"Portland Trail Blazers beat Houston Rockets 111-105 despite Kevin Durant moving to seventh on the NBA's all-time list. Houston Rockets star Kevin Durant swished a 3-pointer with 7:57 left in the third quarter on Friday night to move into seventh place on the NBA's all-time scoring list, but could not prevent his side losing 111-105 to the host Portland Trail Blazers. Durant's trey allowed him to pass legendary Wilt Chamberlain (31,419) during the match on Friday night."
"The 3-pointer gave him 17 points on the night and lifted Durant's career point total to 31,422. Durant finished with 30 points and has 31,435 career points. Durant tied Chamberlain's total with 1:53 left in the second quarter when he got the bounce on a free-throw line turnaround jumper. Houston led 56-55 at halftime. Durant passed Chamberlain in his 1,156th career game. Chamberlain played 1,045 games during a 14-year career with the Philadelphia/San Francisco Warriors, Philadelphia 76ers and Los Angeles Lakers from 1959-73."
Portland Trail Blazers beat the Houston Rockets 111-105. Kevin Durant moved into seventh on the NBA's all-time scoring list by passing Wilt Chamberlain after a 3-pointer with 7:57 left in the third. The 3-pointer gave Durant 17 points that night and lifted his career total to 31,422; he finished with 30 points and 31,435 career points. Durant tied Chamberlain earlier with a free-throw line turnaround jumper and passed him in his 1,156th career game. Dirk Nowitzki at 31,560 stands sixth and Durant is on pace to pass him later this month. LeBron James leads with 42,601, followed by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Karl Malone, Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan.
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