Kevin Durant passes Lisa Leslie for career US Olympic scoring record
Kevin Durant stands alone in U.S. Olympic basketball scoring history.
Durant is now the career leader in points for the U.S. in Olympic competition, passing Lisa Leslie for the mark during the Americans바카라 게임 웹사이트 quarterfinal game against Brazil on Tuesday.
Durant바카라 게임 웹사이트s basket with 3:06 left in the third quarter gave him six points in the game and 489 in his four Olympic appearances. Leslie finished her four Olympic appearances with 488 points and four gold medals.
Durant is bidding to become the first men's player in Olympic history with four golds after being part of the U.S. teams that won titles at London 2012, Rio de Janeiro 2016 and the Tokyo Games that were held three years ago.
바카라 게임 웹사이트Training staffs, the work that we put in, just keeping my body ready and just staying in the gym, to be honest,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Durant said when asked last week what he attributes to his longevity.
Durant is the No. 8 scorer in NBA history with 28,924 points, No. 2 on the active list behind only U.S. Olympic teammate LeBron James' 40,474.
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And Durant is likely going to keep this record for some time.
He바카라 게임 웹사이트s one of only five U.S. players with at least 300 points in Olympic competition, joining Leslie, WNBA career scoring leader Diana Taurasi (416 entering the U.S. women's quarterfinal game Wednesday), the retired Carmelo Anthony (336) and James, who is presumably playing in the Olympics for the final time and entered Tuesday with 316 points in his four appearances.
"He바카라 게임 웹사이트s one of the most efficient players that ever played this game," U.S. teammate 바카라 게임 웹사이트 and Phoenix Suns teammate 바카라 게임 웹사이트 Devin Booker said of Durant.
Durant is also the U.S. career men's leader in rebounds in Olympic play, entering Tuesday with 126. He secured that record in the group-stage finale Saturday against Puerto Rico, his four rebounds in that game allowing him to pass both Anthony (125) and David Robinson (124) for the top spot there.
Leslie remains 바카라 게임 웹사이트 far and away 바카라 게임 웹사이트 the career leader in U.S. Olympic play for rebounding with 241 in her 32 games.