What was the date when LeBron James became the youngest player to reach 30,000 career points?

What was the date when LeBron James became the youngest player to reach 30,000 career points? The date was January 23, 2018. James reached the milestone with a long two-point jumper late in the first quarter of the Cleveland Cavaliers' game against the San Antonio Spurs in San Antonio.

He entered the game needing seven points and scored the milestone basket with about one second remaining in the opening period. At 33 years and 24 days old, he became the youngest player in NBA history to reach 30,000 regular-season points. He also became only the seventh player to join the league's 30,000-point club at that time.

The achievement is sometimes confused with James's other scoring records. He later became the NBA's all-time regular-season scoring leader in 2023 and reached 40,000 points in 2024. The date also matters because January 23, 2018 was the game itself; reports published the following day described the record after the milestone had already occurred.