The Cavaliers' LeBron James made history, scoring his 30,000th point in Tuesday's game against the Spurs.

The historic point came on a 2-point jumper with 1.1 seconds left in the first quarter.

He became the youngest ever and just the seventh player in NBA history to reach 30,000 career points. He is the first person to have 30,000 points, 7,000 assists and 7,000 rebounds.

A jumper for 30,001 career points pic.twitter.com/NihviPgOxW — Sports Illustrated (@SInow) January 24, 2018

Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki (30,808) is the only other active player ahead of him. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the all-time scoring leader, finishing a 20-year career with 38,387 points.

Karl Malone (36,928) is second on the scoring list followed by Kobe Bryant (33,643), Michael Jordan (32,292) and Wilt Chamberlain (31,419).

The 33-year-old James is averaging 27.1 points per game in his career, with 27.0 this season.

The Cavs had fun on social media preparing for the historic moment, beginning Saturday when he was 25 points away from 30,000.

In case you had any doubt that #LeBronJames is ready to make #NBA history today ... 😈#StriveForGreatness🚀 pic.twitter.com/hBSZgdo5k6 — Cleveland Cavaliers (@cavs) January 20, 2018

James made his NBA debut on Oct. 29, 2003 and has been the one of the biggest stars of the game since.

He's played with just the Cavaliers and the Heat.

Big congrats to the king.</s>SAN ANTONIO (AP) — LeBron James has made it a point not to revel in his accomplishments. He allowed himself a moment to savor this milestone, though.

James became the youngest ever to join the NBA’s 30,000-point club.

He became the seventh player with 30,000 career points when he hit a jumper with one second left in the first quarter of the Cleveland Cavaliers’ 114-102 loss to the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday night.

“I don’t ever fully appreciate what I do anytime I accomplish something, no matter if it’s a win or a loss,” James said. “I’m looking forward to the moment when I can be done with the game and I can sit back with my family and my friends and we can drink some wine and talk about all the accomplishments that I had and feats I was able to accomplish.”

James, who needed seven points to reach the milestone, finished with 28.

He was recognized by the arena before the second quarter and got a standing ovation from Spurs fans. James patted his heart and said “thank you so much.”

“Just a special moment,” James said. “I just started thinking about everything that my journey (has entailed) from being a kid that first picked up a basketball when I was five years old to first starting playing organized basketball when I was nine and all the way up until this point. I give a lot of thanks to a lot of people. It’s just a special moment.

“It’s something I never set out to do. I’m not even a score-first guy when it comes to playing basketball. I love getting my teammates involved and seeing my teammates be excited about scoring and me getting assists. For me to sit here and be the youngest player ever to reach 30,000.”

He missed his first two midrange jumpers against San Antonio before making two driving layups and a 20-footer. He hit the milestone jumper over Danny Green from 19 feet out.

The Cavaliers were unable to celebrate immediately because the Spurs had an opportunity for a last-second shot. When Brandon Paul missed a 71-foot heave and the buzzer sounded, James’ teammates quickly streamed off the bench to congratulate him.

Among the first to greet him was guard Dwyane Wade, James’ teammate for four seasons in Miami, including two NBA championships.

“I just told him I’m proud of him,” Wade said. “You see a person’s work ethic, you know a person’s heart, cares about team, cares about winning. Even though he’s had a lot of individual success, he doesn’t feel comfortable with some of it.”

The 33-year-old James joined Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38,387 points), Karl Malone (36,928), Kobe Bryant (33,643), Michael Jordan (32,292), Wilt Chamberlain (31,419) and Dirk Nowitzki (30,808) on the list.

At 33 years and 24 days, James is the youngest to reach the mark. Bryant was 34 years and 104 days when he got there.

The 14-time All-Star has averaged 27.1 points since breaking into the league as an 18-year-old in 2003.

“It’s an awesome achievement,” San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich said, “but what else do you say about LeBron that we haven’t said many times before? He’s just a great, great competitor and a great player.”</s>Lebron James, who turned 33 on December 30, overtakes Kobe Bryant as the youngest NBA player to hit the 30,000 figure. Bryant was 34 years and 104 days old when he reached the mark.

LOS ANGELES, USA – LeBron James made National Basketball Association history on Tuesday, January 23, becoming the youngest player to reach the 30,000-point milestone.

