November 28, 200421 yr Cleveland 96, Chicago 74 Preview - Box Score - Recap November 27, 2004 AP - Nov 27, 8:58 pm EST CLEVELAND (AP) -- LeBron James scored 26 points to become the youngest player in NBA history to reach 2,000 in a career, leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 96-74 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Saturday night. At 19 years, 272 days old, James is 277 days younger than Kobe Bryant was when he set the mark on Feb. 23, 1999, with the Los Angeles Lakers. Jeff McInnis scored 16 points for Cleveland, which won for the ninth time in 10 games and handed the Bulls their 10th loss in 11 games. Eddy Curry scored 20 points to lead Chicago, which went 1-6 on a seven-game trip. James hit a 16-foot fadeaway jumper with 1:03 remaining in the third quarter to reach 2,000. That was his final shot in the game because he went to the bench after three quarters with the Cavaliers comfortably ahead 76-52. The reigning NBA rookie of the year hit six of his first seven shots and had 17 points in the first half. He finished 11-for-17 from the field, mostly on slam dunks and spin moves to the basket. The most sensational was a resounding slam off an alley-oop pass from McInnis that sparked the Cavaliers on an 18-7 run early in the third quarter. James, who played 43 minutes Friday night in a 98-96 victory in Boston, finished with seven assists and seven rebounds in 32 minutes. Robert Traylor had season highs of 12 points and 11 rebounds, and Zydrunas Ilgauskas had 13 points and nine rebounds for Cleveland. The Cavaliers did not win their ninth game last season until Dec. 23, for a 9-19 record. Rookie Luol Deng added 12 points for Chicago, which was coming off its only win of the season Wednesday night in Utah. The Bulls never led and trailed by as many as 28 at 88-60. Notes James' scoring average of 26.6 is second to Bryant's league-leading average of 29.0 this season. ... Actor Dan Akroyd took part in pregame introductions as the Cavaliers' ``sixth man.'' ... Chicago is 1-7 on the road; Cleveland is 6-1 at home. ... The Bulls are 3-11 in their last 14 games at Gund Arena. ... McInnis hit four of Cleveland's season-high eight 3-pointers. Link
November 28, 200421 yr I know LeBron is much younger but did MJ score 2,000 points in his rookie season?
November 28, 200421 yr I know LeBron is much younger but did MJ score 2,000 points in his rookie season? 622446[/snapback] Hell yea.. MJ averaged like 30 a game his rookie year
November 28, 200421 yr I know LeBron is much younger but did MJ score 2,000 points in his rookie season? 622446[/snapback] Hell yea.. MJ averaged like 30 a game his rookie year 622448[/snapback] I thought it was something like 28. So obviously 28 x 80ish = more than 2,000. Because LeBron missed a few games last year so he's probably played like 88 career games or so. So MJ probably scored his 2,000th point in early March. He had 2,300 in his rookie year.
November 28, 200421 yr lets see wade has played in 73 games and he's got 1,293 I think wade will get to his 2,000 in about 30-40 games.
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