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Kevin Garnett Reaches 25,000 Career Points

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Although it’s been a bit of a disappointing season for the Boston Celtics, 2012-2013 has been quite kind to one of its stars.

After being named to his 15th All-Star team last month (tied for 2nd all-time), Kevin Garnett joined an even more exclusive club during Thursday’s 116-95 win against the Los Angeles Lakers as he eclipsed 25,000 career points, a milestone achieved by only 16 players in NBA history. Here’s the complete list of the 25,000 points club, courtesy of NBA.com:

PLAYER	G	FG	FT	PPG	PTS
1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	1,560	15,837	6,712	24.6	38,387
2. Karl Malone	1,476	13,528	9,787	25.0	36,928
3. Michael Jordan	1,072	12,192	7,327	30.1	32,292
4. Wilt Chamberlain	1,045	12,681	6,057	30.1	31,419
5. Kobe Bryant	1,211	10,775	7,715	25.5	30,861
6. Shaquille O’Neal	1,207	11,330	5,935	23.7	28,596
7. Moses Malone	1,329	9,435	8,531	20.6	27,409
8. Elvin Hayes	1,303	10,976	5,356	21.0	27,313
9. Hakeem Olajuwon	1,238	10,749	5,423	21.8	26,946
10. Oscar Robertson	1,040	9,508	7,694	25.7	26,710
11. Dominique Wilkins	1,074	9,963	6,031	24.8	26,668
12. John Havlicek	1,270	10,513	5,369	20.8	26,395
13. Alex English	1,193	10,659	4,277	21.5	25,613
14. Reggie Miller	1,389	8,241	6,237	18.2	25,279
15. Jerry West	932	9,016	7,160	27.0	25,192
16. Kevin Garnett	1,304	10,036	4,766	19.2	25,009

Garnett was modest when talking about his career achievements last month after he passed Patrick Ewing for 16th on the list.

“I guess when you’ve been in the league as long as I’ve been in it you want to accomplish some things,” Garnett said, via ESPN.com. “Nothing more, nothing special in it. I guess some day it’ll mean something to me. But at this point, it’s relative. I’m sorry to be kind of, you know … I’m not into the individual stuff, but obviously I’ve accomplished some things in this league, so that’s a good thing.”

As long as Garnett stays healthy for the remainder of the season, we should see him leap over Jerry West and Reggie Miller as well. Where on the list will he his end his career? That is unknown, but if he finishes out the remaining two years of his contract with Boston, he’s bound to jump up at least a few more spots.

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