "ceiling".

Rebound king

Among the current NBA players, who has the best chance to break the NBA regular season rebounding champion? The answer is still James.

Even if James has already grabbed 10,567 rebounds, but it is still far from breaking this record, after all, James's regular season rebounds are only half of Chamberlain.

Chamberlain's career regular-season total rebounds is 23,924, and Bill Russell ranks second with 21,620, more than 2,000 fewer than Chamberlain.

Historically, Chamberlain and Bill Russell's rebounds are out of the dust, because the players behind them with the most rebounds have not broken the 20,000 mark.

The main reason for this phenomenon is The Times, no matter how the player's personal ability, can only follow the pulse of The Times.

During Chamberlain's reign, teams played at a fast pace but shot a low percentage, with nearly 40 more rebounds per game than in today's league.

Chamberlain, who has a trans-era physical talent, naturally swept the boards.

Since Chamberlain retired from the league, only one NBA player has been able to score at least 1,490 rebounds in a single season, and that was Dennis Rodman in 1991-1992, when he had 1,530 rebounds.

For players entering the 21st century, Duncan is the benchmark on the rebounding list, he has a total of 15,091 regular season rebounds in 19 seasons, but this is only 2/3 of Chamberlain's rebounds.

Of course, in today's NBA world, career totals are not the mainstream of discussion.

While James was pounding the scoring numbers, many fans didn't even know what 38,387 points meant, or the last time Sports Center, a data platform, reported a player with 10,000 rebounds or 2,000 steals.

It is also so that when James completed the scoring of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, it made the so-called ancient basketball and modern basketball together.

From chasing a legend to becoming a legend, this is perhaps what James means to the NBA.