Kevin Durant Breaks Records and Hoops Journey with Team USA

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 Americans’ quarterfinal game against Brazil on Tuesday.

Durant’s 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.

He finished with 11 points, so the new record is 494 — and counting.

“Records are meant to be broken,” Durant said. “Somebody will come along to do the same. I’m focused on trying to win this gold.”

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.

“Training staffs, the work that we put in, just keeping my body ready and just staying in the gym, to be honest,” 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.

“Well let me start to (congratulate) @KDTrey5 as he gets ready to break one of my Olympic records! The Slim Reaper!! One of my all time favorites!” Leslie wrote on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, last week as the perennial All-Star closed in on her mark.

And Durant is likely going to keep this record for some time.

He’s 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.

Related Posts

Inside Cristiano Ronaldo and Georgina Rodriguez’s Christmas trip to Lapland with snowmobiles and reindeer

CRISTIANO RONALDO has gotten into the festive spirit by whisking his family off to Lapland. The Portuguese forward, 39, has made perfect use of his winter break by treating his…

Read more

Kevin Durant visited one of the temporary housing programs. Took pictures and gave out great gifts to the kids. Learn more 👇

We were thrilled to host a special guest today: the Golden State Warriors’ Kevin Durant! He came to visit one of our transitional housing programs and hand out gifts. Huge thanks…

Read more

worth the wait! Coleen and Wayne Rooney give fans a first look inside £20m Cheshire mansion after spending Christmas Day in new home

COLEEN and Wayne Rooney have given fans the first look at their £20 million Cheshire mansion after finally moving in just before Christmas. The couple have waited four years to…

Read more

LeBron James sends Christmas wishes to everyone and LeBron James recalls the photo of the moment he received a basketball hoop on Christmas 1987

LeBron James received a potentially life-changing gift on Christmas Day in 1987. Back then the future Lakers star was a three-year-old budding hooper with big dreams of one day making it to…

Read more

Stephen and Ayesha Curry host 12th Currys Christmas event with exciting events and free gifts for charity

Noah Graham/Getty Images Stephen and Ayesha Curry turned the season of giving into a magical event for thousands of Oakland residents with their 12th annual “Christmas with the Currys” event. Hosted by their Eat. Learn. Play….

Read more

Spread the Joy! Kevin Durant Gives Exciting Gifts to 40 Children at the Coalition for the Homeless This Christmas

BOROUGHWIDE — He may have yet to play a game for Brooklyn due to injury, but the borough’s biggest star athlete is already spreading holiday cheer. On Dec. 20, Brooklyn…

Read more

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *