LeBron James yahinduye amateka ya basketball uyu munsi aca umuhigo w’umukinnyi watsinze amanota menshi muri shampiona ya basketball muri Amerika, NBA, wari umaze imyaka 39.
Yabigezeho ku mukino wa Los Angeles Lakers yari yakiriyemo Oklahoma City Thunder (OKC) atsinda amanota yatumye agira yose hamwe 38,390 amaze gutsinda mu myaka hafi 20 akina muri NBA.
LeBron yaciye umuhigo wari umaze imyaka 39 ushyizweho na Kareem Abdul-Jabbar watsinze amanota 38,387. Kareem, w’imyaka 75, wari uri ku kibuga ari mu bahise batambuka kumushimira.
NBA ivuga ko icyamamare muri Basketball Magic Johnson, nawe wari uri ku kibuga, yagize ati: “Sinigeze ntekereza ko hari umuntu uzaca umuhigo wa Kareem.”
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, nawe yaciye uyu muhigo akina mu ikipe ya Los Angeles Lakers, hari mu 1984.
Kareem yahise atambuka gushimira LeBron
Kujugunya mu nkangara kwavuyemo umuhigo ubwo bari bageze mu gace ka gatatu k’umukino. Uyu mukino wahise uhagarikwa gato kugira ngo babanze bashimire Lebron kuri uyu muhigo
LeBron James ageze kuri ibi nyuma y’imyaka 19 akina muri NBA aho kuri buri mukino atsinda ikigereranyo cy’amanota 25 kuva muri season ya 2003-2004.
Abakinnyi batandukanye bo muri NBA nka James Harden, Ja Morant, Jason Tatum cyangwa Chris Paul bahise batangaza ubutumwa bwo gushima Lebron kuri uyu muhigo.
LeBron yaciye uyu muhigo mu gihe ikipe ye ya Lakers ihagaze nabi mu gice cy’iburengerazuba aho iri ku mwanya wa 13 mu makipe 15.
Muri uyu mukino yaciriyemo umuhigo Lakers yatsinzwe ku manota 130 ku 133 ya OKC, nubwo Lebron yawutsinzemo amanota 38 wenyine.
LeBron benshi ubu bamwita ‘Umwami wa Basketball’ nk’uko nawe yiyita, abandi bakavuga ko nubwo ari umwami ‘umukinnyi w’ibihe byose’ wa Basketball akiri Michael Jordan.
Uko bihagaze ubu LeBron ari ku gasongero k’abatsinze amanota menshi, ndetse arakomeza kuyongera kuko agikina.
Abakinnyi icyenda bakurikiye Lebron kuri urwo rutonde bose bahagaritse gukina ndetse bamwe, nka Kobe Bryant na Wilt Chamberlain, ntibakiriho.
Mu bakirimo gukina, umukinnyi uri hafi kuri urwo rutonde ni Kevin Durant wa 14 umaze gutsinda amanota yose hamwe 26,684 muri shampiyona ya NBA.
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