What does 20,000 points mean? In NBA history, only 43 people have done it before. Only four people can complete it before the age of 30. Their names are Jordan, Kobe, Chamberlain and James. This time Durant also joined their ranks. The editor of q6u.com thinks this is really a great thing. It is a great honor to be compared with the historical superstars

Durant became the second youngest person in history to score 20,000 points

After predecessors Kobe and James took turns hitting the 20,000-point mark

Now it's Durant's turn.

At 1 minute and 40 seconds into the second quarter, Durant attacked with the ball. He faced Montrezl Harrell's defense in the high post, swayed his opponent with a cross step, and then collected the ball and hit a jump shot. He scored the 25th point of the game, thus bringing his career total to 20,000 points and becoming the second youngest player in NBA history to reach 20,000 points.

After Durant hit this landmark goal, the audience burst into applause, and the fans stood up and applauded Durant. The Warriors players briefly congratulated Durant and then continued to play. Durant felt the enthusiasm of the fans and thanked the fans for their blessings after the game.

Durant performed extremely well in the first half. He made 9 of 10 shots and scored 25 points on all 3 three-pointers, helping the Warriors take a 62-58 lead. In the second half of the game, Durant still felt hot. He made 5 of 8 shots and 3 of 4 three-pointers. He scored another 15 points, bringing his score for this game to 40 points. This is Durant's scoring record this season.

But Durant was upstaged by a man named Lou Williams, who turned his milestone into a tragedy. Williams played 35 minutes and made 16 of 27 shots, 8 of 16 three-pointers, 10 free throws, 50 points, 7 assists and 2 rebounds, ranking first in the NBA's best single game this season.

KD is the fifth player in history to score 20,000 points before the age of 30. The other four are James, Kobe, Chamberlain, and Jordan.

The youngest person in history to score 20,000 points is James. He became the youngest person in history to score 20,000 points at 28 years and 17 days. Kobe Bryant scored his 20,000th career point at 29 years and 122 days old. Chamberlain scored his 20,000th career point at 29 years and 134 days old. Jordan scored his 20,000th career point at 29 years and 326 days old.

KD currently ranks 44th on the all-time scoring list, and the next target to surpass is Jamison.

James is about to become the youngest player in history to score 30,000 points. As long as KD remains healthy, it is unlikely that he will surpass James and become the youngest player to score 30,000 points in history. However, the second youngest player in history to score 30,000 points is safe

Durant’s path to greatness

On October 31, 2007, an extremely thin young man scored the first point of his career through free throws wearing a Seattle SuperSonics jersey. Five years later, on November 1, Durant's career reached the 10,000-point mark. On December 17, 2014, in the 550th game of his career, Durant increased his scoring total to 15,000 points. Then in the past three years, time has accumulated and numbers have increased. Finally, he reached the 20,000-point level.

"I feel that my entire career has experienced many jumps. I am grateful for each new growth or new height." Durant, who faced an exclusive interview with Tencent, looked back on his experiences and growth over the years.

Every time you cross a million points, it is like climbing a towering mountain. Along the way, Durant, accompanied by the "cost of growth", reached the height he wanted to stand in his tenth year, saw the scenery he wanted to see, and there were two gold cups (championship and finals MVP) beside him.

In the past ten years, the leaps in his words were in terms of geographical location, jersey color, numerical ranking, and attitude towards life. Over the past ten years, the general frequency of numerical growth has always been stable, but you know, in these two years, a lot of points have been obtained with abuse and boos.

In the past ten years, some people always say that he has changed too much. He himself admits this.

"I am not a 21-year-old kid anymore. If you really care about me, you will be happy that I am no longer the 21-year-old me."

Although the outside world is disappointed that he is no longer the good kid in people's eyes, Durant sees himself in the best stage of his career and life.

"I feel that I am beginning to see the essence of this world now. Many things have been put on a larger lever to measure." Durant said.

The progress of each point in 20,000 points is the process of Durant getting closer to his goal, and also the process of getting closer to the essence of the world he said.

