Longer Than Anyone: teacher key

LeBron James, grade 9 edition, written for 9th grade. Records for points, games and seasons all show up in LeBron James's NBA story. As of November 2026, he holds the NBA records for games played and seasons played.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. As of November 2026, LeBron James holds the record for most regular-season games played. Whose total of 1,611 games did he pass?
   • Robert Parish (answer)
   • Karl Malone
   • Vince Carter
2. In what year did Kareem Abdul-Jabbar become the NBA's career scoring leader?
   • 2023
   • 1984 (answer)
   • 2003
3. As of November 2026, LeBron James has scored more than 43,000 points. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has 38,387 points. About how many more points does LeBron have?
   • More than 4,000 (answer)
   • Fewer than 1,000
   • Exactly 38,387
4. In 'come back from a 3-1 deficit', what does deficit mean?
   • Being behind (answer)
   • A prize
   • A new rule

Words

• clinching: settling a series
• layup: close shot
• deficit: being behind