Kevin Durant gets a tribute from lebron James on History Night! Because Booker due to injury, Durant alone led the Sun 111-119 loss to the Nuggets, but as a recognized pure scorer, Durant after this game, the historical total score came to 27,423 points, his 17th point to complete the surpassed Moses Malone, into the NBA history of the total score list 10th.
In this game, Durant scored 30 points and 11 assists, but the second half felt poor 0-for-10 shooting, but becoming the NBA's all-time top 10 scorer is significant, and he completed the goal in 326 games less than Moses Malone, two weeks ago he just passed Alvin Hayes to move up to 11th place.
Durant's next milestone will be passing "Melo" Anthony's 28,289 points.
"The first 10！！！！ @KDTrey5 Congratulations "in Durant's game, James as the all-time scoring champion issued a congratulations for Durant, old James in this year to complete the" sky "Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's first position in history after the milestone of the historical scoring champion has broken through to more than 39,000 points, is moving towards the 40,000 point mark.
As the "big King" of today's NBA, James and Durant have maintained an excellent relationship, but from the current state of the two, KD to achieve the achievements of Emperor James in the history of the total scoring list is not realistic, but to maintain a healthy state into the top five is not a problem.
If KD maintains his past average performance, he could easily move up a few spots by the end of the regular season.
Interestingly, in the first 1,000 games, KD scored 27,358 points on 49% shooting. James, on the other hand, scored 27,589 points with a 49.4 percent shooting efficiency. It is fair to say that the performance of the two men matched each other.
In a 2012 interview, James also cited Durant as a motivation for him to improve his game. In an interview with Sports Illustrated, James said there are people in Oklahoma who are trying to outdo him.
At the time, Durant was the core of the Thunder, and James was making history with the Heat.
That same year, James won the Sports Personality of the Year award and won his first championship. Given these accolades and accomplishments, James' deep respect for KD is also a testament to Durant's greatness."He was my inspiration because I saw where he was going; This is consistent with the direction I am pursuing. I know his mentality, and he knows mine.
It was a collision. We're motivating each other, "James said of his relationship with Durant.
In addition to being on-court rivals, James and KD's relationship extends beyond the NBA. The two have been friends since Durant's high school days, and each has won a championship ring on the other.
