Posted on 01/22/2006 9:07:07 PM PST by doug from upland
Edited on 01/22/2006 9:42:23 PM PST by Sidebar Moderator. [history]
Koby Bryant scored 81 points tonight, the second highest ever in an NBA game. Wilt Chamberlain, then of the Philadelphia Warriors, scored the all-time high of 100 points in a game.
Also, Kobe joins the olympic team.
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/basketball/cs-0601210150jan21,1,3454978.story?coll=cs-basketball-print&ctrack=1&cset=true
This quote stands out to me:
"I'm very excited, man, very excited," Bryant said. "I'm excited to be an Olympian, to represent OUR country. I've been looking forward to this."
55 points in the second half alone. He was on fire tonight!
He's on pace to have one of the best seasons in NBA history.
Congratulations on Post #81!
Alcindor's/Walton's Bruins were simply the most dominating basketball teams I've ever seen. Props to the Wizard, as usual.
And speaking of domination, how about Wilt Chamberlain's '61-'62 season: 50.4 points per game (scoring over 4000 for the season), and 25.7 rebounds per game.
they paid the price for driving the lane, when do you see a player of today getting smacked down and layed out on their back? Thats right not very often.
I'm not sure about an accounting error, but I've always wondered about the clock. Back in 1962, especially in a little out of the way place like Hersey, the clock wasn't digital like we see now, but was almost like a stop watch. I wonder if the clock was old, and didn't keep the time properly? Oh well, we will never know as the game wasn't televised so no replay is available.
Snickering.
It was a regular season game near the end of the season.
That was the best individual season in NBA history, but Chamberlain was a 7' 1", 260 pound center in a league full of 6'7", 230 pound centers. For the longest time, Boston's Bill Russell was the only serious defensive threat Chamberlain faced.
"Keep him away from the Benson in Portland."
What's that about?
A buddy of mine saw Wilt at a pickup game in '79 at Pauley Pavillion (six years after he retired from the league). Also playing in that game was a youngster who'd just been drafted by the Lakers by the name of Earvin Johnson. Wilt not only schooled the kid, he dominated him, blocking countless shots by Magic attempting to score down low and grabbing every board in sight.
Wilt would've dominated in any era, although certainly not to the extent he did in the early 60s.
Not a healthy sign for the Lakers.
Basketball is a team game. If you depend on one man to play your game for you, it isn't going to carry you very far.
I'd like to see Kobe do it against Detroit or San Antonio ( Kobe is known to hate Bruce Bowen's guts for guarding him ).
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