Kobe dropped 44 tonight in a
lost to the Grizzlies (fuckin' sad and also lets you know how far the Celtics have fallen because they lost to the Lakers about 24 hours earlier), but all he really needed was the 29th because that's the one that put him over The Logo in the Lakers' history books. Mr. Bryant now has 25,208 points, and at 31, he's gonna push that total to insurmountable heights.
When its all said and done, Kobe will AT THE LEAST bump Shaq out of the top 5 of NBA all-time leading scorers and most likely crack 30,000 (at the moment Shaq has 28,119). I doubt he ever catches Kareem (38,387), but I don't think that's his goal. I think that goal is Jordan's 32,292, and that he'll play as long as he needs to top it. Either way, congrats to him on the milestone.
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