Scoring Race Heats Up in the NBA

It's been a while since the NBA had this kind of triple threat scoring face-off.

In 24 years of NBA basketball, many have conquered the title of scoring champion in the NBA. It saw the likes of Wilt Chamberlain, Larry Bird and of course, the incomparable Michael Jordan.

The last time the NBA had three superstars scoring at least 30 points every game was during the 81-82 season and through the entire 59-year history of the league, it only happened six times.

This season, Kobe Bryant, Allen Iverson and LeBron James are putting on quite a show, proving the fact that the NBA's 2005-2006 season may be the best year fans have enjoyed watching the league since Magic Johnson and Larry Bird went toe-to-toe for greatness.

As of press time, Kobe leads the scoring barrage with an incredible 34.8 points per game, Allen Iverson follows suit with 32.9 points and LeBron James with 31.5 markers.

So who would end the season as scoring champion?

Easy. Kobe.

Kobe Bryant, with an average of almost 35 points, will be tough to catch. Kobe is scoring the basketball like crazy this year. He has already made history with his 81-point performance against the Toronto Raptors when he single-handedly led his Lakers to a come from behind victory.

Both Allen Iverson and LeBron James are awesome scorers but Kobe is simply in another league right now. And with 10 more games left in the regular season before they all head to the NBA Playoffs, Kobe is locked to be crowned the NBA scoring king.

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