{"id":22477,"date":"2025-02-22T10:21:17","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T09:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=22477"},"modified":"2025-02-22T10:22:59","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T09:22:59","slug":"zion-williamson-enters-record-books-becomes-third-fastest-player-after-luka-doncic-and-lebron-james-to-achieve-this-feat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/zion-williamson-enters-record-books-becomes-third-fastest-player-after-luka-doncic-and-lebron-james-to-achieve-this-feat\/","title":{"rendered":"Zion Williamson enters record books; becomes third fastest player after Luka Doncic and LeBron James to achieve THIS feat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, February 21, the Dallas Mavericks took down the New Orleans Pelicans 111-103 and recorded their third straight win. While Kyrie Irving led the scoresheet with 35 points, 2 rebounds and four assists, the night belonged to Pelicans&rsquo; star forward Zion Williamson, who etched his name into <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/nba\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>NBA<\/a> history books.&nbsp;<\/p><p>As Williamson finished with 29 points, seven rebounds and three assists, he created history by reaching 5,000 career points. The 24-year-old became the third fastest player in the league to cross the 5,000 point mark after Luka Doncic and LeBron James.&nbsp;<\/p><p>While the former Dallas Mavericks star, Luka Doncic took 194 games and LeBron James took 197 games, Williamson took 203 games to achieve the feat. Though Williamson is the third fastest player to reach the mark in the league, he is the fastest player in the history of the franchise to score 5,000 points.&nbsp;<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">5&#65039;&#8419;K for Zion &#128548; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sGn1tzECPt\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/sGn1tzECPt<\/a><\/p>&mdash; New Orleans Pelicans (@PelicansNBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PelicansNBA\/status\/1893134784416686093?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>February 22, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>Averaging at 24.6 points, 7.4 rebounds and 4.9 assists, Williamson is now second on the list of most games in the NBA this season with 25+ points on 70%+ FG. He is only behind the Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo.&nbsp;<\/p><p><strong>Also Read:<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/lebron-james-not-so-clutch-player-for-lakers-according-to-a-wild-stat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>LeBron James &lsquo;not so&rsquo; Clutch player for Lakers according to a wild stat<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/lebron-james-surpasses-vince-carter-for-third-all-time-in-regular-season-games-played\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>LeBron James surpasses Vince Carter for third all-time in regular season games played<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/we-need-to-be-able-to-play-with-him-lebron-james-calls-luka-doncic-number-one-priority-for-lakers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>&ldquo;We need to be able to play with him&rdquo;- LeBron James calls Luka Doncic &ldquo;number one priority&rdquo; for Lakers<\/a><\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/go-betmgm-sportsbetting-us-en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" class=\"trk-cta-img\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Image\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"486\" src=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/e48da6fef5344aa5871b51fe32a9580a-9.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20871\"><\/a><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Game<\/h2><p>Zion Williamson was featured in the starting lineup along with Kelly Olynyk, Yves Missi, Trey Murphy III and CJ McCollum. The Mavericks had Kyrie Irving, Dante Exum, Klay Thompson, P.J. Washington and Kessler Edwards.&nbsp;<\/p><p>The end of the first quarter saw the Mavericks recording a 32-22 lead over the Pelicans. While Washington and Irving finished with 10 and nine points, respectively, Trey scored eight points and recorded a new first-quarter high with eight field-goal attempts and matched career-high with 2 steals. The lead further extended to 56-53 at halftime and Williamson led the Pelicans with 15 points.&nbsp;<\/p><p>The Pelicans trailed the Mavericks 82-86 by the end of the third quarter, which extended to 111-103. While Williamson finished with 29 points, Murphy added 20 points.&nbsp;<\/p><p>On the other hand, Irving scored 35 points, while Washington scored 24 points, seven rebounds and three assists. Max Christie added 16 points, four rebounds and two assists as the Mavericks outscored their counterparts 111-103.&nbsp;<\/p><p>In the upcoming game, the Mavericks will be up against the Warriors on Sunday, Feb 23, while the Pelicans lock horns with the Spurs on the same day.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Williamson is averaging at 24.6 points, 7.4 rebounds and 4.9 assists per game this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":22482,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[317,18,22,440,722],"class_list":["post-22477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-dallas-mavericks","tag-lebron-james","tag-luka-doncic","tag-new-orleans-pelicans","tag-zion-williamson"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Zion Williamson enters record books; 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