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Points in a career: 20,000 James holds the NBA record as the youngest player to score 10,000 points in a career, which he set in 2007. Six years later he set the career record as the youngest player to score 20,000 points, in a January 16, 2013, game against the Golden State Warriors at just over twenty-eight years of age. The name of the player he surpassed ? Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers, who set the previous record at twenty-nine years, four months old.

James, as a member of the Miami Heat in a January 16, 2013, game versus

Golden State scored a total of 25 points, along with 10 assists and seven rebounds. His performance makes him one of 48 players (as of the end of the 2017–2018 season) in NBA history to score at least 20,000 points in his career.

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CHAPTER 1: GREATEST MOMENTS