Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James will likely become the first player in NBA history to surpass 40,000 career points in Saturday’s game against the Nuggets broadcast on Denver7.
James, already the league’s all-time leading scorer, needs just nine points to accomplish that feat.
He will look to accomplish the feat against a Nuggets team in the heart of the race for the top seed in the Western Conference. Denver is just one game behind the first-place Minnesota Timberwolves after Minnesota lost Friday night.
The Lakers, meanwhile, are a game and a half out of the eighth playoff seed in the West.
The No. 3 seed Nuggets were powered by another MVP-caliber campaign from Nikola Jokic, who dropped three assists on Thursday for a fifth straight triple-double. He recently passed James for career triple-doublesdespite 1,034 fewer games.
Jokic’s 21-point, 19-rebound, 15-assist game on Feb. 23 against the Washington Wizards gave him a triple-double against every team he played against. He became the third player ever to do so, joining James and Russell Westbrook.
The Lakers are 21-9 at home entering Saturday’s game at Crypto.com Arena. The Nuggets are 17-14 on the road this season.
Saturday’s game kicks off at 6:30 p.m. MST on Denver7.
Denver Nuggets 2023-24 Schedule
March 2: Nuggets at Lakers – ABC Denver7
March 5: Nuggets vs. Phoenix – TNT
March 7: Nuggets vs. Boston – TNT
March 9: Nuggets vs. Utah
March 11: Nuggets vs. Toronto
March 13: Nuggets at Miami – ESPN
March 15: Nuggets vs. San Antonio
March 17: Nuggets at Dallas – ABC, Denver7
March 19: Nuggets at Minnesota – NBA TV
March 21: Nuggets vs. New York
March 23: Nuggets in Portland
March 25: Nuggets vs. Memphis
March 27: Nuggets vs. Phoenix – ESPN
March 29: Nuggets vs. Minnesota
March 31: Nuggets vs. Cleveland – NBA TV
April 2: Nuggets vs. San Antonio
April 4: Nuggets in Los Angeles. -TNT
April 6: Nuggets vs. Atlanta
April 9: Nuggets at Utah
April 10: Nuggets vs. Minnesota – ESPN
April 12: Nuggets in San Antonio
April 14: Nuggets at Memphis
