Using Numbers To Find Out Who Had The Best Game In NBA History 

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U the goat, forreal!

You're awesome😂

There has to be a vid you do on Westbrooks 20 20 20 game. That game will never be done again for a very long time or even ever.

11:50 you said Charles Barkley had 24 rebounds but on the stat sheet 12:04, it says 14?

Ur woke

Only goats like Ben Simmons can do thst

The 6ers fans acted like they jus won the finals😂

When Shaq hit a three.

Lol

harman singh he was a stat padder

Pirate slayer yeah sure. Idc how bad you stay pad, averaging 50 and 25 in a season is the best regular season ever. He never in his career played with a prime HOF.

DeVince DeLowry ok that’s false (hint: he played for the Lakers. ) let’s compare him to Bill Russell: 12to 2

@@ryanelkadi3196 Are you high? Do you not know who Jerry West is, casual?

@@ryanelkadi3196 Russel never had less than 4 hall of famers on his team

He was almost top 1 on both the Regular Season and the Playoffs. Holy fucking GOAT.

I used to think that kobe was better than him but after watching this and anither video it made me realise mj was a lot better than i thought he was

The only reason he was able to do that is because illegal defense

@@morpher728 the only reason Jordan were able to do that is because of the illegal defense

@@morpher728 you're right Kobe's better cuz we didn't have the luxury of illegal defense cuz 1on1 against Kobe Kobe all day everyday

that’s my number 1 game

The GS measurement has nothing to do with the gravity/impact of the game or whether it was won or lost

faxx

Word

Lmao

Oregon Born Bro my guy averages Jordan’s best game ever 😂

MyCareer players are like Wilt Chamberlain on roids with roids.

I know right and wilt has 72 recorda

@@raunithmanuel9574 it was easy because the athletes were not as good as today. So being as outstanding as Wilt in such an early state of the game (when people were not really good), is impressive. He is one of the most gifted athletes of all time and would dominate in many sports in most eras Edit: Because so many are replying to my comment, I'll add this: I replied to someone who hated Wilt. My message was meant to defend Wilt, and you would know that if you read my comment till the end

@@raunithmanuel9574 honestly watch Clayton clay pools making a case for wilt video it will change your ming

@@raunithmanuel9574 he has a record rebound game against bill russell with 55. He has the all time record for points in a game and averaged over 30 points and 20 rebounds in a game. Regardless of the time he was playing those records are insane especially considering there was no 3 point line. Not to mention a season where he averaged 50 ppg. Wilt is one of the few players who played that long ago who could likely cut it in today’s game. He was a freak.

@@Heavymetalhettel aight will do

This the best comment😂

Lol 😂

@Gerardo Guzman oh, give him a sec, looks like he's lagging. Probably just his router...

@@kaimarquez8046 lol 😆

@Gerardo Guzman 9th on the list

That would land a 80+ game score for sure

93.9

@@glennlevasseur4530 hm I got 92.9

@@jt2046 how did you get the number 92.9? i’m confused

@@nickw.9646 XD

😂

yeah 69 points with 18 rebounds

I always thought that game was underrated...

@@andrzejzborowski4920 true even tho it’s known no one talks about it

Nice

Donovan’s game is even num3

and giannis with his 64 point game

Luka's might be the goat performance

Embiid just dropped 70 and had a game score of 62. That’s the third best game behind Kobe’s 81 point game and MJs greatest game of all time

@@hawaiianwater1913 luka just dropped 73 w/ 90+% TS. behind only mjs game

Apparently no one wanted to hear that.

wilt is a fraud and his numbers dont count

old comment but wilt really was fucking insane at the game of basketball

he also played against actual plumbers

bruh

Wilt: 100 points 25 rebounds.

Must be young and dumb, Wilt had 100 points and over 20 boards in a single game... and guess what, blocks weren’t counted yet.

Wilts 100 pt game .....

Wilts 100 point game are you stupid

Noice

you: nice me putting the 69th like: nice

Yup. Magical number! : )

Space Ex glad I’m not the only one

3x23=69

This game score thing came out in the mid 2000s but yeah.

