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LeBron James surpassed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the most field goals in NBA history but his night ended with a disheartening loss and a sore left elbow.James hit a turnaround 12-foot jumper over Zeke Nnaji with 12 seconds left in the first quarter of the Los Angeles Lakers' 120-113 loss to the Denver Nuggets on Thursday night to surpass Abdul-Jabbar's mark.My name being mentioned with some of the greatest to ever play this game has always been humbling and pretty cool, James said. It's a pretty cool thing. I grew up watching and reading, idolizing a lot of the greats. And if I ever was able to be a part of the NBA, I wanted to be in position where I could be named with some of the greats by doing something right."The record-breaking bucket gave James 15,838 career field goals in his unprecedented 23rd NBA season. Abdul-Jabbar had 15,837 baskets when the skyhook-wielding big man ended his 20-year career in 1989 as the NBA's career scoring leader. Karl Malone is a distant third with 13,528 field goals.James finished with 16 points on 7-of-11 shooting but it was his all-round game that kept the Lakers close after the Nuggets jumped out to a 16-3 lead in their wire-to-wire win. James had a team-high eight assists, three steals and a big block.He's been a complete player for 23 years, Lakers coach J.J. Redick said. ... He's just a phenomenal basketball player.Nikola Jokic concurred, saying, He's definitely a legendary player.James passed Abdul-Jabbar to become the top scorer in NBA history in February 2023. James was already the top scorer in NBA playoff history, and he surpassed 50,000 career points in the regular season and postseason combined a year ago.James has already attempted more field goals than any NBA player 31,274 entering Thursday night, including more than 7,500 3-pointers.Abdul-Jabbar, the low-post virtuoso who made more than 50% of his shots in 19 straight seasons to start his career, attempted only 28,307 field goals and just 18 of them were 3-pointers after the shot was introduced to the league midway through his career.James hurt his left elbow on a layup that pulled Los Angeles to 110-106 with four minutes to go and left the game. He and Jokic banged into each other as James scored and James fell to the floor, bracing himself with his right arm but injuring his left. No foul was called and James said the officials told him the contact was marginal.It's pretty sore right now. It feels like a funny bone situation," said James, who returned with 2:05 left and the Lakers trailing by a point. The Lakers, however, never were able to overcome the Nuggets or leapfrog them in the standings.Asked if he was concerned about the severity of the injury, James said, We'll see what happens over the next couple of days. Hopefully, I wake up tomorrow and it doesn't feel too much worse than it does now or if it feels better, that would be great.So, James wasn't really in the mood to look back over his career and relish making more baskets than anyone who ever played the game.I don't know, right now it doesn't hit me at all, James said. Obviously, what I feel is my elbow and I feel the loss. "Obviously, it's a pretty cool feat. But it's hard for me to kind of wrap my head around it and what it looks like. It's something, one, that I've never had a goal to have that record ... but it's a pretty cool feat, it's an unbelievable feat."Abdul-Jabbar was a career 55.9% shooter, while James has hit 51.6% of his shots.James tied Abdul-Jabbar's record with his second basket of the game, an alley-oop dunk from Luka Doncic.Now 41, James regularly sets NBA records for longevity and career achievements most recently becoming the oldest player to get a triple-double last month.Before tipoff, Redick compared his superstar to another iconic American virtuoso: the Boss.Yeah, Im a big Bruce Springsteen fan, and I would probably say his early albums really, really get me going, Redick said. Theres a youthfulness to him, you know, in energy. Nebraska is actually my favorite album of all time. And thats very different from what he had done that far in his career. And then you can kind of see the evolution of him as a singer-songwriter. and then he comes out with the greatest hits. And youre like, Wow, this is pretty good. And then after that he comes out with The Rising, which is one of the most important albums of the 2000s. So, you get to the end and youre like, Holy man, this guys greatest hits are like insane. And LeBrons greatest hits, right? He just keeps adding to them. He just plays and plays and plays and the greatest hits, hes got a hell of a catalog.Even more history awaits James later in March, barring injury and left elbow now willing: The Lakers' visit to the Nuggets was the 1,606th regular-season game of his career, putting him just five games behind Robert Parish (1,611) for the most in NBA history. James already holds the league's career record for playoff games with 292.James says he hasn't decided whether to return to the Lakers next season, but he believes he could keep playing at a high level indefinitely. He was selected for the All-Star Game for the 22nd time in his career despite missing 18 games due to injury, precluding him from consideration for the postseason All-NBA teams.___Beacham reported from Los Angeles. AP freelance writer Ashlyn Stapleton contributed.___AP NBA: https://apnews.com/NBA

