With a foul-line jumper in the second quarter quarter of the Los Angeles Lakers' game against the Sacramento Kings on March 30, Kobe Bryant moved his career point total to 31,421 and took sole possession of fourth place on the NBA's all-time scoring list from legendary center Wilt Chamberlain.
And the acknowledgements poured in immediately:
At age 34, Bryant now trails only Michael Jordan (32,292), Karl Malone (36,928) and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38,387) on the league's list of top scorers.
If he continues to pile up points at his career average of 25.5 points per game, Bryant will catch Jordan within the first couple of months of the 2013-14 season.
The Mailman's advantage, currently sitting at over 5,000 points, figures to shrink at a pace of somewhere around 2,100 points per season (if Bryant continues to score at a relatively similar rate). That means it'll be at least another two years before No. 24 takes over second place on one of the NBA's most illustrious individual lists.
Abdul-Jabbar's 38,387 points are not completely out of reach for Bryant, who'd need to play at least four more high ...
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Kobe Bryant Passes Wilt Chamberlain on NBA’s All-Time Scoring List
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