Kings star DeMar DeRozan eclipsed another NBA legend on the all-time scoring list in Sunday’s game against the Los Angeles Clippers at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento.
DeRozan was 17th on the career scoring list with 26,702 points going into the game. He needed nine points to pass Oscar Robertson for 16th.
DeRozan wasted little time, scoring nine of Sacramento’s first 11 points over the first 4:22. DeRozan passed Robertson on a 15-foot fadeaway jumper with 7:38 to play in the first quarter.
DeRozan has passed a number of the game’s greatest players this season, including Vince Carter, Kevin Garnett, John Havlicek, Paul Pierce, Tim Duncan and Dominique Wilkins. DeRozan passed Wilkins for 17th in Wednesday’s 123-115 road win over the Toronto Raptors, achieving the feat in the city where he spent nine seasons after coming out of USC as the No. 9 pick in the 2009 NBA draft.
DeRozan, a six-time All-Star, is in his second season with the Kings. He came to Sacramento in July 2024 in a sign-and-trade deal involving the Chicago Bulls and San Antonio Spurs after agreeing to a three-year, $73.7 million contract with the Kings.
Robertson, a 16-time All-Star, the 1964 NBA MVP and a member of the Hall of Fame, is considered the best player in Kings franchise history. He spent 10 seasons with the Cincinnati Royals before they changed their name to the Kings when the team moved to Kansas City/Omaha in 1972.
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Jason Anderson is The Sacramento Bee’s Kings beat writer. He is a Sacramento native and a graduate of Fresno State, where he studied journalism and college basketball under the late Jerry Tarkanian.
