During the first quarter of today's game between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Toronto Raptors at Air Canada Centre, star forward Carmelo Anthony moved up to No. 19 on the NBA's all-time scoring list ahead of Indiana Pacers legendary shooting guard Reggie Miller.
Anthony surpassed Miller's 25,279 career points and remains the third-highest scoring active player behind Dallas Mavericks power forward Dirk Nowitzki and Cleveland Cavaliers small forward LeBron James, who are sixth and seventh on the NBA's all-time scoring list, respectively.
ESPN Stats & Info posted a graphic on Twitter of Miller in his later years on the court with a young Anthony during his tenure with the Denver Nuggets.
With his sixth point today, Carmelo Anthony passed Reggie Miller for 19th on the all-time scoring list.
Dirk Nowitzki and LeBron James are the only active players with more career points than Melo. pic.twitter.com/9gdF29KP1D
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) March 18, 2018
At No. 18 on the NBA's all-time scoring list with 25,613 career points is eight-time All-Star forward Alex English, who played in the NBA for 15 seasons with four different teams: Nuggets, Mavericks, Pacers, and Milwaukee Bucks.
The Thunder (43-29) were able to pull off a huge 132-125 road victory over the Raptors on Sunday afternoon, which extended OKC's winning streak to six games and snapped the Raptors' 11-game winning streak in the process.
This was a thrilling (albeit very controversial in terms of officiating) back-and-forth game which had Thunder superstar point guard Russell Westbrook take over with another one of his triple-double efforts. In 37 minutes of action, Westbrook finished with a game-high 37 points on a highly-efficient 15-of-22 shooting from the field, 14 assists, 13 rebounds and two steals.
As for Anthony, he scored 15 points on 6-of-10 shooting, including a nearly-perfect 3-of-4 mark from behind the arc. In the victory, each of Oklahoma City's starters scored at least 10 points.
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