Suns forward Kevin Durant hit a major milestone Friday night, joining an elite club of the top scorers in NBA history. The 35-year-old scored 30 points in his team’s 119–111 loss to the Nuggets to raise his career total to 27,423 career points, passing Moses Malone for 10th on the NBA’s all-time list in 326 fewer games than the Hall of Fame center.
Durant addressed the accomplishment after the game, saying that he understands the magnitude of passing someone of Malone’s stature on any list.
“As a basketball player, I think it’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,” Durant said, via HoopsHype. “Just grateful for those guys for doing what they did at that time for us to be able to do what we do now.”
