European champion Tristan da Silva led the Orlando Magic to a dramatic victory in the NBA professional basketball league. The 24-year-old contributed 19 points in the 115:114 win against the Dallas Mavericks, making him the team’s best scorer off the bench. Da Silva hit all eight of his shots and sank four three-pointers. Meanwhile, LeBron James broke the record for the most baskets in the NBA in the Lakers game.
In the Magic’s success, Wendell Carter Jr. scored the decisive points with a dunk 1.4 seconds before the end. Thanks to the second success in a row, Orlando remains in seventh place in the East, close to the direct playoff places.
World champion Moritz Wagner had six points, two rebounds and two assists, while Franz Wagner was still missing due to injury. Klay Thompson scored best for Dallas with 24 points.
LeBron trumps Abdul-Jabbar (again).
After setting the record for most points, LeBron James now also took over the record for most baskets scored within the NBA regular season.
The 41-year-old superstar scored his 15,837 at the end of the first quarter with a jump shot from mid-range in the Los Angeles Lakers’ game against the Denver Nuggets. Basket to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. At the end of the game against the Nuggets, which was lost 113:120, he had a new record of 15,842 baskets.
In the meantime, however, James experienced a moment of shock and complained of pain in his left elbow after a fall. But he returned and finished his record game with 16 points on nine baskets. James had already surpassed Abdul-Jabbar’s point mark of 38,387 points three years ago, but needed significantly fewer baskets due to the introduction of the three-point shot.
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