Kevin Durant is very good at scoring the basketball. This is an indisputable fact. Since entering the league in 2007, Durant has never had a season in which he’s averaged fewer than 20 points per game and only once (that rookie season) has he averaged fewer than 25 points per game.
Over his time in Seattle, Oklahoma City and Golden State, Durant has filled it up from inside and outside, leveraging his 7-foot frame and sweet stroke into one of the most prolific starts to a career in NBA history. Wednesday night against the Clippers, Durant etched his place in NBA scoring history, officially, with 25 first half points to reach 20,000 career points at 29 years old. In doing so, he became the second youngest to reach that mark (only trailing LeBron James) and became the 45th player in league history to hit 20,000 points.
Kevin Durant just became the 44th player in NBA history to score his 20,000th career point 🙌 https://t.co/K8ptPAKpub
— Dime (@DimeUPROXX) January 11, 2018
His 20,000th point perfectly encapsulated what makes him so dangerous, as he brought the ball up the floor and shook his defender with a crossover into a pull-up jumper from range. Durant received a hearty ovation from the Golden State faithful, but was ambushed in the locker room by an excited Steph Curry, who was receiving treatment on his injured ankle, at the half.
Steph congratulating KD on his milestone on IG. pic.twitter.com/TPOrhkpqmN
— Justin (RIPKOBE) (@ThePackageJG) January 11, 2018
Curry was very excited to have the exclusive first video with Durant after his historic feat and KD got a little bashful, pulling his hood over his face. Curry won’t match Durant in speed to 20,000 points, but he’s certainly on his way to that milestone as well. At 13,870 career points and averaging over 1,900 points per season, you can project that he’ll be around 15,000 by the end of this season which means he’d be on pace to hit 20,000 in the 2020-21 season and join that exclusive club with his teammate.
