Kevin Durant of the Brooklyn Networks, he reached the fifteenth position in the scoring charts in NBA history against the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Durant surpassed Duncan’s 26,496 points, a four-time NBA champion in his storied career with the San Antonio Spurs, with a jump shot in the second quarter of the Cleveland game.
The former Oklahoma City Thunder and Golden State Warriors player is already targeting Dominique Wilkinson’s 26,668, in a ranking led by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, with 38,387.
The number 7 of the Nets surpassed tonight the 1,827 threes scored in the NBA by Kobe Bryant, legend of the Los Angeles Lakers.
This ranking is led by Steph Curry, with 3,248.
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Kevin Durant passes Tim Duncan on the all-time scoring list as the @BrooklynNets win the ninth consecutive game!
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Kevin Durant and the NBA
He is considered one of the best players in the world, he was NBA champion and MVP in the 2017 and 2018 Finals, MVP in the 2014 season.
He was also a 2010 World Champion and an Olympic Gold Medalist with the US National Team in 2012, 2016 and 2021.
He made his NBA debut in 2007 with the Seattle Supersonics where he played until 2016, he emigrated to the Golden State Warriors where he played for 3 years (from 2016 to 2019).
With Golden he won his first NBA ring, a year later they are champions again and he was chosen as MVP.
He arrives in Broklyn in 2019 on a $161 million deal over 4 years, he was also fined $25,000 for throwing the ball in the stands.
He made his debut for the United States team in 2008 where he was Turkey’s World Cup champion and MVP.
Via EFE
