LOS ANGELES (Xinhua) - In the Los Angeles Lakers' 103-98 victory over the Sacramento Kings Saturday night, Kobe Bryant's pull-up jumper in the second quarter gave him 31,421 points for his career, edging past Wilt Chamberlain's 31,419 and moving Kobe into the fourth place on the NBA's all-time scoring list.
Thus Kobe is only behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38,387), Karl Malone (36,928) and Michael Jordan (32,292).
With 27.2 points per game average in 2012-13 and 27.9 a year ago, Kobe's scoring has hardly taken a dip, even though he is 34 years old already and in his 17th season.
Kobe had passed former teammate Shaquille O'Neal last season to take the No. 5 spot. When asked where he wants to finish on the all-time scoring list when he retires, Kobe referred to his championship count: "I just want No. 6, man, I'm not asking for too much. Just give me a sixth ring."