LeBron James became the youngest player in NBA history to score 25,000 points with an alley-oop dunk that he guided in the hoop with 8:07 remaining in the fourth quarter of a 107-100 win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday.
The bucket gave James 22 points in the game and 25,001 points for his career.
“The man above definitely put a stamp on it,” James said afterward. “What better way to close in on it than by me kind of high-flying a little bit. The man above definitely reached down and touched me a little bit.”
“It’s pretty cool,” James said. “I haven’t really had an opportunity to categorize the list of things that I’ve done, but to be able to do it in a winning fashion, No. 1, and with this group of guys and do it in a building that loves the game of basketball — and obviously, they are Sixers fans ’til death, but they know and they respect the game of basketball — and to get a standing ovation for reaching the milestone, it was very special.”
James, who is 30 years, 307 days old, outdid another prep-to-pro sensation, Kobe Bryant, in reaching 25,000 points. Bryant hit the plateau at 31 years, 151 days old.
James became the the 20th player to reach 25,000 points and the sixth active player, joining Bryant, Dirk Nowitzki, Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnettand Paul Pierce.
–ESPN
