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LeBron James broke NBA Twitter by breaking the all-time scoring record: Best memes and tweets

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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 07: LeBron James #6 of the Los Angeles Lakers scores to pass Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to become the NBA's all-time leading scorer, surpassing Abdul-Jabbar's career total of 38,387 points against the Oklahoma City Thunder at Crypto.com Arena on February 07, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 07: LeBron James #6 of the Los Angeles Lakers scores to pass Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to become the NBA's all-time leading scorer, surpassing Abdul-Jabbar's career total of 38,387 points against the Oklahoma City Thunder at Crypto.com Arena on February 07, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

LeBron James has called himself ‘King’ since high school, but the Lakers star is now the NBA’s all-time scoring king after breaking the record on Tuesday.

It felt like somewhat of a longshot that Lakers superstar LeBron James would break Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s NBA all-time scoring record on Tuesday night against the Thunder. After all, he was 36 points away from claiming the title of scoring king.

He is King James after all, though. And with Kareem sitting courtside in Los Angeles, LeBron only needed three quarters to put his name atop the history books.

Late in the third quarter, James hit a jumper that sent the crowd into a frenzy as he scored his 38,888th career point, passing Abdul-Jabbar and now with no one else above him.

Watch LeBron James bucket that broke NBA all-time scoring record

It was only fitting that James surpassed Abdul-Jabbar’s once-thought-unattainable record on Tuesday night with one of his signature moves. After backing down his defender, he rose up for a fadeaway mid-range jumper and buried it for his 36th point of the night — only needing three quarters to break the record.

LeBron James sets NBA all-time scoring record: Funniest memes and tweets

At such a historic moment for the NBA, you know that it was a historic moment for NBA Twitter as well with a mix of jokes, congratulations and appreciation for LeBron James.

https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/1623184653229195266

https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/1623185606707757057

https://twitter.com/peterdewey2/status/1623187442516824065

It’s rare in this world that almost anything lives up to immense hype, but it’s perhaps even rarer in the sports world when a prodigy is coronated as the next great and possible greatest ever at a young age, and then they go on to be every bit of that.

That’s what LeBron James did. Some might call him the greatest of all-time, some might never let themselves say that. But with the NBA all-time scoring record in tow along with his litany of other accomplishments, at worst, he’s earned his place in that GOAT conversation.

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