Lebron's Selfless Act Before Breaking Kobe's Record

Lebron James as he scores his 20,000th career point  (Rocky Widner/NBAE/Getty Images)

King James proves his selflessness prior to becoming the youngest player to 20,000

Lebron James became the youngest player to reach 20,000 career points at 28 (Previously held by Kobe Bryant), but not before pulling yet another unselfish move. With about 4 minutes left in the second quarter of Wednesday night's game in Golden State, Miami ran a play specifically to isolate James for him to accumulate his 20,000th point.

Right when it looked as if he would make his move for the milestone, he dished the ball to the corner for a Ray Allen 3 point attempt. Allen uncharacteristically missed the shot, but it was another showing of just how selfless James is. 

The key trait that continues to separate him from many of the other greats is his willingness to concede to his teammates for the greater good. And if the greater good continues to be championships, I don't think anybody in Miami will be complaining.

This is not the first scoring milestone this season he did not seem too interested in.

James started off this season on a 33-game streak of 20 points or more. When he was notified of his streak in an interview with espn.com, James had this to say:

"If I wanted to, I could lead the league in scoring, but that's not my job here," James said.

"My job is to do a lot of everything -- rebounding, passing and defending so that takes away from my scoring. I've done (the scoring title) before. I'm capable of doing it, but my game sometimes doesn't allow me to have those big nights."

I can't argue with that. In fact I believe if scoring was in the forefront of his mind, we would be witnessing him maybe reaching 25,000 points this season. 

All "ifs" aside, James has to be considered one of the most unselfish superstars in the history of the game. Especially when you consider the skills he possesses to score the ball.

"The greatest athlete in the history of the league," said Dave Pasch during the NBA on ESPN broadcast of Wednesday night's game, and athleticism definitely helps in the art of scoring.

As for the game, the Miami Heat routed the Golden State Warriors 92-75. James led the way with 25 points and 10 assists. With Curry sitting out and Klay Thompson struggling, Jarrett Jack led the Warriors with 16 points. 

The Warriors have now lost 4 out of the last 5, and the Miami Heat improved to .500 on the road this year (9-9). 

The Heat have been struggling as of late, and they are going to need their surrounding cast to execute around the most unselfish superstar in the league today.