Kevin Durant has become the eighth player in NBA history to reach 30,000 points.
The 36-year-old reached the milestone with a free throw, his 26th of a 34 point performance for the Phoenix Suns in a 119-112 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies.
Durant, a 15-time All Star, was playing his 1,101st career game and is joint-third fastest to the landmark alongside Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
Only Wilt Chamberlain 941 and and Michael Jordan 960 got to 30,000 points in fewer games.
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Durant, who won two NBA championships in his time with the Golden State Warriors, is a four-time NBA scoring champion and has averaged at least 20 points a game in each of his 17 seasons in the league.
In other games lastnight Karl-Anthony Towns scored 40 points as the New York Knicks cruised to a 128-115 victory over bitter rivals the Indiana Pacers.
The Knicks stay third in the Eastern Conference, a place ahead of the Pacers.
Scottie Barnes had 33 points and 10 rebounds as the Toronto Raptors inflicted a fourth-straight loss on the Philadelphia 76ers, 106-103.
Meanwhile, Detroit Pistons’ Malik Beasley made seven three-pointers off the bench in a 132-92 thrashing of the Chicago Bulls.
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