Overview
- Durant reached the mark with a 10-foot jumper in the first quarter against Phoenix after entering the game four points shy.
- He totaled 28 points in three quarters as Houston won 117-98, bringing his career tally to 31,024.
- Houston improved to 15-5 and No. 2 in the West during Durant’s first season with the Rockets following a seven-team offseason trade.
- He joins LeBron James, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Karl Malone, Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan, Dirk Nowitzki and Wilt Chamberlain in the 31,000-point club.
- If he remains healthy, multiple outlets note he is positioned to pass Chamberlain (31,419) and Nowitzki (31,560) this season and could challenge Michael Jordan’s 32,292.