Things have to go very badly for Kevin Durant not to become the fifth highest scorer of all time in one or two games, surpassing none other than Michael Jordan. The figure to beat is the 32,292 with which ‘Air’ closed his career. ‘Durantula‘ is 26 points away from that milestone, which means that in the next game he could already beat it, although the normal thing would be in two.
If Durant has a good night, it will be in front of his home crowd this very morning in the ‘back-to-back‘ that the Rockets have to play against the Miami Heat. With the proximity of the Playoffs, it is possible that there will be a distribution of efforts, so if he does not succeed in a few hours, we will have to wait until Tuesday morning.
That day, fate has willed that the Rockets visit Chicago. This means that Durant can surpass Michael Jordan in what was the garden of ‘Air’s’ house, the United Center, the place that the greatest player of all time helped to elevate in the NBA and where he scored most of those more than 32,000 points that will soon be the sixth best mark when its owner retired leaving it the third (he was surpassed by Kobe, first and LeBron later)
“Michael Jordan spent his career scaring defenders and that’s why he did what he did. And that’s the same feeling I’ve tried to instill in those who have defended me,” said Kevin Durant, who has climbed the ranks this season (Chamberlain, Nowitzki) to dethrone the greatest myth of all. The next step is Kobe Bryant (33,643), although that will have to wait until next season if health permits.
Against the Hawks, a game in which the Rockets snapped the Hawks’ 11-game winning streak, Durant scored 25 points on 9-of-15 shooting. He was the best among the Texans as Jabari Smith Jr. had 23 and Alperen Sengun, 15 and 10 rebounds.
In the Hawks, the best was Nickeil Alexander-Walker, with 21 points followed by CJ McCollum with 17 and Zacharie Risacher with 16. The Hawks are still fighting to win a place among the top six in the East, they are seventh tied with 38 wins with Orlando, Miami and Philadelphia, while the Rockets are fourth in pursuit of the Lakers and with Denver and Minnesota in pursuit.
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