Sitting behind the basket for an interview, head coach Cole looked at Durant who was practicing non-stop in front of him and sighed, "Kevin is already the best player in the world, but the most rare thing and what surprises me the most is that he is still improving every day, thinking about where else he can improve himself every day."

In Cole's view, Durant's efforts not only improved himself, but also promoted the entire team. "Kevin's improvement and encouragement of the entire team is a huge intangible asset. When your best players can find ways to improve, of course other players have no reason not to work hard. As a player, he is getting better and better, but more importantly, he is the best teammate. This is what I am most grateful to him for."

Being the best teammate was actually Durant's biggest adjustment, and it was something he never thought he could do.

"I think (the biggest change in the past few years is something I never thought of) is to step out of myself, forget about myself, and think more about what is best for the team. I know this is very difficult, and many players don't know how to do it. So I am very proud of myself, and I can really try my best to be the best teammate in these few years."

Durant said that such changes made him not care about who is the boss of the team at all. He even prefers to let Curry be the team's top player, only standing in front of everyone when the team needs him.

"I just want to focus on basketball itself. I no longer care about anything other than being a basketball player or playing basketball. I want to focus on basketball and become a great basketball player. As for who is the leader and who is the face of the team, it really doesn't matter. I think everyone on our team has this consensus."

"This is the best place (perfect) spot)” Durant was talking about the location and moment he is in. He has the championship trophy, the ring, the title of Finals MVP, and now he has become Mr. 20,000 points. The scenery Durant can see in front of him, the goals he can chase, and the dangerous peaks he can climb are all exciting and magnificent enough. Behind him are tears, sweat, love, hate, indistinguishable wrong and right, and unclear youth and years.

"This is the best place" Durant said is also his current state of mind, the world closest to reality in his mouth. Just like when he walked out of the poorest slums in Washington, he only held a basketball in his hand. But now, he knows that the place where he can get happiness and strength is still with the ball in his hand. Ten years, 20,000 points, before and after, he is not him, but he is still him.

I said: "Kevin, others say you have changed, but I have a different idea. When you were a good kid, you looked into other people's eyes when you were interviewed, and you still do now."

Can Durant catch up with James in career scoring

Durant played for the SuperSonics (the predecessor of the Thunder) and the Thunder for 9 seasons, scoring a total of 17,566 points, shooting 48.3% from the field, 38% from the three-point range, and 88.2% from the free throw line. While with the Thunder, Durant ranked first in the league in total points in a single season for 5 consecutive seasons from 2009-10 to 2013-14, and became the league's scoring leader (calculating points per game) in 4 of those seasons.

In the 2013-14 season, Durant averaged 32 points, 7.4 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 1.3 steals per game, shooting 50.3% from the field, 39.1% from three-point range, and 87.3% from free throws, setting a career single-season scoring average record. In the summer of 2016, Durant joined the Warriors. He scored a total of 2,409 points with the Warriors (as of January 10, Beijing time), completing the 20,000-point milestone.

Durant surpassed Kobe and became the second youngest player in NBA history to accomplish this achievement. On December 24, 2007, Beijing time, when the Lakers defeated the Knicks 95-90 in an away game, Kobe made 14 of 28 shots, 5 of 12 three-pointers, and 6 of 7 free throws. He scored 39 points, 11 rebounds, 8 assists, and 2 steals. He completed the 20,000-point milestone and became the youngest 20,000-point player in NBA history at the time.

However, just like Kobe's other records for being the youngest player were surpassed by James, Kobe's record for being the youngest player to score 20,000 points was also surpassed by James. On January 17, 2013, the Heat defeated the Warriors 92-75. James made 11 of 20 shots, 1 of 5 three-pointers, 25 points, 10 assists and 7 rebounds, completing the 20,000-point milestone. He was only 28 years and 17 days old at the time, surpassing Kobe Bryant and becoming the youngest player in NBA history to score 20,000 points.