@@amostlyreasonableguy game out in 78

Yea they specifically designed it to ensure MJ is at the top by including every stat a player gets tracked for during a game. Oh wait!

hes the third all time (since game score) lillard is first and chuck is 2nd

It is impressive, but 2 weeks before that Damian Lillard scored 55 pts, 6 REB, 10 AST, 3 BLKS, 1 STL with only 1 TO on 70% shooting and 12 3PM on 70% from 3 plus 90% FT% AND carried his team to the second overtime only to lose by 7

Yea and they’d be great on a one on one because mj is only 3 days older😂

Just like space jam

No need. MJ already thrashed Chuck in the game of life.

@@MrPhilbautista corniest stuff I've heard in a while

Wilt was one of the best ball ticklers I had ever seen he used too tickle Micheal Jordans balls so good he would blow a fat cream pie in 30 secs

b what the fuck

@@Deeno282 Huh?

@@aki2662 just facts👌✌️

b what in the goddamn fuck

Lebron is better. But let's not waste time arguing

@@jordonsmith3132 we won’t waste time but Lebron is definitely not better than MJ. If you seriously no troll think that... you’re an idiot. Sorry

scores were higher in MJ's era than most of the last 20 years. From 2003-2015 scoring dropped a lot due to the introduction of zone defense (elimination of illegal defense). Kobe would've gotten 100 that night if his team could run isos all day like they did for MJ and those cats in the 80s and 90s. People don't want to admit it, but you switch eras between Kobe and Jordan and Kobe may come out goat...

@@MrJeebusWalks Perhaps, I don't know if Kobe has what it takes to lead 2 different bulls squads to 2 three peats though.

@@canadariots1139 maybe, maybe not. I think he was personally. Different animal but the same beast

@@MrJeebusWalks if u give mj shaq N Kobe Scottie who would have more chips? yeh that's right mj and shaq would be underfeated for 10 years straight with no injury's

@@churrnutz8426 if kobe couldnt stand shaq's laziness you think mike could?

Jalen_ Wouldn’t be a Jxmy video without Michael Jordan

@@grantharpole2806 Wouldn't be an NBA video without MJ.

The best nba game I ever watched was gldn st vs okc curry hit almost half court shot with 0.6 on the clock in OT

Kawai Leonard lol

@@elijahsloan5279 the best I ever watched was When Bron won his 3rd ring against golden state by coming back from a 3-1 lead

Lowkey Godly that game itself was weak af

LeBeautiful I’ve seen you before

Reign Curiel pause

ASMR

I dunno man seems kinda gay to me

@@krispyyhd- I just subed to you even though you called me gay

Only because he can't read or write.

Just watch a game of him ;) these videos are just alternate reminders

Noyce Gaming Just like any other superstar that be on some 2k shit

😂

I guess averaging 30+ 2 years in a row in playoff is bad to all y’all haters.. can’t wait for him to prove y’all wrong.. guy can’t get a break from the media

people say that without checking out his playoff stats

Vx Daimondz you probably been saying that for years lol... all jokes

Feel like he would be the biggest stat nerd if he liked baseball. It's literally a game of stats.

That's what I like about him

men lie, hoes lie, numbers dont.

Most LEBRON fans do.....not dissing just facts but Jimmy a different animal than these guys on TV I prefer his logic

its like billy beane's moneyball ⚾

No, Kd's 49point triple has highest game score

@@deepanr7076 no he’s right, Lillard has the record with 55.9

He outscored the whole Mavs team too sheeesh🥵

But to be honest, the same goes for a lot of players. Like Michael Jordan's 48 in 3 quarters, Klay's 60 in 3 quarters etc. But yeah it'd be amazing.

people say that if he had played the 4th quarter he would have scored way more but he must have been really fatigued after cranking that many shots. people don’t realise that these guys are still humans even though it may not seem like it lol.

