In the game that took place on Sunday, James Harden made NBA history.

The Los Angeles Clippers will be facing the Atlanta Hawks (at home) in California on Sunday evening. The game will take place in California.

At the conclusion of his two-game absence, James Harden was reinstated to the starting lineup.

It was during the second half of the 2018 NBA season when the Most Valuable Player created NBA history by surpassing Vince Carter (25,728) to take the 20th spot on the all-time scoring list.

The next man that Harden will pass after Carter is Kevin Garnett, who is a member of the Hall of Fame and has a total of 26,071 points.

According to the Los Angeles Clippers website: “With his 25,729th career point, James Harden surpassed Vince Carter for sole possession of 20th place on the @NBA’s all-time points list.”

At the beginning of the evening, Harden had a total of 59 games under his belt, during which he had averaged 17.4 points, 5.1 rebounds, 8.3 assists, and 1.1 steals per game. Additionally, he had shot 44.2% from the field and 40.3% from beyond the arc.

 

With a record of 42-24 after playing 66 games, the Clippers are now listed as the fourth seed in the Western Conference. They have been consistently ranked among the best teams in the league.

In their most recent ten games, they have a record of 5-5, and their most recent defeat came at the hands of Brandon Ingram and the New Orleans Pelicans, who defeated them by a score of 112-104.

 

The Clippers will play their next game on Wednesday evening, when they travel to Portland, Oregon, to take on the Portland Trail Blazers. This game will follow their encounter against the Hawks.

 

Harden, who hails from Arizona State and was selected third overall in the 2009 NBA Draft, is currently in his fifteenth season playing in the league.

 

He has also played for the Brooklyn Nets, the Philadelphia 76ers, the Houston Rockets, and the Oklahoma City Thunder. In addition to the Clippers, he has also played for Philadelphia.

Over the course of his career, he has played 1,059 regular season games and has averaged 24.3 points, 5.6 rebounds, 7.1 assists, and 1.5 steals per game. Additionally, he has shot 44.2% from the field and 36.5% from beyond the arc.