James surpasses Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s career NBA scoring record on – what else? – a fallaway jumper in the second half of their loss to the Thunder, delighting a crowd that was eager to see h…
LOS ANGELES — Was it too forward, maybe, when LeBron James went out to the floor for early warmups on Tuesday night wearing headphones with 38,388 printed on them?A night of high anticipation, with a media contingent of at least a couple hundred and a full house on hand, reached its intended conclusion with 10.9 seconds left in the third quarter of the Lakers’ game against the Oklahoma City Thunder, and it ended appropriately, too.
He needed 36 points coming in, had 20 by halftime and dispensed with any suspense in the third quarter, delighting a crowd that came to attention every time he touched the ball, roared when he scored, groaned when he didn’t and all seemed to have their phones out to record the historic shot on video.
And you know which folks who were probably saying for a different reason? Those who had put their tickets to Thursday night’s game against Milwaukee up for sale.
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