Longhorns-Ex Kevin Durant Moves to No. 9 in NBA Playoff Scoring
Former Longhorns forward Kevin Durant moved up to No. 9 all-time in NBA playoff scoring during the Brooklyn Nets’ Game 1 win over the Boston Celtics on Saturday night.
Durant finished with another progressive outing, scoring 32 points and grabbing 12 rebounds in the 104-93 win over the Celtics. In doing so, Durant achieved another career milestone.
Durant’s final two points of the game slid him past former San Antonio guard Tony Parker for another spot higher on the list with 4,047 career playoff points. Parker had 4,045 career playoff points.
Next up for Durant is Jerry West, the legendary Los Angeles Lakers guard and the model for the NBA logo, who scored 4,457 points in his illustrious playoff career.
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Durant, 32, has time to move further up the list. Former Utah Jazz forward Karl Malone is No. 7 on the list at 4,761 points. After that, there is a group of five players with at least 5,000 career playoff points.
All are no longer playing — Tim Duncan (5,172), Shaquille O’Neal (5,250), Kobe Bryant (5,640), Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (5,762) and Michael Jordan (5,987).
No. 1 on the list is LeBron James, who currently is still playing for the Lakers and leads all players with 7,491 career playoff points.
Game 2 of the best-of-7 series is set for Tuesday in Brooklyn.
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Matthew Postins is an award-winning sports journalist who covers Longhorns in the Pros for Longhorn Country on FanNation.com and SINow. He also writes for CowboyMaven and DallasBasketball.com, covers the Big 12 for HeartlandCollegeSports.com and is the Editor of the College Football America Yearbook. Have a story idea about a former Longhorn now in the professional ranks? Contact Postins on Twitter @PostinsPostcard.