Not Trash-Talking, Durant Isn't Used to It!

After this timeout, Zhou Ze, having become the youngest player to reach 12,000 points, had no need to return to the court.

"Wow... Zhou, he's just unbelievable."

"He reached 12,000 regular-season career points at just 24 years and 244 days old."

"At this rate, he'll surpass the NBA's all-time scoring leader—Kareem Abdul-Jabbar—sooner or later."

Charles Barkley of TNT's broadcast booth continued to praise Zhou Ze in every possible way.

"Mm. If he can stay healthy, then he certainly has what it takes to contend for the NBA's all-time scoring title. But no one can predict the future..." his partner Kenny Smith said.

"Please, please... dear Mr. Kenny, I have to interrupt you. I hope you understand clearly that Zhou Ze hasn't suffered a single injury since entering the league..."

"Uh... not entirely..."

"If we really have to count one... it would be when he got food poisoning the day before a game. But even then, he still scored over 40 points."

As always, Barkley firmly stood behind Zhou Ze.

"Sir Charles, actually, aside from Zhou, LeBron also has a chance to become the NBA's all-time scoring leader..." Kenny Smith said.

"Impossible!" Barkley said decisively.

"Why is it impossible? LeBron's health has been excellent too, second only to Zhou..." Kenny Smith quickly noticed the flaw in his words and hurriedly added, "What I mean is, LeBron James could surpass Abdul-Jabbar's all-time scoring total in the future and become the NBA's second-highest scorer in history."

"Dear Mr. Kenny, that's not necessarily true either. Heh heh, have you forgotten someone—" Barkley said.

Kenny froze again. "That's right, Kobe. He can still maintain his peak form right now. In fact, Kobe probably won't decline much over the next three to five years either."

The Lakers effortlessly secured their 56th regular-season win.

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