LeBron James is cruising into the "milestone" portion of his incredible NBA career. By scoring at least 10 points tonight against the Toronto Raptors, LeBron has scored in double figures in 500 straight regular-season games.
It's a pretty remarkable feat, according to the research done by the South Florida Sun Sentinel's Ira Winderman:
It not only is the longest active such streak in the NBA, but with 10 or more points against the Raptors, he will become just the fifth player in league history with a streak of 500 games or more.
The current NBA 500 club:
Michael Jordan (866 consecutive games)
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (787 consecutive games )
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (508 consecutive games)
Karl Malone (575 consecutive games)
Moses Malone (526 consecutive games)
No, one of those Abdul-Jabbars is not the former Miami Dolphins running back. Kareem (the basketball version) really did notch two streaks of 500-plus double-digit-scoring games. That's crazy! It's almost as if you'd expect the guy to be the NBA's all-time leader in points or something!
There are no slackers in the 500 cl ...
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LeBron James Scores in Double Digits in 500th Straight Regular-Season Game
November 5th, 2013 by Joe Flynn Leave a reply »
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