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LeBron James is closing in.
The Los Angeles Lakers player needed 224 points to beat Kareem-Abdul Jabbar as the NBA's all-time leading scorer on Tuesday. He's one step closer after scoring 46 points in a 133-115 defeat to the Los Angeles Clippers.
Even though he lost, James gave supporters their money's worth. Along with his points, he had eight rebounds, seven assists, two steals, a block, zero turnovers, and zero personal fouls in 32 minutes. He hit 9-of-14 three-pointers, a career high in a single game.
The final score wasn't close, but James led a fourth-quarter rally that trimmed the Clippers' lead to 10 before the Clippers reclaimed control. Breaking 40 points against the Clippers completed James' unrivaled record of 40-point performances against all 30 NBA opponents. Kevin Durant, James Harden, and Kobe Bryant, who never played for the Lakers, are the only other players with 40 points versus 29 clubs.
LeBron James breaking NBA scoring record is just a matter of time
James isn't pursuing the record on the late-stage fumes of his remarkable career. Far from it. His 29.8-point scoring average through 37 games would stand as the fourth-highest scoring rate of his 20 NBA seasons.
James averaged 20.9 points per game as a rookie and hasn't dipped below that pace since. He's on schedule to break Abdul-Jabbar's record in 100-plus fewer games played than his fellow Lakers great. Abdul-Jabbar reached his tally of 38,387 points in 1,560 games. The Lakers game against the Clippers on Tuesday was the 1,404th of James' career.
The pace has James on track to pass Abdul-Jabbar sometime in February. Here's the upcoming slate of Lakers games as James pursues one of the last great milestones of his basketball career.
Wednesday: vs. San Antonio Spurs, 10:30 p.m. ET
Saturday: at Boston Celtics, 8:30 p.m. ET (ABC)
Jan. 30: at Brooklyn Nets, 7:30 p.m. ET (NBA TV)
Jan. 31: at New York Knicks, 7:30 p.m. ET (TNT)
Feb. 2: at Indiana Pacers, 7 p.m. ET
Feb. 4: at New Orleans Pelicans, 8 p.m. ET
Feb. 7: vs. Oklahoma City Thunder, 10:30 p.m. ET
Feb. 9: vs. Milwaukee Bucks, 10 p.m. ET (TNT)
Feb. 11: at Golden State Warriors, 8:30 p.m. ET (ABC)
Feb. 13: at Portland Trail Blazers, 10 p.m. ET
Feb. 15: vs. New Orleans Pelicans, 10 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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