James, who turned 33 on December 30, surpassed Kobe Bryant as the youngest player to hit the 30,000 figure. Bryant was 34 years and 104 days old when he reached the mark.

The Cleveland Cavaliers superstar James did it by hitting a jump shot against the San Antonio Spurs on the final possession of the first quarter for his eighth point of the contest,

James came into the game needing just seven to scale the height only six others have achieved so far. He joins Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38,387 points), Karl Malone (36,928), Bryant (33,643), Michael Jordan (32,292), Wilt Chamberlain (31,419) and Dirk Nowitzki (30,808) on the select list of scorers.

There was a very good chance history would be made on Tuesday, January 23, at the Spurs AT&T Center arena as James came into the game averaging 26.8 points, 7.8 rebounds and 8.7 assists per game this season.

There are some now that feel James could make a run at the league's all-time scoring record – Kareem's career total of 38,387 points.

James attempted to do it at home on Saturday but finished with just 18 points on eight of 17 shooting in a 148-124 blowout loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Coming into Tuesday's game, James led the NBA in field goals made this season (463) and over his career, he has made 10,886 field goals which is 19 away from surpassing Nowitzki (10,904 FGM) for eighth all-time in league history.

Twitterverse erupts with praises for @KingJames. Here are some of the comments:

A club of ONE! @KingJames is the ONLY player in @NBAHistory with 30,000 points, 7,000 rebounds and 7,000 assists!#ThisIsWhyWePlay #LeBronJames #AllForOne pic.twitter.com/4n5lmt7Wzo — NBA (@NBA) January 24, 2018

History made. @KingJames is officially in the 30,000 Career Points Club! pic.twitter.com/nXbP0pcikx — NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) January 24, 2018</s>SAN ANTONIO — LeBron James became the youngest player ever with 30,000 career points, but LaMarcus Aldridge scored 30 points to lift the San Antonio Spurs over the slumping Cleveland Cavaliers 114-102 on Tuesday night.

James had 28 points while becoming the seventh member of the 30,000-point club, yet he couldn’t keep the Cavaliers from dropping their 10th in 13 games.

Spurs point guard Dejounte Murray — friend and mentee of James — had 19 points, 10 rebounds and seven steals in his second start since replacing a healthy Tony Parker. Murray soared for a tip follow and then rose to disrupt James’ driving layup, which led to a 3-pointer by Danny Green that gave the Spurs a 105-94 lead with 4:20 remaining.

Murray’s effort helped San Antonio push past Cleveland in a battle between teams entangled in turmoil.

The Spurs denied reports that injured superstar Kawhi Leonard is unhappy with how the team is handling his right quadriceps tendinopathy and wants to be traded.

The Cavaliers, meanwhile, acknowledged reports that they held a team meeting to address Kevin Love’s early exit due to illness from a blowout loss at Oklahoma City and his subsequent absence from the following day’s practice.

Love said the Cavs have a history of thriving on chaos, and they seemed to put the dysfunction aside early as James got the seven points he needed to reach his milestone.

After missing his first two midrange jumpers and a pair of free throws, James made two driving layups and a 20-footer, and then rose above Danny Green for a 19-foot jumper with one second remaining in the first quarter to reach the mark. The shot put Cleveland up 29-25.

At 33 years and 24 days, James is the youngest player to get 30,000. Bryant was 34 years and 104 days when he got there.

Cavaliers: With 30,021 points, James joined Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38,387 points), Karl Malone (36,928), Kobe Bryant (33,643), Michael Jordan (32,292), Wilt Chamberlain (31,419) and Dirk Nowitzki (30,808) on the list. … Iman Shumpert returned after missing two months following arthroscopic surgery on his left knee. He played seven minutes Nov. 27 against Philadelphia in his previous appearance. … Cleveland’s bench is averaging a franchise best 41.1 points per game this season. … The Cavs have allowed 100 points in four straight games.

Spurs: Aldridge was named an All-Star reserve. He is the first Spurs player who didn’t play his rookie season in San Antonio to make the All-Star team since Artis Gilmore in 1986. … San Antonio is 38-7 at home against Cleveland. … Pau Gasol did not play after spraining his right wrist against Indiana on Sunday. … The Spurs have had at least one player selected for the All-Star Game in 39 of 41 years, missing out in 1989 and 1997.</s>LeBron James has often pointed out that he enjoys spreading the ball around as much as he enjoys scoring. But as he sat just 7 points short of 30,000 for his career leading into Tuesday night’s game against the San Antonio Spurs, the notoriously unselfish superstar threw an online alley-oop to himself off the backboard.

