Watch: Lakers' LeBron James scores his 50,000th career point

With 8:34 left in the first quarter, James made his 2,536th career three-pointer for his 41,838th-41,840th regular season points, giving him 50,002 points in the regular season and playoffs combined. 

He finished the first half of Tuesday's game against the New Orleans Pelicans with 12 points, using his improved late-career three-point stroke.

James is already the NBA's career leader in points in the regular season with 41,849 points (and counting) as of halftime of Tuesday's game, and in playoff points with 8,162. Not only did he pass the unprecedented 50,000-point barrier when the closest player to him, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, has 44,149, he also won NBA Western Conference Player of the Month for February.

It's the 41st POM award for James, who has won it more than twice as many times as the next closest player, Kobe Bryant (17 wins). He's played the most NBA seasons (22, tied with Vince Carter) and the most NBA minutes, while ranking fourth in career assists, third in made free throws and seventh in three-pointers. 

He's also first in turnovers and missed shots, because James has such longevity he's owning all the bad records, too.

But with James averaging 29.3 points in February and having Luka Doncic around to pass him the ball, hitting 55,000 points in the future is not out of reach. 

Especially if the red-hot Lakers make, what's looking like it could be, a deep playoff run.