Lakers News: Fans React To LeBron James Scoring 40,000th Point

How fans reacted to LeBron's historic moment.

LeBron James made history again on Saturday, becoming the first player in NBA history to score 40,000 career points. In the Los Angeles Lakers 124-114 loss to the Denver Nuggets, James hit the shot that would push him past the 40,000-point mark in the second quarter.

LeBron James: Founding member of the 40K points club 👑 pic.twitter.com/Cm3Mf3Qjhs

— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) March 3, 2024

As James hit that historic point, the home crowd erupted in celebration. During the commercial break, the Crypto.com Arena celebrated the historic moment of James with a tribute. Many fans not in attendance for the game took to social media to share their reactions. 

LEBRON JAMES 40K POINTS 😭😭🙏 pic.twitter.com/XyRp97LnVa https://t.co/e2fETZFFHc

— ryan 🤿 (@scubaryan_) March 3, 2024

Imagine being one of those idiots there that night that chanted “overrated”

40,000 points later… LeBron James just continues to outclass everyone who sought to see him fail from the minute he got drafted.

👑

pic.twitter.com/7n82Waj14r

— Pistol Pete⏱ (@PeteOfTheMoment) March 3, 2024

The only players in the 10K/10K/10K club:

— LeBron James (40k/11k/10k)

End of the list. pic.twitter.com/RNwErdn5E2

— BronMuse (@BronMuse) March 3, 2024

INSANE FACT: It took LeBron James the SAME EXACT amount of games to get from 0-10K that it did for him to get from 30K-40K… 🤯

0-10K — 368 games
30K-40K — 368 games

(via @BenGolliver) pic.twitter.com/IFxyncC8cv

— Witness King James (@WITNESSKJ) March 3, 2024

40,000 points for LeBron James and a well-deserved standing ovation. pic.twitter.com/hZc0YbIQLq

— Daniel Starkand (@DStarkand) March 3, 2024

James previously became the NBA's all-time leading scorer over a year ago, when he surpassed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's longtime record of 38,387 points. Now, James has taken his record further by hitting the 40,000-point mark.

James now has 40,017 points throughout his legendary career. While it's disappointing the Lakers weren't able to combine the moment with a win, it doesn't take anything away from what James has accomplished in one of the greatest NBA careers of all time.