“Wanna be one of the first to congratulate you on this accomplishment/achievement tonight that you’ll reach!” James wrote in an Instagram post that featured a photo from his high school days. “Only a handful has reach/seen it too and while I know it’s never been a goal of yours from the beginning try (please try) to take a moment for yourself on how you’ve done it!”

The post went up more than seven hours before James’s Cleveland Cavaliers tipped off against the Spurs in San Antonio, but he had good reason to be confident: He had been held to fewer than 7 points just three times in his career, and the last time came on Dec. 29, 2004 when he was 19 years old.

Sure enough, with 1 second left in the first quarter, he sank a 19-footer, giving him 8 points in the game and pushing him to 30,001 in his career. He finished the game — a 114-102 loss — with 28 points, leaving him with 30,021, or 8,366 short of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s N.B.A. record.

Talking to reporters after the game, Dwyane Wade, who won two N.B.A. championships with James in Miami before joining him in Cleveland, said he was happy he could be on the court for his friend’s achievement.

“He can start moving to 35 now,” Wade joked. “I’m sure he’ll be there in no time.”

James joined Abdul-Jabbar, Karl Malone, Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan, Wilt Chamberlain and Dirk Nowitzki as the only N.B.A. players to reach 30,000. And at 33 years and 24 days old, he shattered Bryant’s record for getting to the milestone fastest, as Bryant was 34 years and 104 days old when he hit the mark in 2012. Even accounting for James’s status as a prep-to-pro player, allowing him to join the league at an age three to four years younger than that of all the players on the list besides Bryant, James did it in the fourth-fewest games, trailing only Abdul-Jabbar, Jordan and Chamberlain.</s>Heading into last night's game between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the San Antonio Spurs, LeBron James needed seven points to reach the 30,000 career point milestone.

He finished the game with 28 points. While that was more than enough to get James into the club, it was not however enough for the Cavaliers to win the game. The Spurs won 114-102 in San Antonio.

James became the seventh player with 30,000 career points when he hit a jumper with one second left in the first quarter.

In addition, James became the first NBA player to add 7,000 rebounds and 7,000 assists to his point total.

He was recognized by the arena before the second quarter and got a standing ovation from Spurs fans. James patted his heart and said "thank you so much."

ESPN reports on his reaction to the career event:

"Just a special moment," James said after the game. "I just started thinking about everything. My journey from being a kid who first picked up a basketball when I was 5 years old to playing organized basketball when I was 9 all the way up to this point. "I give a lot of thanks to a lot of people. This is a special moment. It's something I never set out to do. I'm not even a score-first guy when it comes to playing basketball. I love getting my teammates involved and seeing my teammates be excited about scoring and me getting the assist and things of that nature."

James is not known for being a scorer, but "[dominating] in all facets —rebounding, assisting, defending, getting some blocked shots...," explained James. He has averaged 27.1 points a game since he began playing in the league in 2003, at the age of 18 and right out of high school.

The 14-time All-Star is also the youngest person to join the prestigious point club. He's done it all at the age of 33 years and 24 days.

He bested Kobe Bryant, who was 34 years and 104 days when he reached the mark.

Others on the points' list are: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38,387 points), Karl Malone (36,928), Kobe Bryant (33,643), Michael Jordan (32,292), Wilt Chamberlain (31,419) and Dirk Nowitzki (30,808).

The complete list of participants for the NBA's All-Star Game on Feb. 18 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles was unveiled Tuesday night.

James will be the captain for the Eastern Conference and Stephen Curry will head the Western Conference.</s>James became the seventh player with 30,000 career points when he hit a jumper with one second left in the first quarter of the Cleveland Cavaliers' game against the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday night.

James was recognized by the arena before the second quarter and got a standing ovation from Spurs fans. James patted his heard and said "thank you so much."

James needed seven points Tuesday to get there. He missed his first two midrange jumpers before making two driving layups and a 20-footer. He hit the milestone jumper over Danny Green from 19 feet out.

