With a driving right-handed layup, James no longer chased Bryant, he zoomed past him for third place on the NBA’s career scoring list. “I’m just happy to be in any conversation with Kobe Bryant, one of the all-time greats to ever play,” James said. James entered 18 points shy of passing Bryant and the layup gave him 33,644 points. James wore a size 15, Bryant was a 14, but he wore the sneakers anyway. Or the way James was inspired how Bryant always found some sort of slight to use as fuel to improve.
