NBA: Cavs James and Spurs Manu and Popovich records

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With the starting 2017-2018 NBA Season, the courts witnessed three milestones on Friday night. The youngest Mr. 29,000 points King James, the first South American Manu Ginobili to play in 1,000 games in the league and the 1155th win of a prestigious head coach, Gregg Popovich.

The youngest Mr. 29,000 points

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Four-time league MVP LeBron James became the youngest player ever to score 29,000 points in an NBA career, surpassing retired Lakers star Kobe Bryant in a victory of 130 - 122 against the Washington Wizards on Friday night.

The 32-year-old (308 days) James achieved the milestone with a dunk at 7:31 of the first quarter and joining the club of 29,000-point scorers -- the seventh player in NBA history to do so.

LeBron James poured in 57 points for the second-best scoring performance of his career as the Cleveland Cavaliers with additional 11 rebounds and 7 assists.

"I don't want to give myself a ceiling. I don't want to cap myself," said James, who recorded his first 50-point game since returning to his hometown Cavaliers. "I want to be as complete a basketball player as I can be.

"Even rounding 33 I feel I am in the best shape of my career. I am out here, (and) I might as well keep getting better."

"Nothing that we did was going to work," Wizards coach Scott Brooks said. "The guy was on fire. That's what happens certain nights with great players."

1,000th regular season game

San Antonio star Manu Ginobili Friday night scored 10 points with five assists in a win of 108-101 against Charlotte Hornets, becoming the first South American to play in 1,000 games during the regular seasons in the NBA.

The 40-year-old deft Ginobili got six points in his first six minutes including his forte Euro-step, and threw down a one-handed slam in the fourth quarter after playing 21 minutes.

After the game, the Spurs official Twitter quoted Manu’s words -- "A thousand games is a lot of games, a lot of years. I’m proud to have made it so far.”

During his 16 seasons in Spurs, the Argentinian wins 728 games of the 1,000 ones, keeping a highest win-loss percentage record among all the players in the League.

1,155th regular season win

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Besides, Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich Friday night eventually attained his 1,155th win against Hornets snapping a four-game skid. With his 1,155 win, Popovich moved into a tie with Phil Jackson for sixth on the NBA career coaching list.

"They were physical and pretty tenacious and communicated well," Popovich said after the game.