{"id":471599,"date":"2023-12-02T06:07:05","date_gmt":"2023-12-02T10:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=471599"},"modified":"2023-12-02T06:07:05","modified_gmt":"2023-12-02T10:07:05","slug":"durant-passes-malone-now-nba-10th-all-time-scorer","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/durant-passes-malone-now-nba-10th-all-time-scorer\/","title":{"rendered":"Durant passes Malone, now NBA 10th all-time scorer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/kevin-durant\/\">Kevin Durant<\/a> likes to watch National Basketball League legends highlights on YouTube in his free time. At 35, Durant continues to improve and joins them on the list.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin moved into 10<sup>th<\/sup> place on the league\u2019s career scoring list, passing Moses Malone in the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> quarter of Phoenix\u2019s 119-111 defeat against the <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/denver-nuggets\/\">Denver Nuggets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Kevin Durant has passed Moses Malone to become the NBA\u2019s 10th all-time leading scorer<\/p>\n<p>Legend \ud83d\udc4f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zhAM35QE9G\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/zhAM35QE9G<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BleacherReport\/status\/1730807959997866159?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 2, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It took so many years and efforts to be where I am now \u2013 among the greatest scorers in the NBA,&#8221; Durant admitted. &#8220;You must work each day, you must be prepared for any situation, and a lot of people helped and still do it for me to reach this level.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kevin notched 30 points against the Nuggets but shot 0-for-10 from the field in the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> half. Durant now has 27,423 points in the NBA, while Malone had 27,409.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Kevin Durant: &#8220;As a basketball player, I think it&#8217;s our job to go back and know the history of the game and know who paved the way for us to be who we are today.Just grateful for those guys for doing what they did at that time for us to be able to do what we do now.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/I6YG98S2D1\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/I6YG98S2D1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 HoopsHype (@hoopshype) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hoopshype\/status\/1730870097684693079?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 2, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kevin Durant likes to watch National Basketball League legends highlights on YouTube in his free time. 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