Hawks forward Josh Smith became the youngest player to reach 1,000 blocks for his career on Tuesday night.

Smith recorded his 1,000th block with 8:29 left in the first quarter of Atlanta's loss to Oklahoma City when he rejected a shot by Nenad Krstic.

He reached 1,000 blocks at the age of 24 years and 59 days, more than a year younger than the previous record-holder, Benoit Benjamin.