EmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsDENVER -- LeBron James already had scored the most points in NBA history.Now the Los Angeles Lakers star has made the most baskets, too.James hit a baseline turnaround jump shot over Denver Nuggets forward Zeke Nnaji with 12.3 seconds remaining in the first quarter Thursday for his third made field goal of the game and 15,838th of his career, passing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the most made field goals in NBA history.James already replaced Abdul-Jabbar as the league's all-time leading scorer on Feb. 7, 2023 with a step-back jump shot from the foul line extended, giving him 38,388 career points.He's since pushed that point total north of 43,000, putting some distance between him and Abdul-Jabbar at No. 2."I'm a big Bruce Springsteen fan," Lakers coach JJ Redick said before the game. "I would probably say his early albums really get me going. There's a youthfulness to him. And energy. 'Nebraska' is actually my favorite album of all time, and that's like very different for what he had done that far in his career. And then you can see the evolution of him as a singer/songwriter. And then he comes out with the greatest hits and you're like, 'Wow, this is pretty good.' And then after that, he comes out with 'The Rising,' which is one of the most important albums of the 2000s. So, you get to the end and you're like, 'Holy s--- this guy's greatest hits are like insane.'"And LeBron's greatest hits, he just keeps adding to them. He just plays and plays and plays. And the greatest hits are just ... he's got a hell of a catalog."Earlier this season, James passed Michael Cooper for No. 5 on the Lakers' all-time assists list and joined Kobe Bryant as the only other Laker with 1,000 made 3-point shots.The next major statistical milestone on the horizon for James is Robert Parish's record of 1,611 games played.James is No. 2, with 1,606 and could pass Parish on March 16 against the Houston Rockets if he plays every game on the Lakers' upcoming schedule up until then.
