PHOENIX – Kevin Durant turned the eighth participant in NBA historical past to attain 30,000 factors, hitting the mark in opposition to the Memphis Grizzlies on Tuesday evening with a free throw late within the third quarter.
The 36-year-old Phoenix Suns ahead, who not too long ago was voted to his fifteenth All-Star staff, joins LeBron James, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Karl Malone, Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan, Dirk Nowitzki and Wilt Chamberlain within the 30,000-point membership. Julius Erving additionally hit the mark when combining his factors scored within the NBA and ABA.
Durant is a four-time NBA scoring champion and stays one of many league’s elite shot makers in his seventeenth NBA season. He’s averaging about 27 factors per recreation whereas capturing 52% from the sector.
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