LeBron James, top player for the Los Angeles Lakers, started the game against the Oklahoma City Thunder needing to score 36 points in order to surpass Kareem Abdul-all-time Jabbar’s scoring record of 38,387 points, which was established in 1984.
And as ‘The King’ was ready to snap a picture that would go down in the annals of history, hundreds of followers frantically reached for their phones to make sure they captured this momentous occasion.
James, the builder of history, did not let anybody down. And when time seemed to stand still, spectators peered through lenses to see the ball make a flawless shot into the basket.
Those who were there enjoyed Jordan’s legendary shot, even though it was difficult to locate even a single spectator who was not photographing James.
Jordan scored a 20-footer to give the Bulls an 87-86 lead against the Utah Jazz with 5.2 seconds remaining in Game 6 of the 1998 NBA playoffs. The shot is as as historic in the NBA as it is in basketball, since the basketball great scored the shot to give the Bulls the lead.
It was a shot that eventually became the championship-winning basket and lead the Bulls to their sixth ring in eight years before Jordan resigned from the game. The shot occurred just before Jordan announced his retirement from the game. Later in his career, he would play basketball again, but not with the Bulls.
The beauty of cellphones, on the other hand, is that they have made it possible for James’s followers all around the globe to see his historic moment from an infinite number of perspectives.
After making the shot that broke the record, James walked away with his hands up high in the air before he was engulfed by teammates. Eventually, his boys Bronny and Bryce, together with his wife Savannah, surrounded him as well.
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Even the Lakers’ game against the Oklahoma City Thunder was halted so that everyone could celebrate James’ incredible accomplishment.
