Today we deep dive into what happened during every 70 point game in nba history. There have only been 13 times where a player reached this threshold and just 8 different players since the NBA formed.
Just so y’all know, the reason Damian Lillard didn’t have 80+ is because he decided to only pass the ball for the first half of the third quarter, despite his teammates telling him to shoot. It really shows what kind of person, and player he is.
What is incredible about Kobe’s 81 points is that he was very efficient. 28/46 is a little over 60%. He also made all but 2 of his freethrows. And he scored those 81 with less than 50 shots attempted. It is sort of crazy that his last game when he dropped 60, that is when he shot 50 shots
The David Thompson 73 point game was the last game of the season. He was tied in Legue leading scoring with George Gervin. Who scored 63 points in his last game. Then Thompson scored 73 points to win the scoring title.
Nah its the opposite, David's game was first. Then George's was after and he had like 50 something by half and didn't play the 4th quarter to rest for the playoffs
I was at Donovan Mitchell's 71 point game. One of the most amazing sports experiences I've ever had. Something not emphasized enough in the video is how crazy of a comeback it was. Nobody's shots were falling until Mitchell put the team on his back in the second half. With only a couple seconds left and down three, he was at the free throw line and after making one, intentionally missed his second shot, got his own rebound, and put it back for two to tie it up. Proceeded to dominate overtime and secure the win
Nah his 70 pt game was trash since the refs spoon fed him so many fouls. I remember watching that game live & you couldn't even look at Mitchel without getting a foul. The refs wouldn't even call that blatant lane violation because Mitchell had them in his back pocket. Very underserved statistic for Mitchell
@@ididwhatihadto7317 are you mad bcuz ur franchise is currently in poverty, his 71 was better than dbooks, lillard and most of everyones performances except kobe. He had not just 71 points but 11 assists and 8 rebounds. 2 shy of a triple double. You cannot even say anything about refs or "free throw merchant" he attacks the rim if he gets hit its a foul simple. The ref has to call that.
On the Wilt Chamberlain games: the offense basically was "give it to Wilt". Frank McGuire, Wilt's coach with the Warriors, had coached against him in the 1957 NCAA Championship and knew just how good he was. When he became the Warriors' head coach, he decided to make the offense all Wilt, all the time. This is also how Chamberlain averaged 50 minutes a game one season. McGuire would leave the Warriors after the 1961-62 season as he decided not join the team when they moved to San Francisco and returned to coaching college basketball.
@@joaohenriquedalpiaz8452 Looking at it again, it was 48.5 minutes per game. Wilt played in nearly every minute in regulation, plus 50 extra minutes of overtime. Wilt never fouled out and his team had a greater chance of winning with him on the court than off it. For his career, Wilt's minutes per game was an incredible 45.8.
@@sirstewartwallace3917 craziest stat of his career for me is that he never once fouled out. while playing almost every minute of almost every game at centre. on the All wilt all the time point. it always really annoys me when people call wilt a selfish offensive player that could never win in his early years when that was what everyone on the staff and his teammates wanted, i've heard guys like Al Attles ask why they would ever think of shooting when they have a guy like Wilt. the reason we know that no matter how good a player is they need teammates and a system is because of Wilts Warriors. everyone from Kareem to Jordan to Jokic has benifitted from that knowledge (well they did try it with Jordan but it was just as much a waste of time as Wilts was)
dude if u took away 3pt shots from all of basketball, how many times have ppl even had a 50pt game in all reality? remove all of currys games in that department. Jordan and LeBron could PROBLY do 50 or games without 3s, Kobe could too. Shaq could in his days on the Magic when a LOT of teams were weak. the 90s was weird, you were either a badass team or a team of all bums, there wasn't really any in-between teams. however, some of the best most intense ball games stem from 2 shitty teams meeting up to play each other. I swear dude, when 2 shitty teams play you see INSANE shit happening lol same thing with March Madness, those games are harder played than ANY finals games in the NBA . u see more injuries, more crazy game winning shots etc. NCAA ball in March is way more fun to watch than NBA finals . it's like that every year hands down.