@@thepeacekeeper2338 i was thinking but you said klay..see i forget about 60 in 3 quarters..i was thinking id like to see the highest quarter rating..i know the rest of the stats probably werent so impressive..but 37 pts shooting perfect from the field???

Outscored a team who went to the finals that year

it would have been like 100 pt 26rb 5 assist 4 steals 6 blocks on 65 percent shooting

Asrar Farooqui I believe the only stat missing from that game is blocks. In the beginning of the video he said it has to be a game that recorded all categories. I wonder if you have Wilt zeros for the categories not recorded, what would his score be.

@@Lance1Woods blocks, steals, turnovers and offensive vs defensive rebounds all missing. But his 100 point game works out to about 76.

The Man did You work it out? I was planing to work it out today but did not fint the time. Dang!!!! That is without all his blocks... . Now I know why the team is called Philadelphia 76ers ;)

DahWordSmith he had his 100 point game on the warriors btw

The illegal defense rule was actually helping MJ quite a lot. Not having to play against help defense is generally a good thing for a player like him.

In an era with tougher defense by rulebooks.

Who has the most rebounds in a game though?

Yeah but lebron screams loud and flexes big biceps. Ill go with lebron

“Modern “ nba. Yeah you better put that in there, wouldn’t want the truth about Wilt being the best ever to cover your delusions.

@@Chevy-hw6lw At least I know before that the rules were different. Put one of those players from older nba in today and their stats would be lower. and if you put a modern player in before the rules changed, theirs would be higher (mostly). So I don't know what you're trying to say with delusions. Also "modern" being when the stats started being counted, not saying wilt wasn't good, he was just of a different era. You wouldn't compare the specs of a spitfire to an f16 would you. So let's not try to sound like a pompous dick with "delusions" alright.

Cloud 9 🦃

@Ramses Stafford Actually, Wilt could dunk from the FT line sports.stackexchange.com/questions/16974/could-wilt-chamberlain-dunk-from-the-free-throw-line But he was a bad FT shooter.

Lionel Avila no way

I say MJ was the best, and i still dont think i understand how good... Cause i started watching basketball after he retired

Lebron is actually the greatest

yup

his gamescore is 56.3

You typed? Well sir I got a chart for that

NBAMix Nobody: Jxmy: I have a Chart for that Chart

Your dumb literally get an IQ test

More charts pls

Lin being possessed by a basketball god was honestly something else

Jeremy Lin’s highest game score according to Basketball Reference is 34.5

@@ianfransen944 that's not too bad tbh, it's a shame we never got to see a true prime lin

You’re a basketball fan!!??

China

Facta

I was thinking it was russ

I was thinking it was the quadruple double

@Justin hell nah

Justin no way in hell Wilt is the most dominant player ever

He’s 24 and plays on the Bucks

@@omarramirez8776 Is he 7'2 with a 48 inch vertical??

@Justin Can shaq bench 500 lbs or run a 4.6 40 yard dash??

Ah shut up

@@corinnamonk6462 bro............you just posted cringe

@@ismailgedi4661 lmao wtf wym "cringe" if anything is cringy about this thread is your comment with 20 million dots and plus shes saying that cuz everyone tryna get clout for saying rIp kObE

@@jamesonmacdonald5615 bro.......you are going to lose subscriber

Whiskey ?

I agree thank for writing this out

Underrated

Let’s not forget the average height for centers during Wilts career was 6’10”. He wasn’t just bullying little guys. He was utterly dominant during his career

Wilt overrated

And yet he was psyched out by 2 baskets from Willis Reed in the first two minutes of a Game 7?

They were one of those teams that didn’t necessarily have one great player but they were loaded with really good players.

Yes sir buddy

@@thececil021 just like the Heat this year. But oh wait, Heat were seen as a cakewalk. Yet, i guess Cavs weren't because....??????

i think people need to actually rewatch those games back then. I mean my god, defense was actually terrible, while at the same time, they were fucking slow.

