LeBron James became the NBA’s all-time top scorer in the Lakers’ 133-130 loss against the Oklahoma City Thunder. During President Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech on Tuesday night, Los Angeles Lakers fans booed him on the jumbotron at Crypto.com Arena. This was especially intriguing since California is a democratic state.
Aside from politics, booing the President is America’s favorite hobby. Regardless of who is elected, American residents are familiar with the habit of despising politicians of all political parties.
“We did it, Joe,” fans were heard yelling, and “Stop wasting our time.”
Lakers fans booing President Biden pic.twitter.com/KiegkRXzeX
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President Biden’s speech was lengthy. It was the eighth-longest State of the Union address in the previous 60 years, going in at one hour, 12 minutes, and 40 seconds. Former Presidents Bill Clinton and Donald Trump both gave longer addresses than Vice President Joe Biden. Clinton had four longer speeches, while Trump delivered three longer speeches. Clinton’s State of the Union address in 1995 lasted about one hour and 29 minutes. George Washington made the shortest written address, as well as the first, in 1790. There were just 1,089 words in total.
Fortunately, there were no dull moments throughout the game. With 10.9 seconds remaining in the third quarter, LeBron James drained a 14-foot fadeaway jumper to pass Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the league’s all-time top scorer. James began the game trailing the Hall of Famer by 35 points with 38,352 points.
The four-time MVP finished with 38 points on 13-of-20 (65%) field shooting and four 3-pointers, as well as seven rebounds, three assists, and three steals. In the video below, you can see the Lakers star become the league’s all-time top scorer.
38,388 POINTS
LeBron James hits the fadeaway jumper to become the NBA’s all-time leading scorer! #ScoringKing pic.twitter.com/P5LyTZAZn3
— NBA (@NBA) February 8, 2023
“Everything just stopped,” said James. “It gave me an opportunity to embrace it and look around and see my family, the fans, my friends. It was pretty cool. I probably can count on my hands how many times I have cried in 20 years, either in happiness or in defeat. So that moment was one of them when I kind of teared up a little bit. It was ‘I can’t believe what’s going on’ tears.”
With this historic match, the GOAT debate has finally come to an end as King James broke the highest record.
