AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) — Showing off his all-around game, LeBron James surpassed Scottie Pippen on the NBA list for most assists by a forward with a pass to Kevin Love for an open 3-pointer against the Detroit Pistons on Tuesday night.
Pippen had held the top mark of 6,135 since taking it from John Havlicek in 2004.
James tied that with an alley-oop pass to Timofey Mozgov early in the second quarter.
Three minutes later, he added No. 6,136 with the pass to Love.
Larry Bird and Kevin Garnett fill out the top 5.
James also holds the single-season record for assists by a forward with 651 in 2009-10. He broke Havlicek’s record of 614.
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