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The Abstraction of Statistics Makes Sports Memories That Much More Difficult to Grasp

LeBron James broke the 34 year-old NBA scoring record this week.

But I don't need to tell you that. This was international news. You already heard about it, either via social media or your bro from work or hell, the Bangkok Post out of Thailand. James scored his 38,388th point, surpassing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and pulling off one of those rare accomplishments in sports where even the casual observer goes "damn, that's an absolute assload of points!"

38,388 points doesn't really need to be contextualized for anyone; unless it's something asinine like quidditch or netball, scoring 38,388 of something is a self-evidently badass thing to do.