The 33-year-old James joined Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38,387 points), Karl Malone (36,928), Kobe Bryant (33,643), Michael Jordan (32,292), Wilt Chamberlain (31,419) and Dirk Nowitzki (30,808) on the list.

At 33 years and 24 days, James is the youngest to reach the mark. Bryant was 34 years and 104 days when he got there.

The 14-time All-Star has averaged 27.1 points since breaking into the league as an 18-year-old in 2003.</s>LOS ANGELES: LeBron James made National Basketball Association history on Tuesday (Jan 23), becoming the youngest player to reach the 30,000-point milestone.

James, who turned 33 on Dec 30, surpassed Kobe Bryant as the youngest player to hit the 30,000 figure. Bryant was 34 years and 104 days old when he reached the mark.

The Cleveland Cavaliers superstar James did it by hitting a jump shot against the San Antonio Spurs on the final possession of the first quarter for his eighth point of the contest,

James came into the game needing just seven to scale the height only six others have achieved so far. He joins Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38,387 points), Karl Malone (36,928), Bryant (33,643), Michael Jordan (32,292), Wilt Chamberlain (31,419) and Dirk Nowitzki (30,808) on the select list of scorers.

There was a very good chance history would be made on Tuesday at the Spurs AT&T Center arena as James came into the game averaging 26.8 points, 7.8 rebounds and 8.7 assists per game this season.

There are some now that feel James could make a run at the league's all-time scoring record - Kareem's career total of 38,387 points.

James attempted to do it at home on Saturday but finished with just 18 points on eight of 17 shooting in a 148-124 blowout loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Coming into Tuesday's game, James led the NBA in field goals made this season (463) and over his career, he has made 10,886 field goals which is 19 away from surpassing Nowitzki (10,904 FGM) for eighth all-time in league history.</s>LOS ANGELES, United States, Jan 24 – LeBron James made NBA history on Tuesday, hitting the final shot of the first quarter to become the youngest player ever to reach the 30,000 career points milestone.

The Cleveland Cavaliers superstar James, who turned 33 on December 30, surpassed Kobe Bryant as the youngest to hit the regular season mark. Bryant was 34 years and 104 days old when he reached it.

James delivered by nailing a step back jump shot against the San Antonio Spurs with 1.1 seconds remaining in the first for his eighth point of the contest and 30,001 overall.

“The moment was unbelievable,” said James. “The journey is something I have been on for quite awhile now and I would never take that for granted.”

James finished with 28 points on 10-of-23 shooting from the field in the Cavaliers’ 114-102 loss to San Antonio, boosting his total to 30,021.

James came into the game needing just seven to scale the height only six others have achieved so far. He joins Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38,387 points), Karl Malone (36,928), Bryant (33,643), Michael Jordan (32,292), Wilt Chamberlain (31,419) and Dirk Nowitzki (30,808) on the select list of high scorers.

“Congrats #KingJames. Welcome to the club!!!” Nowitzki wrote on Twitter.

James opened his scoring night with a drive and a left-handed layup with 7:19 left in the first quarter. He added two more points on a finger roll layup with just over four minutes left. He got to within one point of the mark with 64 seconds to go with his first successful jump shot of the game.

“Congratulations to LeBron on reaching 30,000 points – yet another milestone in an extraordinary career that continues to inspire,” said NBA commissioner Adam Silver.

There was a very good chance history would be made on Tuesday at the Spurs AT&T Center arena as James came into the game averaging 26.8 points, 7.8 rebounds and 8.7 assists per game this season.

James attempted to do it at home on Saturday, but finished with just 18 points on eight of 17 shooting in a 148-124 blowout loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Prior to Tuesday’s game, a confident James took to Instagram to congratulate himself. “The House you are about to be apart of has only 6 seats in it …. Congrats again Young King,” he wrote.

James started out as a high school phenom who grew up to play for his hometown Cavaliers’ team, then the villain who left for Florida and eventually to the favourite son who returned home.

He was drafted first overall by Cleveland in 2003 and in February 2008 he became the youngest player to score 10,000 points.

Five years after James played in his first all-star game in 2005, he made “The Decision” to take his talents to South Beach to play for the Miami Heat.

The move paid off with his first NBA title in June 2012, when the Heat beat Oklahoma City in five games.

After consistent success in Miami, James announced on July 2014 he was returning to Cleveland and two years later he delivered a championship, ending the city’s 52-year title drought.