LeBron James surpassed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the most field goals in NBA history but his night ended with a disheartening loss and a sore left elbow.James hit a turnaround 12-foot jumper over Zeke Nnaji with 12 seconds left in the first quarter of the Los Angeles Lakers' 120-113 loss to the Denver Nuggets on Thursday night to surpass Abdul-Jabbar's mark.My name being mentioned with some of the greatest to ever play this game has always been humbling and pretty cool, James said. It's a pretty cool thing. I grew up watching and reading, idolizing a lot of the greats. And if I ever was able to be a part of the NBA, I wanted to be in position where I could be named with some of the greats by doing something right."The record-breaking bucket gave James 15,838 career field goals in his unprecedented 23rd NBA season. Abdul-Jabbar had 15,837 baskets when the skyhook-wielding big man ended his 20-year career in 1989 as the NBA's career scoring leader. Karl Malone is a distant third with 13,528 field goals.James finished with 16 points on 7-of-11 shooting but it was his all-round game that kept the Lakers close after the Nuggets jumped out to a 16-3 lead in their wire-to-wire win. James had a team-high eight assists, three steals and a big block.He's been a complete player for 23 years, Lakers coach J.J. Redick said. ... He's just a phenomenal basketball player.Nikola Jokic concurred, saying, He's definitely a legendary player.James passed Abdul-Jabbar to become the top scorer in NBA history in February 2023. James was already the top scorer in NBA playoff history, and he surpassed 50,000 career points in the regular season and postseason combined a year ago.James has already attempted more field goals than any NBA player 31,274 entering Thursday night, including more than 7,500 3-pointers.Abdul-Jabbar, the low-post virtuoso who made more than 50% of his shots in 19 straight seasons to start his career, attempted only 28,307 field goals and just 18 of them were 3-pointers after the shot was introduced to the league midway through his career.James hurt his left elbow on a layup that pulled Los Angeles to 110-106 with four minutes to go and left the game. He and Jokic banged into each other as James scored and James fell to the floor, bracing himself with his right arm but injuring his left. No foul was called and James said the officials told him the contact was marginal.It's pretty sore right now. It feels like a funny bone situation," said James, who returned with 2:05 left and the Lakers trailing by a point. The Lakers, however, never were able to overcome the Nuggets or leapfrog them in the standings.Asked if he was concerned about the severity of the injury, James said, We'll see what happens over the next couple of days. Hopefully, I wake up tomorrow and it doesn't feel too much worse than it does now or if it feels better, that would be great.So, James wasn't really in the mood to look back over his career and relish making more baskets than anyone who ever played the game.I don't know, right now it doesn't hit me at all, James said. Obviously, what I feel is my elbow and I feel the loss. "Obviously, it's a pretty cool feat. But it's hard for me to kind of wrap my head around it and what it looks like. It's something, one, that I've never had a goal to have that record ... but it's a pretty cool feat, it's an unbelievable feat."Abdul-Jabbar was a career 55.9% shooter, while James has hit 51.6% of his shots.James tied Abdul-Jabbar's record with his second basket of the game, an alley-oop dunk from Luka Doncic.Now 41, James regularly sets NBA records for longevity and career achievements most recently becoming the oldest player to get a triple-double last month.Before tipoff, Redick compared his superstar to another iconic American virtuoso: the Boss.Yeah, Im a big Bruce Springsteen fan, and I would probably say his early albums really, really get me going, Redick said. Theres a youthfulness to him, you know, in energy. Nebraska is actually my favorite album of all time. And thats very different from what he