Maybe this is buried somewhere in the game threads, but Dame now is #10 in NBA history with his 8th 50-point game...more than Steph, Durant, 'Nique, Maravich, Westbrook, West, Bird... 1 Wilt Chamberlain 118 2 Michael Jordan 31 3 Kobe Bryant 25 4 James Harden 23 5 Elgin Baylor 17 6 Rick Barry 14 7 LeBron James 12 8 Allen Iverson 11 9 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 10 10 Dame/Bernard King 8 I mean, he keeps playing like this, he may be #7 by the end of the season...
The guy can really score when he stays involved the entire time he's in. In my opinion every play should run through him. That's when we're at our best and give our selves the best chance to score.
Only three straight games with at least 8 made threes? Something no one else except Steph Curry has ever done in NBA history? Only the three best consecutive games by a Blazers player in franchise history? Snooze. Wake me when something exciting happens.
He's the only NBA player EVER to have 3 straight games of at least 47 points and 7 assists. Only 1 player has 2 straight games and that's James Harden.
He will eventually have a 70-point game I think. Out of all modern players I think he's the most likely to match Kobe's 81-point effort, though it's still very unlikely,
I don't recall watching Booker's 70 point game, but in Kobe's 81 point game against Toronto was literally a joke as Toronto didn't play defense on him and it was worse than an all star game defense. Lakers spoon fed him almost every point. Lillards game last night and against GS was all done in the flow of the game
OMG, look at Wilt Chamberlain and there was no three point shot when he played. He once got 100 points in a game with only two point shots and free throws. Probably the GOAT.
I remember the days in here when guys were calling for us to trade him. There was another dunce in another forum who claimed that anyone who said he was gonna be better than Kyrie Irving were stupid. Sly knows who he is or should I say was.
I don't know, he's only scored above 50 three times total. Not discounting his 70 point game, but that was more of an aberration than the norm. Damian has scored over 50, 3 times this year alone.
There was 8 teams in the NBA back then, the great high school teams now are better. The NBA finals weren't televised. Wilt's stats are extremely misleading. An NBA player scoring 60 now is more impressive than Wilt getting 100.