@@Amzingred I would call Jimmy Butler great, so that’s a poor analogy. Also, defense was much better then than it is today. I suggest you go back and watch them. I’m old enough that I actually watched them live.

Agreed. Something wrong with the formula if those games didn’t crack the top 10.

@@paulshriver2404 sometimes i feel a lot of the people that created such formulas was just to be whatever formula would make MJ look superior

Amzingred this was made in 1978 before anyone knew who Michael even was

@@aidanb1129 uh...no. The "Game score" formula that this video is based off was created in the 2000s ;) The 1978 that you are talking about, is the fact that what the "game score" is based on, it can't tell what players did before 1978, because the specific stats that are needed weren't tracked before 1978.

So I decided to look those games up and have come up with some answers. Simple answer is: poor shooting percentages, high fouls and turnovers, and lastly 0 three-pointers. Your first example he achieved a 44.4 GmSc (Larry Bird was 44.8 for 100th spot at the time of the video) and went 48.3 FG%, 71.4 FT%, 5 PF, 4 TOV. Second example he achieved a 34.9 GaSc and went 55.6 FG%, 60.0 FT%, 4 PF, 5 TOV. A point to note, a 2-pointer will net you 1.7 points towards your GaSc, whereas a 3-pointer will net you 2.7 points. Those 2 games he went 0 from 0 at the 3 point line, whereas today 3's are far more prevalent. Also a miss for a 2 or a 3 will cost you 0.7 to your GaSc regardless of which one, so there's potential to earn more through hitting 3's than 2's as the punishment is the same for missing, yet a whole point extra in GaSc if you get it. Bonus fact: ORB are worth much more than DRB, and his 25 TRB game he went 6/19. Bonus bonus fact: steals are worth more than assists and blocks. Bonus bonus bonus fact: on the wiki for the formula it says it only applies from 1978 onwards, however the stats on the top 100 list only apply from the 83-84 season onwards. This doesn't affect Olajuwon though

Steeljack44 for me it was a fucking ad

@@jarrayyy5400 If you're on the PC get UBlock Origin - easy extension for google chrome. I forget ads exist until I watch yt on the phone

I hope kawhi puts in a 60 point game because that would be another beautiful transition.

jerry wang I feel so bad for u 😂

#1 MJ...#2 Black Mamba... the rest " Who cares !"

Watermelon Warrior nice

Nice

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@@somregularguy i just pooped myself

Game score has that down as a 37.2, surprisingly not cracking the top 100 of even play-off game, but I suppose you gotta need the context for that.

I’m glad that you were able to witness greatness in an era of basketball that was with the mindset that defense wins championships. The fans of today’s NBA have no idea how tough they played the game. When Jordan retired there are plenty of my friends that quit watching basketball. Today’s NBA is geared towards scoring and the rules reflect that. When you have a player that can just stand at the top of the key and go full steam ahead and either get fouled or have the lane open let’s you see how the game has changed

The Mad Zookeeper wilt would be bette r

You should check to see who has the highest game score where it really matters the most. (That’s the NBA finals in case you couldn’t figure it out)

It must be incredibly discouraging to every MJ wannabe - it's an impossible task just about, for anyone to eclipse MJ. Given the dynamics of the game now and exposure from HS to college etc I cannot see anyone dominating like MJ did. In retrospect Kobe tried, but that wasn't his natural persona to be ruthless, for MJ it was in his personality. Its getting fucking tiring though to hear 'the next michael jordan'. I don't think a single player has just owned a sport so badly as MJ - nobody in recent memory is close.

@@finngrant234 wayne gretzky comes to mind. but aside form those two, i don't think it's really happened.

Nick Wright would still disagree

Cough* Wilt

@@Snowflake..... Wilt what? Are you saying wilt is also in some insane stat? Because, ok

@@MALLYGEEZ1 Wilt is like a unicorn. happened so long ago people forget about him.