After Durant has now completed the 20,000-point milestone, Kobe has fallen one place further, becoming the third youngest player in NBA history to reach 20,000 points. James became the youngest player in history to score 20,000 points in 10 seasons, Durant took 11 seasons, and Kobe took 12 seasons. So why did Durant surpass Kobe and become the second youngest player in NBA history to score 20,000 points? Talent + sweat + hard work = success.

Durant's departure from the Thunder to join the Warriors in 2016 was full of controversy: 1. Durant and Russell Westbrook were already among the top five superstars in the league. The Thunder could challenge the Warriors, but Durant gave up early and joined the Warriors who eliminated them in the 2016 Western Conference Finals; 2. Durant had publicly promised to stay with the Thunder many times and opposed James and others' peak team-up, but he pushed the peak team-up to the highest peak; 3. Durant and Wei Shao were superficial brothers.

But Durant's attitude towards basketball has never been a problem. He improved almost every season during his time with the Thunder. He increased his weight and strength through hard training in the offseason to adapt to NBA-level confrontation; he worked hard on his shooting and offensive skills to become one of the best offensive players in the NBA; he used James as a benchmark to comprehensively improve himself, improve his ball handling and organization, and increased his average assists per game in a single season to about 5 times...

Durant is one of the players with the strongest scoring ability currently and one of the players with the strongest scoring ability in NBA history. He is tall and has long arms, a strong body, excellent strength, soft touch, excellent ball control ability, outstanding face-to-basket breakthrough and emergency-stop jump shot abilities. His back-up mid-range shot has become his must-have skill, making it difficult to guard... As long as Durant is willing and has enough shots, he can easily score 30+ in a game.

During his time with the Thunder, Durant averaged 27.4 points, 7 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game, shooting 48.3% from the field, 38% from three-point range, and 88.2% from the free throw line. However, after Durant joined the Warriors in the summer of 2016, because the Warriors had the Big Four and everyone needed to balance the ball, his number of shots dropped and his scoring average dropped to less than 26 points per game. During his time with the Warriors, Durant averaged 25.4 points, 7.9 rebounds and 5 assists per game, shooting 52.3% from the field and 38.1% from three-point range.

As long as Durant stays with the Warriors on a long-term contract in the summer of 2018, his ball rights and shots will not change within two years (including this season), and his total points increase will slow down because the contracts of Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green and others are at least two years. The slowdown in Durant's total scoring growth is also affected by another factor, and that is Steve Kerr's rest strategy.

Since Cole became the head coach of the Warriors, he has used an improved run-and-gun tactic in the Warriors. The Warriors' offensive and defensive rhythm is very fast. He pays great attention to protecting players and paying attention to their physical health: 1. Whether it is the regular season or the playoffs, Cole tries to maintain a rotation list of more than 10 people, try to control the playing time of the main players, and control the playing time of the starting players to less than 35 minutes; 2. Promote minor illness and major rest, and consider in advance for the players' careers.

Due to the above reasons, Durant only played 62 games in the 2016-17 season and only scored a total of 1,555 points in the season. This was the second-lowest total score in a single season of Durant's career. His lowest score in his career was 686 points (in the 2014-15 serious injury season). As of January 10, Durant has rested 8 games in the 2017-18 season. If nothing else happens, Cole will find various reasons to let Durant rest in preparation for the long playoffs.

It can be seen that if Durant stays with the Warriors for a long time in the future, his total season score will be around 1,600 points. Calculated based on 1,600 points, it will take about 3 seasons for Durant to score 25,000 points, and about 6 seasons to score 30,000 points. This makes it very difficult for him to catch up with James in total points. Although James is now 33 years old, his physical condition and competitive condition are very good.

James averaged 27.2 points, 9 assists, 8.2 rebounds, 1.7 steals and 1.1 blocks per game in the 2017-18 season, with a shooting percentage of 55.8% and a three-point shooting percentage of 38.9%. His current career total points have reached 29,874 points, and he is only 126 points away from entering the 30,000-point club. According to James' current physical condition and competitive status, he may surpass Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's 38,387 points and become the NBA's historical scoring leader. It is basically impossible for Durant to surpass him.

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