had done that far in his career. And then you can kind of see the evolution of him as a singer-songwriter. and then he comes out with the greatest hits. And youre like, Wow, this is pretty good. And then after that he comes out with The Rising, which is one of the most important albums of the 2000s. So, you get to the end and youre like, Holy man, this guys greatest hits are like insane. And LeBrons greatest hits, right? He just keeps adding to them. He just plays and plays and plays and the greatest hits, hes got a hell of a catalog.Even more history awaits James later in March, barring injury and left elbow now willing: The Lakers' visit to the Nuggets was the 1,606th regular-season game of his career, putting him just five games behind Robert Parish (1,611) for the most in NBA history. James already holds the league's career record for playoff games with 292.James says he hasn't decided whether to return to the Lakers next season, but he believes he could keep playing at a high level indefinitely. He was selected for the All-Star Game for the 22nd time in his career despite missing 18 games due to injury, precluding him from consideration for the postseason All-NBA teams.___Beacham reported from Los Angeles. AP freelance writer Ashlyn Stapleton contributed.___AP NBA: https://apnews.com/NBA

Tottenham forward Dominic Solanke has revealed players and staff members immediately held talks in the dressing room following their devastating 3-1 defeat to Crystal Palace last night.Solanke put the hosts ahead, sparking wild celebrations around the ground as the north London giants battle to stay in the Premier League.But Palace came roaring back, with a brace from Ismaila Sarr and another effort from Jorgan Strand Larsen ultimately giving them all three points.The result leaves Igor Tudor's Tottenham team just one point above Nottingham Forest and West Ham with nine matches remaining.TRENDINGStoriesVideosYour SaySolanke fronted up after the fixture, with the 28-year-old admitting that things must improve rapidly if they're to maintain their top-flight status."We've just had a big conversation," he said."We know the position we are in is definitely not where we want to be so we need to figure out how we are going to get out of it as soon as possible."We know there's been difficulties but we're not in a position to make any excuses anymore."We need to do the job on the pitch. It is easy to say we want to be better but we want to be better on the pitch."We need to fight and realise the position we are in. We know the club is not used to being in this position so we need to understand it and understand it's not going to be easy and we need to fight every single game, every single minute, to make sure we improve."LATEST SPORTS NEWS:Winter Olympics athlete reveals health issue after he admitted to cheating on his girlfriendEmma Raducanu takes aim at former coaches as she explains fall from grace since spectacular US Open triumphLewis Hamilton demands Africa 'take back' land from Britain as start of new F1 season loomsTudor has only been in the job for three matches.With not a single point obtained from those fixture, however, the Croatian already finds himself under pressure to keep his job.Tudor admitted he was disappointed by Tottenham's defeat, admitting that a red card for Micky van de Ven before the interval swung the pendulum in Palace's favour.We are disappointed we lose. The red card changed the game," he said. "Then we conceded two or three fast goals."In the second half we tried. We wanted some good energy, I saw something to make me believe we can do it and I am sure we will do.The game plan was to believe when we are attacking that we are going to score a goal otherwise you cannot stay defending with one player [less] and unfortunately it was not enough.After this game I believe more than before. I know it is not easy. It is a moment but it will pass. It will pass. The message I said to them [the players] is not [for the] public."Palace boss Oliver Glasner, meanwhile, was delighted as the Eagles climbed to 13th in the table."It was a satisfying evening, especially with the result and the first half performance," he said. "I wasn't very pleased with the second half, we didn't control the game in the way we wanted with one extra player."We gave them too many set plays and dangerous opportunities around the box, but these things can happen."What I loved most is the reaction after we conceded the goal; it was great coming back scoring fantastic goals. But we also have to be critical that we could have done better in the second half. This is what we will work on now, consistency over the full game."Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter

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