I saw the whole game and watched my home team just collapse, then get analy raped. It was horrible. On the other hand, I'm still in shock from what my eyes have just showed me in the past 2 hrs. Kobe Bryant... if God played basketball....
Jordan set his career game-high in points with 69 against the Cavs back long long time ago, in a galaxy far far away...
What a great comeback! I thought they were in trouble early in the 3rd quarter... but then Kobe went nuts.
Note to Kobe: Guess scoring points isn't everything when it comes to being known as the greatest basketball player of all time.
No OT for Wilt. Who was an other worldly player. Led the league in scoring one year. Folks said he didn't rebound enough. Led the league in rebounding the next year. Said he didn't share the ball enough. Led the league in assists, too. Here's all that Wilt did. * NBA Rookie of the Year (1960) * NBA Most Valuable Player (1960, 1966, 1967, 1968) * All-NBA First Team (1960-62, 1964-68) * All-NBA Second Team (1963, 1965, 1972) * NBA All-Defensive First Team (1972, 1973) * NBA Finals MVP (1972) * Holds the NBA Finals record for most rebounds (41, April 5, 1967 vs. Boston) * Scored 53 points as a rookie against Syracuse (March 14, 1960) * NBA All-Star Game MVP (1960), after scoring 23 points with 25 rebounds * Thirteen-time NBA All-Star (1960-69, 1971-73) * Holds the career All-Star Game record for most rebounds (197) * Holds the single-game All-Star record for most points (42) in 1962 * NBA championships with the Philadelphia 76ers (1967) and Los Angeles Lakers (1972) * Scored 31,419 points (30.1 ppg) in 1,045 pro games, best in the league when he retired; currently second all-time behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar * Led the NBA in scoring seven straight years (1960-66), including a career-high 50.4 ppg in 1962 * Holds single game record for points in one game (100, March 2, 1962) against the New York Knicks in Hershey, PA * Scored 78 points against Los Angeles in three overtimes (Dec. 8, 1961) * Scored 73 points vs. Chicago (Jan. 13, 1962) * Scored 72 points against Los Angeles (Nov. 3, 1962) * Scored 50 or more points 118 times * Scored 50 or more points 45 times in the 1961-62 season, including seven consecutively (Dec. 16-29, 1961) * Scored 40 points or more 271 times * Scored 40 or more points 63 times in the 1961-62 season; 52 times in the 1962-63 season * Scored 40 or more points 14 straight times (Dec. 8-30, 1961) * Scored 30 or more points 65 straight times (Nov. 4, 1961 - Feb. 22, 1962); had a 31-game and a 25-game 30-point streak * Holds single-game record for most points by a rookie (58, Jan. 25, 1960 vs. the Detroit Pistons) * Made 35 consecutive shots (Feb. 17-28, 1967) * Went 18 of 18 from the field against the Baltimore Bullets (Feb. 24, 1967) * Led the league in field goal percentage nine times (1961, 1963, 1965-69, 1972) * Holds record for most free throws attempted (11,862) * Grabbed 23,924 rebounds (22.9 rpg), best in history in both number and per game average * Holds seasonal records for most minutes (3,338, 41.7 mpg), most points (4,029), points per game (50.4), field goals made (1,597) and field goals attempted (3,159), all in 1962 * Holds the rookie record for most points (2,707, 37.6 ppg) and rebounds (1,941, 27.0 rpg) in 1960 * Led the league in rebounding 11 times (1960-63, 1966-69, 1971-73) * Led the league in minutes seven times (1961-64, 1966-68) * In the 1968 season, averaged 24.3 ppg, 23.8 rpg and 8.3 assists per game * NBA 35th Anniversary All-Time Team (1980) * NBA 50th Anniversary All-Time Team (1996) * Ranks second all-time in scoring with 31,419 points (30.1 ppg) * Ranks second all-time in rebounding 23,924 rebounds (22.9 rpg) Not a bad career, eh? AND DON'T FORGET HIS CLAIM TO HAVING HAD SEX WITH 20,000 WOMEN IN HIS LIFETIME, which, if he had 35 perfect years for sex (never missing a day) works out to 1.56 women PER DAY. DM
DAVE I AGREE TOTALLY THE GREATEST PLAYER EVER TO PLAY THE GAME 2....MICHAEL JORDAN 3.......NY KNICKS 1969 TEAM..THATS WERE THE WORD "TEAMWORK" WAS FIRST INTRODUCED.....
81 points for a jump shooter is insane!!!! I don't like Kobe but that really is unbelieveable. I thought it was a joke. Wilt was a machine but it was easier for him score more points way back when.
What makes it even more impressive is that zone defenses used to be illegal. What surprised me was the report that there are only 5 NBA players (now including Kobe) who have gone over 70 in a game and David Robinson was one of them. Surely a very, very good player, but I don't recall him being a big scorer (with a lot of 40+ point games like Jordan or Kobe).
I remember when Robinson did that. It was the same season Jordon scored his 69 points. D.R did it, I believe, during the final game of the season. I think he scored 72! j
