In 2009, he said he had been diagnosed the previous year with chronic myeloid leukemia, a blood cancer.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar faces 3 months of recovery after surgery for broken hip
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“He's going to extend this record even further," Abdul-Jabbar told TNT after the game Tuesday night. “And it'll be interesting to see how far it goes."
No drop-off in sight for NBA's newest scoring leader LeBron James
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