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The longest scoring streaks in Premier League history

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The Premier League has been graced by some of the world's most devastating forwards since its inception, boasting some incredible attacking teams over the years. As a result, it's often been difficult for Premier League defences to shut out the division's sharpshooters, leading to some impressive goalscoring streaks. The club with the longest run managed goals in over half a century of consecutive matches, a record that will be difficult for any team to topple. 6. Manchester City (December 2018 - October 2019) Manchester City would win the Premier League title during this scoring streak / Clive Mason/GettyImages Unsurprisingly, Pep Guardiola's Manchester City side have managed one of the most impressive scoring streaks , finding the back of the net in 29 matches consecutively in the Premier League . A run that began following a 2-0 defeat to Chelsea in December 2018 and included a 15- Game winning streak , Man City claimed the Premier League title during their im...

LeBron James breaks NBA scoring record: Reactions pour in on basketball's historic night

LeBron James has done it. After 20 years, three teams, four championships and 1,410 regular-season games, King James has passed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the NBA's all-time leading scorer with 38,388 career points (and counting). Abdul-Jabbar was on hand at Crypto.com Arena to watch the 38-year-old James break his almost 39-year-old record, and fittingly, the new all-time leading scorer in NBA history broke the record in the same Los Angeles Lakers uniform that Abdul-Jabbar once wore. Now, the entire basketball world is taking the time to praise the NBA 's new scoring king. Here are some of the best reactions to LeBron's historic night . The whole world was watching "This is one of the greatest accomplishments in sports history." Some of the best to ever do it congratulate @KingJames 👏 pic.twitter.com/3nNvmKVYAo — NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) February 8, 2023 James h...

Cavs' Donovan Mitchell scores 71 in eighth-highest scoring performance in NBA history

Donovan Mitchell has become the seventh player in NBA History to score 70 or more points in a Game . The Cleveland Cavaliers star finished the 145-134 win over the Chicago Bulls with an incredible 71 points, joining Wilt Chamberlain, Kobe Bryant, David Thompson, David Robinson, Elgin Baylor, and Devin Booker in the illustrious 70-point club. As Booker score d 70 exactly, Mitchell now has the highest single- Game point total of any active player in the NBA . It was the 12th 70-point Game in NBA History , as Chamberlain reached that figure six times. Cleveland needed every one of Mitchell's 71 points to secure the critical victory. The Cavs had lost three Game s in a row, and were it not for Mitchell's exploits, would have lost a fourth. With less than five seconds to go, Mitchell stood at the free-throw line needing a miss, an offensive rebound and a bucket to send a 130-128 Game to overtime. Just a...