James could now make a run at the league’s all-time scoring record — Kareem’s career total of 38,387 points.

But before that, there are more milestones to collect. Coming into Tuesday’s game, James led the NBA in field goals made this season (463) and over his career, he has made 10,886 field goals which is 19 away from surpassing Nowitzki (10,904) for eighth all-time in league history.</s>LeBron James made NBA history Tuesday night when he hit the final shot of the first quarter to become the youngest player ever to reach the 30,000 career regular season point milestone.

James, who turned 33 on December 30, surpassed previous record holder Kobe Bryant by 444 days as the youngest player to hit the 30,000 figure.

Bryant was 34 years and 104 days old when he reached the mark in 2012.

The Cleveland Cavaliers superstar James did it by nailing a jump shot against the San Antonio Spurs with 1.1 seconds remaining for his eighth point of the contest.

Just hours before the match-up with the Spurs, James congratulated himself on Instagram for hitting the mark in advance.

'Wanna be one of the first to Congratulate you on this accomplishment/achievement tonight that you’ll reach!' James wrote under a picture of himself in his high school uniform.

'Only a handful has reach/seen it too and while I know it’s never been a goal of yours from the beginning try (please try) to take a moment for yourself on how you’ve done it!

'The House you’re about to be apart of has only 6 seats in it (as of now) but 1 more will be added and you should be very proud and honored to be invited inside,' James continued.

'There’s so many people to thank who has help this even become possible (so thank them all) and when u finally get your moment (alone) to yourself smile, look up to the higher skies and say THANK YOU! So with that said, Congrats again Young King [sic]! 1 Love! #striveforgreatness #thekidfromakron,' James wrote.

James came into the game needing just seven to scale the height only six others have achieved so far. He joins Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who holds the top spot with 38,387 points.

Abdul-Jabbar reached 30,000 on November 19, 1983, at age 36, and like James, he was in 15th NBA season.

Karl Malone holds the No 2 spot with 36,928. Malone reached 30,000 on January 29, 2000, at the age of 36, and also like James in his 15th NBA season.

Bryant sits in the third spot with 33,643. He hit the 30,000 mark in 2012.

Michael Jordan 32,292 comes in fourth place. Jordan reached 30,000 on January 4, 2002, at age 38, and in his 14th NBA season.

Wilt Chamberlain is fifth with 31,419. Chamberlain reached 30,000 on February 16, 1972, at age 35, and in his 13th NBA season.

And Dirk Nowitzki is in the sixth spot with 30,808. Nowitzki reached 30,000 on March 7, 2017, at age 38, and in his 19th NBA season

James opened his scoring night with a drive and a left-handed layup with 7:19 left in the first quarter. He added two more points on a finger roll layup with just over four minutes left.

James got to within one point of the mark with 64 seconds to go with his first successful jump shot of the game.

There was a very good chance history would be made on Tuesday at the Spurs AT&T Center arena as James came into the game averaging 26.8 points, 7.8 rebounds and 8.7 assists per game this season.

James attempted to do it at home on Saturday, but finished with just 18 points on eight of 17 shooting in a 148-124 blowout loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder.

The basketball star started out as a high school phenom who grew up to play for his hometown Cavaliers' team, then the villain who left for Florida, to the favorite son who returned home.

He was drafted first overall by Cleveland in 2003 and in February 2008 he became the youngest player to score 10,000 points.

Five years after James played in his first all-star game in 2005, he made 'The Decision' to take his talents to South Beach to play for the Miami Heat.

The move paid off with his first NBA title in June 2012, when the Heat beat Oklahoma City in five games.

After much success in Miami, James announced on July 2014 he was returning to Cleveland and two years later he delivered a championship, ending the city's 52-year title drought.

James could now make a run at the league's all-time scoring record -- Kareem's career total of 38,387 points.

But before that, there are more milestones to collect.

Coming into Tuesday's game, James led the NBA in field goals made this season (463) and over his career, he has made 10,886 field goals which is 19 away from surpassing Nowitzki (10,904) for eighth all-time in league history.
LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers scores his 30,000th career regular-season point in a loss to the San Antonio Spurs. James becomes the youngest player to reach the milestone at age 33 years, 24 days, surpassing Kobe Bryant's previous record of 34 years, 104 days.