{"id":642447,"date":"2026-03-06T04:59:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T04:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/642447\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T04:59:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T04:59:12","slug":"lebron-james-breaks-another-kareem-abdul-jabbar-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/642447\/","title":{"rendered":"LeBron James breaks another Kareem Abdul-Jabbar record"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>DENVER\u00a0\u2014\u00a0<a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/newsletter\/2026-03-03\/lakers-lebron-james\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LeBron James<\/a> is king of another NBA record once held by <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/lakers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lakers<\/a> legend <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/story\/2023-02-08\/kareem-abdul-jabbar-lebron-james-nba-scoring-record\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>James entered Thursday\u2019s game against the Denver Nuggets needing to make three field goals to pass Abdul-Jabbar for the most made field goals in league history. James tied Adbul-Jabbar\u2019s mark for most regular-season field goals when he dunked off a lob pass from <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/lakers\/story\/2026-03-01\/luka-doncic-lebron-james-lakers-kings\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Luka Doncic<\/a> with 8:33 left in the first quarter.<\/p>\n<p>He set the new mark of 15,838 with a fadeaway jumper near the Lakers\u2019 bench with 11.8 seconds left in the first quarter.<\/p>\n<p>When James went to the bench with the Lakers trailing 32-22 at the end of the quarter, the Denver Nuggets\u2019 public address announcer told the crowd about his accomplishment. James was given a standing ovation from the fans at Ball Arena.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLeBron\u2019s greatest hits, he just keeps adding to them,\u201d said <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/lakers\/story\/2026-03-05\/commentary-lakers-wrong-kind-of-interesting-amid-fan-scrutiny\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lakers coach JJ Redick<\/a> before the game. \u201cHe just plays and plays and plays. And the greatest hits are just &#8230; he\u2019s got a hell of a catalog.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>James is the league\u2019s all-time leading scorer, having broken <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/lakers\/story\/2023-02-03\/full-coverage-lebron-james-kareem-abdul-jabbar-nba-scorer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Abdul-Jabbar\u2019s mark of 38,387 points<\/a> on Feb. 7, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Ayton injured against Nuggets<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/newsletter\/2026-02-24\/deandre-ayton\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lakers center Deandre Ayton<\/a> didn\u2019t return for the second half against the Nuggets after sustaining a knee injury.<\/p>\n<p>Ayton left the court in the first quarter. The Lakers didn\u2019t say which knee Ayton injured.<\/p>\n<p>He played four minutes and 30 seconds and had two rebounds and no points.<\/p>\n<p>Jaxson Hayes started the second half in Ayton\u2019s place. <\/p>\n<p>Ayton entered the game averaging 12.8 points on 66.8% shooting with 8.3 rebounds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DENVER\u00a0\u2014\u00a0LeBron James is king of another NBA record once held by Lakers legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. 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