India, March 5 -- NBA legend LeBron James pushed his combined career scoring total past 50,000 points with a first-quarter 3-pointer in Tuesday's game against the New Orleans Pelicans, becoming the first player in the league to ever reach that record.

James, who became the NBA's all-time leading scorer in regular-season games in 2023, entered the Tuesday game with 41,837 regular-season points and 8,162 points in the regular season -- both all-time records.

Only two other players have at least 40,000 combined points: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (44,149) and Karl Malone (41,689). The 40-year-old Lakers star is currently almost 6000 points ahead of any other player in NBA history.

James's milestone-setting 3-pointer from the left wing came with 8...