Los Angeles Lakers

Key points:

• LeBron James scored the record-breaking shot in the third quarter of the match against the Oklahoma City Thunder
• Previous record holder Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was courtside to witness his record being broken
• The record had stood for over 38 years

Needing just 36 points to eclipse former Laker Abdul-Jabbar's tally of 38,387, James completed the record in the third quarter of the contest against the Oklahoma City Thunder.

The Lakers and the Clippers are the top two seeds in the West as things stand, boasting an array of talents after Anthony Davis joined James last year, while Kawhi Leonard and Paul George went to their rivals.

Although James' Lakers lead the conference, they had been beaten by the Clippers in the sides' prior two meetings.

On Friday, attorney Adam Streisand filed a petition in Los Angeles Superior Court for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction on behalf of his client, Lakers controlling owner Jeanie Buss, to thwart an alleged attempt by Jeanie Buss’s brothers, Johnny Buss and Jim Buss, to remove her from the Lakers’ five-member ownership board. The petition for a temporary restraining order was withdrawn later on Friday after the brothers cancelled a shareholders’ meeting that was set to occur on Tuesday, Mar.