@@Snowflake..... Wilt was a beast

@@MALLYGEEZ1 you missed spelled the best

loool

It’s only ONE game 😂

@@jeremycamacho2351 Actually 4 games

The Ultimate Rage I don’t see those other 3 games in the list tho 🤷‍♂️

@@jeremycamacho2351 If you watched the video he had 2 in the top 10 of the regular season and 2 in the playoffs. 🤦🏾‍♂️

Yeah, but more importantly, he is now FIRST

LegitPlays exactly

i agree but i think they also take in consideration the time period back then and so do i..wilt definitely would be probably the top 5 spots at least..but does it really count? i mean of course it does for the history of the game, and its not his fault he was so much more dominant than everyone else..but his stats show how lopsided shit was..30pts/22 rebs career...50pts a game for a season..100 pts in a game..before his time indeed, but those stats need an asterisk next to them. thats why at the highest hes 3rd best all time behind mj and kareem

@@gdirty7380 why do they need an asterisk? You didn't provide an answer for that

Listen. There is 4 letters why mj is the “goat”. E.S.P.N. ESPN wasn’t round when wilt played. All we have is some games,film,and stats. Wilt holds 71 records. (Not 72 anymore,Russ broke one) When espn started. All that was on was mj. Mj also played in a league where it was a bit laid back. In wilts era it wasn’t easy. I’m not saying Michel isn’t one of the greats but his greatness is exaggerated a bit. Plus after wilt was beat down and broken up,he play PROFESSIONAL VOLLEYBALL. Mf played another sport after he retired and his knees were fucked. He ran track in college. This man was a BEAST. The only thing that I will say is wilt wasn’t aggressive. He was afraid he would hurt people. Back to how great wilt is. He averaged MORE MINUTES IN A GAME THAN THERE IS MINUTES IN A GAME. He never sat out ONCE in two seasons(pretty sure but he did one season) His domance was through the roof. Y’all can shit on me all you want but you can’t debate mj or Lebron. You guys can debate wilt or Lebron.

I actually tried to do the game score based on recorded stats. Since a lot of the stats were not available I made some adjustments. Like all 25 rebounds counting as DREB. His stats were 100 points 36/63 FGA/FGM 28/42 FTA/FTM 25 TREB, 2 AST and 2 PF. Steals and blocks were not tracked back then. I can’t believe that he did not have a few of them. With all known variables plugged into the formula I came up with a game score of 80.

Mike *41 shots and 49pts

@@iheartMeechh my fault I was 8 off

Mike you’re still off

Don’t matter he’s still an amazing player

Mike 40%

you know this doesn't make sense cause the rules were different which allowed more rebounds and posessions...add to the fact that Wilt is basically Giannis juiced up playing against plumbers and chumps

Not to mention his rumored quintuple-double game, which would've had a game score roughly anywhere from 83 all the way up to 100.3, which, quite frankly, is nucking futs to say the least

@@vanguardas9927 Wilt's Playoff Competition(# of series out of 29) Russell: 8 (GOAT, MVP, Top 75) Kareem: 2 (GOAT, MVP, Top 75) Thurmond: 3 (Top 75) Reed: 3 (MVP, Top 75) Beatty/Bellamy/Embry: 4 (HOF) Others: 9(Lucas was a Top 75 player but better known as a forward, even though he played center when Reed was injured) 10/29 GOAT level(34%) 13/29 MVP level(45%) 16/29 Top 75(55%) 59% if you count Lucas 21/29 HOF(72%) Finals Competition 2/6 GOAT level(33%) 4/6 MVP level(67%) 5/6 Top 75(83%) 100% if you count Lucas 6/6 HOF(100%) One year, he faced Lucas and Debusschere, who were both Top 75 players, but better known as forwards. Others: Kerr, Halbrook, Clifford Ray, Boerwinkle, Fox, Dierking On the teams without a star center, they usually had 2 or 3 centers playing in rotation.

@@vanguardas9927 The 50's are when the NBA was a part time job. In the 60's barely anybody was in the NBA as a part time job.

Tom Cheng He was on Lakers there.

Gotta respect Paul pierce and the rest of em

Jesus

Did they count turnovers then? Because that might hurt his score. Still, that’s insane

Wtf.

