Who has the all time scoring record in the nba?
Abdul-Jabbar Kareem The most famous basket in Thomas & Mack Center history wasn’t made by a Runnin’ Rebel but a Laker. On April 5, 1984, one of the greatest moments in NBA history occurred in one of the unlikeliest settings, Las Vegas, Nevada, the show biz capital of the world, the former part-time home of the Utah Jazz and the site of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar breaking Wilt Chamberlain’s all-time NBA scoring mark of 31,419. The Jazz, Kareem, the NBA in Las Vegas? “The Jazz were in dire straits financially that year and prior to that,” said Mark Eaton, the two-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year, who played 11 seasons with the Jazz. “Attendance was not good in Salt Lake and it gave us an opportunity where UNLV had such a huge following in Las Vegas, and when they built the Thomas and Mack Center, the feeling was that this might be an opportunity to give them a taste of NBA basketball and create a base of fans there.” The Jazz played 11 “home” games in Las Vegas during the 1983-84 season an