@@eatassonthefirstdate the 90s had bum teams because of the league expansion with so many new teams joining so the good players could dominate those teams
Yea even if someone’s being fed the entire time like w the David Robinson one, it’s still insanely impressive especially with the efficiency they are doing it at.
Also that every one of those are unofficial triple doubles. Unofficial because the NBA did not count blocks as a statistic but game announcers and media did recognize blocks and some documented them. Which is crazy to think how high on the triple double list Wilt is all without blocks being counted. NBA would start counting blocks in 1973 right after Wilt retired.
Portland fan here and I can tell you that almost no one faults Dame for leaving. The Blazers front office did him wrong for too long. I personally would love to see him get a ring. Unlike Aldridge, the lying liar, Dame did truly want to be the best Blazer ever and I don't think you'll find many fans who don't already think he is. so far, not a big fan of Scoot...he's got some HUGE shoes to fill.
@@areezzy He said he wanted to be known as the greatest Blazer ever, then signed with San Antonio because he was jealous that Dame was starting to get more popular.
Mitchell’s game was the best, he was responsible for 99 points by naturally keeping his team involved in the game getting 11 assist and getting 7 rebounds
@@jnl7196 well I saw lillard a week after his 70 pt game and I saw Mitchell last month. I meant I saw all of them play not necessarily their 70 pt games
I feel like it’s note to mention when Donovan Mitchell dropped 71, it was at the same time as the Damar Hamlin incident, so the game hardly got any coverage
Nah blatant lane violation so he should've never even had 70. Everyone knew his 70 pts was a fluke with that & the refs spoon feeding him fouls. Hence why no one talked about his game.
I know the suns were bad when Booker got his 70 point game, but cmon, 70 points and still losing the game is crazy, if it were lebron, no one would shut up about it.
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Lillard was not happy during his 71 point game. Portland GM and Coach Billups had lied to Dame about "building a winning team". They had just traded Josh Hart and Gary Payton to "make the team worse". Dame took his frustration out on the Rockets.
Still a travesty that Kobe didn't win MVP that year. His +/- on/off the court was crazy that year. Plus he put 35 ppg during one of the slowest pace/lowest scoring seasons in NBA history.
Despite the fact that wilt played against the second most HOF player at his position(only behind kareem and parish, which he played 7 years less than both) He PLAYED THE MOST TOTAL GAMES against another hof center….see list below lol (mind you these are their barefoot heights, in the modern NBA you would add 1-2 inches to their height, as players have been measured in their shoes only after 1977) C-Bill Russell: 6’10” HOF (143 games played in 9 seasons) C-Kareem Abdul Jabbar: 7'2" HOF(27 games played in 4 seasons) C-Willis Reed: 6,10” HOF(72 games played in 8 seasons) C-Walt Bellamy: 6'11" HOF(100 games played in 11 seasons) C-Artis Gilmore: 7'2" HOF C-Bob Lanier: 6'11" HOF(17 games played in 3 seasons) C-Nate Thurmond: 6'11" HOF(47 games played in 4 seasons) C-Bob McAdoo: 6’10” HOF (5 games played in 1 season) C-Elvin Hayes:6’9 “ HOF (22 games played in 4 seasons) (Wes Unseld is also a HOF center but he is 6’7) (26 times in 5 seasons) (Dave Cowens is also a HOF Center/Forward but he is 6”9)(17 games played in 3 seasons) (Connie Hawkins is also a HOF Forward/ center but he is 6”9)(31 games played in 4 seasons) (please note there are more HOF PF who guarded and were guarded by wilt chamberlain but the majority of them are 6’8 to 6’9) SO THATS 574 OUT OF 1045…WHICH TRANSLATES TO 54% OF WILTS GAMES BEING PLAYED AGAINST ANOTHER HOF CENTER…
based on these 70 point games, and his other crazy stats such as 22.9 rpg on his career and 50,4 ppg in one season, he should be the goat. The lack of championships would take any other player out of the conversation but wilt was just crazy
I was in 8th grade when Kobe did this I remember going to my history teachers class during study hall and talking with him about it absolutely insane Kobe
