Kobe Surpasses Hakeem in NBA Scoring Record

The Lakers' Kobe Bryant is the youngest NBA player to score 27,000 points. 

Kobe Bryant surpassed Hakeem Olajuwon as the youngest NBA's all-time scoring leader in eight place after a 100-95 loss to the Sacramento Kings last Friday.  The achievement highlights Kobe's prominence as one of NBA's prolific scorer and might even break other records as he still on his basketball prime.


The Los Angeles Lakers is on a slump with a two-loss streak with the latest setback coming from the Boston Celtics, 109-96 on Sunday.  Bryant scored 41-points on this debacle to its fierce Eastern Conference rival Celtics and hit the 27,000 mark as the youngest NBA player to score this much.

Bryant hit his 26,947 points on a breakaway dunk with 3:29 remaining in their game against the Kings. The Black Mamba has a season-average of 25 ppg with still half of the season to be played.  He can move to fifth place of the NBA's scoring list if he will maintain this same scoring output until the end of the season.  Moses Malone occupies sixth place with 27,409 points while Elvin Hayes holds seventh spot with his 27,313 points.

Kobe Bryant has been an epitome of a great NBA scorer with his repertoire of moves.  When he entered the NBA in 1996 fresh from high school, he was known only as dunker with his array of aerial moves.  His moves has been as suave as the great Michael Jordan that focus more on fade away jump shots and post-up plays.  The former NBA MVP has come to age on focusing more on high percentage shots from the field.  

In the current season, Kobe is No. 5 in scoring with a .464 field goal percentage and .313 from the three point zone.  At age 32, Kobe will still dominate the field with his competitiveness and clutch baskets.  He is always working hard to fine tune his moves and basketball craft.  In the NBA pre-season, Kobe worked with Hakeem "The Dream" to polish his post-up moves.