Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Assuming he's healthy today and Thursday, Los Angeles Lakers power forward LeBron James is going to set the all-time record in regular season NBA scoring at ...

Courtside seats 166 and 167 at the arena where the Los Angeles Lakers play their home games are pretty much as good as it gets.

The Thunder will be back that night. “We’ll stop and make sure that we’ve done our jobs as the archivists of the NBA. “I feel like people are betting on the storyline that he does it against Kareem’s former team, but he could easily score 36 points Tuesday and then the market for the game Thursday could completely crash.” Which is why those same seats are even pricier Thursday for the Lakers’ next game against the Milwaukee Bucks — the two teams Abdul-Jabbar played for during his Hall of Fame career. “There’s no doubt we will stop that game and make sure we record for history, the ball, the basket, the uniform,” Silver said. Total price for the two seats with Ticketmaster fees: $181,500.

LeBron James is 36 points from claiming the all-time regular season scoring record.

As LeBron James gets closer to breaking Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's scoring record, ticket prices are soaring for Lakers games.

The tickets are currently going for $17,540 each. The cheapest 200-level ticket is going for $183, while the cheapest 100-level ticket is going for $264. The Sporting News breaks it all down below. That leaves a more than realistic chance of him achieving the feat on Tuesday against Oklahoma City. [James is only 36 points away](https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nba/news/lebron-james-career-points-tracker-all-time-list-record/r5pqdx03it2yzvnncvtjaw7f) from breaking Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's record as the NBA's all-time leading scorer, meaning he could take the scoring crown any game now. 7 against the Thunder at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, and all eyes will be on James to see if he can reach his scoring benchmark to set the record.

The last time a new name appeared atop the NBA's all-time points rankings was in April 1984. LeBron James was born later that year.

The points record is a testament to an athlete's scoring ability, but also to their stamina and long-term durability. Over that span, he's gone to the NBA Finals Add Dirk Nowitzki and Wilt Chamberlain, and you have the only seven NBA players to score more than 30,000 points. He's slated to be a captain in that game, which will tip off Feb. James addressed the crowd and was emotional about what he'd just done. Abdul-Jabbar was in attendance to witness the accomplishment, along with countless other celebrities.

His N.B.A. career scoring record has been broken, but his legacy of activism and his expansion of Black athlete identity endure.

That season, he led the fledgling Milwaukee Bucks to the 1971 N.B.A. Still, his Lakers are so disjointed they would need Abdul-Jabbar in his prime to make a serious run at an N.B.A. He also absorbed blow after blow on the court. with his lithe quickness and a singular, iconic shot: the sky hook. to three national titles in his three years of eligibility, his teams accumulating a scorched-earth record of 88-2. Soon, there he was, dominating the N.B.A. It is easy to forget now, in today’s digitized world where week-old events are relegated to the historical dustbin, how much of a force Abdul-Jabbar was as a player and cultural bellwether. As a star at the basketball powerhouse U.C.L.A. “He is an intelligent, still maturing man, who realizes some of the individual and collective frailties of human beings, including himself.” “America is not my home,” he said in a televised interview. Guided by the footsteps of Jackie Robinson and Bill Russell, Abdul-Jabbar pushed forward, stretching the limits of Black athlete identity. That is what will always keep his name among the greats of sport, no matter how many of his records fall.

Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James scored the 38388th point of his career on Tuesday, passing NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the most ...

Indeed, James has already earned a special place in Lakers fans' hearts over his five seasons in purple and gold. “LeBron is already one of the greatest Lakers ever, and getting this record in a Lakers uniform just makes it more certain. Sanchez shares a set of two season tickets with a few friends and family, and he already had the seats for Tuesday's game months before anyone could predict the magic day. Lakers fans are no strangers to witnessing historic moments, and they turned out ferociously for the chance to see a once-in-a-generation achievement. An arena packed with celebrities, his entire family and thousands of raucous Lakers fans demanding to see a slice of NBA history was nothing the King couldn't handle. James’ mother, wife and three children also watched from courtside amid the thousands who rose in waves of anticipation nearly every time James touched the ball.

James broke Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's NBA career scoring record Tuesday night in an arena filled with stars and rocked by eager fans anticipating a crowning moment ...

Indeed, James has already earned a special place in Lakers fans' hearts over his five seasons in purple and gold. “LeBron is already one of the greatest Lakers ever, and getting this record in a Lakers uniform just makes it more certain. Sanchez shares a set of two season tickets with a few friends and family, and he already had the seats for Tuesday's game months before anyone could predict the magic day. Lakers fans are no strangers to witnessing historic moments, and they turned out ferociously for the chance to see a once-in-a-generation achievement. And a crowd that had roared for his every basket went crazy yet again. James’ mother, wife and three children also watched from courtside amid the thousands who rose in waves of anticipation nearly every time James touched the ball.

A basketball player wearing a yellow Los Angeles Lakers uniform holds a ball as he poses. Lakers star LeBron James, left, passed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, right, to ...

"I never did the, `OK, if I play this amount of time and I average this' thing," James said. "I hadn't thought of it that way, but that is very true," Silver told The Associated Press. James will be the seventh name on that list, and he's likely to stay there for a long time. None of them were, or are, close to the scorer that James is. He'll almost certainly be the NBA's all-time leader in earnings whenever he retires; when adding in the $97 million US he'll make over the next two seasons, he'll be past $500 million in on-court salary alone. "The scoring record now will never be eclipsed. Please give a standing ovation to the Captain, please." James is behind only John Stockton, Jason Kidd and Chris Paul on the all-time assists list. Abdul-Jabbar held the ball aloft, then handed it to James, the ceremonial passing of the torch. Abdul-Jabbar — a longtime Laker and one of many celebrities and sports stars who made sure they were there to see history — became the league's all-time leading scorer on April 5, 1984 and wound up retiring in 1989 with 38,387 points. "To be able to be in the presence of such a legend as great as Kareem, it's very humbling. "I just want to say, thank you to the Laker faithful.