Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James surpassed Moses Malone on the NBA all-time scoring list in December, and now he’s made his way ahead of Hall of Fame big man Shaquille O’Neal.
During Thursday night’s matchup between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Chicago Bulls, LeBron leapfrogged the current TNT analyst with a free throw in the fourth quarter.
With the made bucket from the charity stripe, LeBron grabbed point No. 28,597.
LeBron James has passed @SHAQ for 7th on the #NBA all-time scoring list.#DefendTheLand pic.twitter.com/sHmKiXtADb
— NBA.com/Stats (@nbastats) March 31, 2017
That puts LeBron behind just a few legendary NBA names for the No. 1 spot all-time. James is now behind Dirk Nowitzki, Wilt Chamberlain, Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Karl Malone, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, in ascending order.
Unfortunately for LeBron, his landmark didn’t help the Cavaliers in the race to the No. 1 spot in the Eastern Conference playoff race. Despite an impressive first half from James, the Cavaliers fell to the Bulls, 99-93.
Bulls sweep 4-game season series from Cavs with 99-93 victory, run ridiculous TNT streak to 20 straight home regular-season wins.
— K.C. Johnson (@KCJHoop) March 31, 2017
