James Harden brings back PG with 28,000 points
Los Angeles Clippers star James Harden continues to impress as an offensive force in the NBA. He entered Monday needing just a point to join an extremely exclusive group of NBA players with at least 28,000 points in the league.
He finally got it going early in the contest, as the former NBA MVP attacked the paint, especially his former Clippers teammate’s defense Paul Georgecho is playing in just his first game of the 2025-26 NBA season.
Harden didn’t allow the 76ers defense to settle on that play, immediately stepping into the shade with seemingly no intention of passing the ball to a teammate. George picked up James Harden just before he crossed the 3-point line, but he just wasn’t in the right position to slow down The Beard.
Clippers too immediately congratulated Harden for his latest achievement with a message posted on social media.
“28K FOR UNO 👏 James Harden is just the 11th player in @NBA history to reach this milestone!” the team wrote in a post on X, formerly Twitter.
In addition to being the 11th player ever to reach the 28,000-point mark in NBA history, Harden is also the third active player to have at least that many points in the league. Los Angeles Lakers’ LeBron James leads all-time with 42,184 points, while Houston Rockets superstar Kevin Durant, a former teammate of Harden’s, has 30,882 points as of Monday.
The 36-year-old Harden can also be expected to surpass Carmelo Anthony on the NBA’s all-time scoring list. Anthony is 12th all-time with 28,289 points in his NBA career, while Harden is 13th overall.
2025-11-18 01:25:00