What about his 55 reb game or his crazy triple double game

I know I already replied but he got 92.9 in his quintiple double game

He literally broke the game but it was when there wasn't much competition so...

@@spol Bill Russel was competition

@@spol kareem russell...

@@ayaanayubi1117 There was like 5 players that challenged Wilt... His stats were very inflated

@@saulgoodmanesquire3730 5 people that contested wilt? Bruh there was 7 hofers on the Celtics alone that contested wilt

Denis Bimps stop triggering my ptsd like that😭🎷🎷🎷😭

Damn... I almost want demand a redo. lmao

Imagine yt with out attention thots😭😭😭

Exactly, Context matters. Best comeback in the modern history

Nice

Honestly tho you are 100% correct

DeVince DeLowry I don’t get it

@@goat369 69🤦🏽‍♂️ the sex position how prude are you

Jonathan Boston how bout you explain it instead of saying that

he just an overweight chocolate nigga (i was kiddin y'all went crazy hahahaha)

PeriodT

@@eliahanin6242 wow this dude has no respect for my man Charles Barkley one of the best PF!

@@eliahanin6242 bro tf don't talk like that

@@onisomar what lol its facts tho

not with his FTs, besides his 100 pt game where he made 28.

CPGoat #3 all of these big games on this list had at least 20. Kobe had 25 or something. So stfu

CPGoat #3 and what’s the problem with free throws? Points are points. As long as they come efficiently, then they’re fine. There’s nothing wrong with scoring free throws

@@ryanelkadi3196 dont speak before u understand what I said. I was referring to his LACK of made fts. Thus the reason why I said EXCEPT his 100 pt game where he made all those fts.

CPGoat #3 whoops my bad just a misunderstanding

The average pace in 1990 is not that far away from todays pace. It was slowing down from the absurd pace of the mid 80's but the peak of the slow / deadball era is the late 90's early 00's.

Thats why hes the goat

Eliè Laurent against plumbers

I always considered MJ the goat, by a margin, but every time I see one of these videos, I just realized how much bigger the margin is.

Akadehmix It’s not really not much bigger,His definitely the goat but the margin is most definitely not that large.

sn lol stfu, u probably a ten year old bronsexual

yup, wish Barkley is in the 2K games at least

@@syahid141 fr i dont know why they dont put him in the games

Just an Average Human he doesnt wanna be in nba 2k, something about contracts

I do, I was living in Phx in the 90s

Just watched 6/7 of the '94 Rockets-Suns WCSF series, and can confirm this. He's the original freight train, unstoppable force in transition. Barkley's low post game was excellent too, he had the strength, the moves and he always found the open man when double-teamed.

Definitely the best all time at throwing dudes through plate glass windows

Must have never heard of wilt chamberlain

@@krlllx Skill-wise MJ is miles better than Wilt. Wilt just stood under the rim because he was 100 ft taller than everyone else.

Steve Griffey Average height back then was 6”5. Today its 6”6. And they were measured without shoes back then. Theres a bunch of hall of fame centers back then. Wilt did so much more than just stand under the rim.

And the original comment is talking about records not skill and wilt has way more records

@@krlllx Of course I'm exaggerating slightly, but there is no way Wilt is better than Jordan.

He just finds a way to hate on harden

?

boo alot

green boo he doesn’t hate on harden lmao, u stupid or something

Transparent Eclipse he has a whole video talking about how overrated harden is

DantjeVanAskeBE * he needs to make a vid bout wilt and bill’s dominance if steals and blocks were recorded. Heard they had almost 30 blocks in a game each, multiple 20+ block games, and wilt may have had 2 quadruple doubles. Though I ain’t 100% wit all that cuz I never watched his game

No-one did because Jimmy said about 10 times it was only games since 1978

DantjeVanAskeBE * if we’re talking all time. Wilt’s game would undoubtedly be at the top

Phillip The Lion 😮

Dude I averaged 9 blocks a game once. I'm a DEMI GOD