{"id":18439,"date":"2010-01-22T17:18:04","date_gmt":"2010-01-22T22:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=18439"},"modified":"2023-02-07T07:42:07","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T15:42:07","slug":"nba-news-kobe-hits-25000-career-points-220110","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/sports\/nba-news-kobe-hits-25000-career-points-220110\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Headlines: Kobe Bryant 25,000 Points Milestone"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Kobe Becomes Youngest Player to Score 25,000<\/h2>\n<p>The marquee matchup between the Lakers and the Cleveland Cavaliers was a bittersweet game for Kobe Bryant. The 31-year-old, who has continued to play through injuries, scored 31 points last night. But it wasn\u2019t enough to lead the Lakers past Shaq \u2013 an extra insult for Lakers fans. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/procappers\/\"><strong>LOOKING FOR THE BEST SPORTS HANDICAPPERS ONLINE? WE\u2019VE GOT YOUR BACK CLICK HERE \u2014\u2013&gt;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, Kobe can walk away with some satisfaction, as he became the youngest player in NBA history to score 25,000 points.<\/p>\n<p>Kobe became the 15th player in NBA history to reach the milestone, and did so while over two years younger than current all-time scoring champ, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.<\/p>\n<p>Considering he already holds the second highest single-game scoring record in NBA history, last night\u2019s achievement will solidify Kobe\u2019s reputation as one of the all-time greatest scorers in NBA history. Time will only tell how high his final total will be, but it seems like 30,000 will be seen in the not too distant future.<\/p>\n<p>Last year\u2019s Finals, where Kobe stepped up and led his team to the championship, and this year\u2019s continued play through a long string of injuries, have now solidified a new reputation \u2013 one of a great teammate who wants to win at all costs. Something the Lakers will need if they hope to beat the hungry Cavs, who have now beat the Lakers in the last month.<br \/>\n<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>SPORTSBOOK.COM PROMOS \u2013 JOIN and GET up to $100 FREE \u2013 10% New Member Bonus on your first deposit. $20 Mobile Free Play \u2013 Stay on the go and in the dough with Sportsbook.com Mobile. Bet now! Join Now<\/h3>\n<p><strong><\/strong><br \/>\n<em><strong>Jason `Boneyard` Perry, born and raised in the forests and ice of British Columbia, Canada, is a universal sports fan, writing with an eternally black eye and bloody fist.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lakers guard Kobe Bryant becomes youngest with 25,000 career points in Lakers&#8217; showdown with Cavaliers. He becomes the 15th player in NBA history to reach 25,000 career points and the youngest to hit the milestone&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1141],"tags":[23126,23124,23128,5300,623,23125,746,748,23127],"class_list":["post-18439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","tag-25000-points","tag-basketball-news","tag-basketball-record-books","tag-kobe-bryant","tag-la-lakers","tag-lakers-news","tag-nba-headlines","tag-nba-news","tag-nba-record"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18439"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108604,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18439\/revisions\/108604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}