LeBron becomes 6th in NBA history to reach 5,000 career playoff points

In the summer of 2010, LeBron James placed his first MVP award on his mantle. Although this regular season accolade is surely something to be proud of, he had yet to be crowned an NBA champion - thus rendering his moniker "King James" susceptible to the doubt-laden jabs of his critics.

Five years later, that doubt has morphed into belief - certainty even - cementing James as one of the greatest forces in basketball witnessed in generations. Serving as evidence of his postseason dominance in particular, LeBron has participated in each of the NBA Finals since the 2010-11 season, establishing himself as an annual fixture on the grandest stage the sport has to offer.

Entering Game 6 of the 2015 NBA Finals, Cleveland Cavaliers and self-professed "best player in the world" LeBron James sat only 12 points away from reaching the 5,000-point plateau in his playoffs career.

On Tuesday night, King James reached this mark with just over two minutes remaining in the second quarter, adding yet another milestone to his ever-expanding list of impressive career accomplishments.

He finished the game with 32 points, and will enter next season with 5,020 playoff points in total.

James sits at the sixth spot in the all-time playoff points rankings ahead of Karl Malone (4,761) and behind Tim Duncan (5,113).

This wasn't the first major landmark achievement secured by James this postseason. He tallied two triple-doubles in the 2015 finals alone, making him the fourth player in NBA history to have multiple triple-doubles in the same finals series.

Prior to Game 6, LeBron had six triple-doubles in his finals career and 14 throughout his many playoffs appearances, leaving him behind only Magic Johnson in both regards.

The impact of James' Game 5 output, in particular, could be measured not only by the points for which he was directly responsible but also the ones he assisted on - he scored or assisted on 70 points (77 percent) of the Cavs' 91 points scored in the fifth game of the series. Once again, this performance put him in rarefied air.

LeBron's postseason production this year was nothing short of historic. He narrowly missed out on averaging a triple-double in the Cavs' Eastern Conference Finals series against the Atlanta Hawks and was close to that same benchmark in the 2015 finals - 35.8 points, 13.3 rebounds and 8.8 assists.