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Kevin Durant celebrates passing ‘legend’ Tim Duncan in scoring after win vs. Cavs, as the Nets star becomes 15th-highest scorer in NBA history with 32-point performance
- Kevin Durant put in another efficient performance as the Nets beat the Cavs
- And in doing so he passed Spurs icon Tim Duncan on the all-time scoring charts
- Duncan racked up 26,496 total points in a long and storied playing career
- Durant could conceivably break into the top 10 scorers by the end of the season
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Kevin Durant was able to celebrate two wins on Monday night as the Nets stayed hot with a 125-117 win at the Cavaliers and the star forward inched further up the record books.
Durant poured in 32 points in the victory, and in doing so passed Tim Duncan for No. 15 on the NBA’s all-time scorers list.
In fact, the 34-year-old needed just 14 points to surpass the former Spurs big man, which he did in the first half as he put in yet another highly efficient performance.
Kevin Durant scored 32 points against the Cavaliers in a Monday night win for the Nets
‘You wanna just show up every day, but at some point you gotta celebrate some small wins,’ Durant said after the game.
‘To be able to pass an all-time, great legend, like somebody who shifted and changed the game, it’s something that I’ll call my folks about tonight and talk over and just reminisce on how we got here.
‘So it’s pretty cool to do stuff like that. I wanna celebrate those small things but keep pressing forward, I know I got more to do.’
A two-time MVP and 15-time All-Star, Duncan was the leader of the Spurs teams who dominated the league in the 2000s.
Tim Duncan played 19 years with the Spurs and won five titles with the team in that span
From 1999-2007, the team won four titles, with Duncan also snagging a final ring in 2014 and being inducted into the Hall of Fame last year.
He scored 26,496 points, while Durant now has 26,516.
As Brooklyn leapfrogged Cleveland to become the East’s No. 3 seed, Durant shot 10-18 from the field and 5-8 from three-point range, while also totaling nine rebounds and five assists.
The win means Brooklyn have now won nine straight games, and their 20-7 record since Jacque Vaughn took over as head coach is the league’s best mark in that time.
Duncan speaks after being inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame last year
As for Durant’s personal accolades, his next obstacle is topping Dominique Wilkins’ 26,668 points, though he stands a good chance to break into the top ten by the end of the season.
Moses Malone (27,409 points) is currently just 893 points ahead of Durant, which works out to an average of 18.6 points per contest if he were to play all of the Nets’ remaining 48 games.
He is currently averaging 30.0 points per contest.
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