Six greatest shots of LeBron James’ 20-year career so far

LeBron James once made an 83-foot shot.

Hit two shots from behind the basket in the same year, including this one.

Dunked so hard on a player’s head that the ball bounced back through the basket.

But none of those were good enough to make our list – six of the most memorable shots of James’ career – as he captured the NBA’s all-time scoring record.

There’s plenty to choose from with James’ having taken more than 14,000 shots from the floor and more than 8,000 shots from the foul line but no better place to start than the beginning.

How it all began

Oct. 29, 2003

Four months after the Cleveland Cavaliers picked LeBron James No. 1 overall in the NBA draft, he was set to make his regular-season debut against the Sacramento Kings at ARCO Arena in Sacramento.

Fast forward to the first quarter.

Curling around a screen, James took a bounce pass from Cavs guard Ricky Davis. He drained a 16-foot baseline jumper as Kings big man Brad Miller watched with apparent relief.

“He wasn’t going to get his first pts on a dunk I tell u that,’’ Miller texted USA TODAY Sports.

‘No regard for human life’

May 13, 2008

It was Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinals between the Cavaliers and the Boston Celtics when James’ threw down a vicious dunk over Kevin Garnett, then the NBA’s reigning MVP.

“LeBron James with no regard for human life,’’ Kevin Harlan, TNT’s play-by-play announcer, exulted on the telecast.

Harlan was sitting next to Doug Collins, then a color commentator for TNT, when he made one of the more memorable calls in James’ career.

“When that happened, (Collins) took his left arm and put it against my chest and both of our chairs began to fall backward,’’ Harlan recalled, “and we had the crowd right in back of us, and then that’s when I said what I said.”

The blindfolded shot

Nov. 29, 2008

James ditched his signature headband in 2015, but it played a…