<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">"Hard as hell." That was the way Allen Iverson described the degree of difficulty in Kobe Bryant's scoring 62 points Tuesday night against the Dallas Mavericks. How about doing it in three quarters? "You gotta be a bad joker," Iverson replied. The 76ers star guard was the logical one to ask yesterday, because, before Bryant, he was the last NBA player to reach 60, doing it Feb. 12 of last season against the Orlando Magic. "I had my popcorn just like probably everybody else. I was watching, and I was actually calling people up on the phone to make sure they were watching it, 'cause I watched the game from beginning to end," Iverson said. "It's like, when you see a game like that, you're so much a fan of the game you enjoy it just [as if] you don't play the game. Just to see him do those things... I was thinking every shot he was taking was going to go in. It was just fun to watch. "Certain games are not that interesting, but when you have marquee players playing a certain game, one of those guys explodes. That was a treat for everybody." Sixers coach Maurice Cheeks said he never had witnessed a 60-point performance. "I imagine it would be extremely hard," he said. "I can't imagine scoring 60. I would think you would go double [him], take the ball out of his hands. I don't know what I'd do if a guy was scoring that many. "It's kind of unheard of. MJ [Michael Jordan] had 63 in overtime; Wilt had how many?" Cheeks asked. Told the late Wilt Chamberlain's best was an all-time-record 100, Cheeks just laughed, as if to acknowledge that as being in a totally different category. "I can't fathom scoring that many points," Cheeks said, recalling that his own career high was 33. "I would imagine it was not just on one guy, but on several guys. A guy like Kobe or anyone getting in a zone like that... I don't know if there's anything anyone can do [defensively], except double him coming up the floor, take the ball out of his hands." Bryant became the 19th different player to crack 60. It has been done 55 times, with Chamberlain accounting for 32 of those performances, including the incredible 100 Feb. 2, 1962, against the New York Knicks in Hershey. Iverson got his 60 by shooting 17-for-36 from the floor and 24-for-27 from the foul line. Bryant shot 18-for-31 and 22-for-25.</div> Source
I think its cool that Iverson gave Kobe his props, unlike Shaq who seemed not to excited about kobes performance. bitterness is sweet
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting amador08:</div><div class="quote_post">I think its cool that Iverson gave Kobe his props, unlike Shaq who seemed not to excited about kobes performance. bitterness is sweet</div> At least Shaq's memory is coming back and he didn't answer "Who?" .. he answered, "Impressive, very nice."
SHAQ IS MAD CAUSE HE HAD TO SCORE HIS 61 POINTS IN 4 QTR AND IT WAS AGAINST THE CLIPPERS.....EVEN RILEY GIVE HIM PROPS THINK SHA IS GONNA TRY TO GET HIM TO RESIGN NOW.LOL.. KOBE62IN3QTR
haha. Im glad people are recognizing Kobe, and what he can do. BTW, the site looks sick!!! Damn, love the colors on our forum!
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting BobbyEscobar:</div><div class="quote_post">I remeber whne T-mac scored 60. They dedicated a whole sportscenter top 10 plays to him.</div> t-mac dropped 62 points on the wizards in 03-04, not 60... i have that full game on dvd if anyone wants it for 4 dollars lol
hahahaha ur tryin sell a dvd on this post...thats funny as hell lol....u got the game where kobe beat the blazers in the final game of the season to win the pacific division from 2 years ago by chance?
props to AI man, what a real ass dude, I knew NBA players were just as much fans as we were. Seriously, coming from a player like AI, this means a lot. Calling people up to watch the game, that's tight. Man, SHAQ is a cool cat, let's lay off him, I tihnk a simple "congratulations" is good enough, he had me cracking up on his comment right here: Asked about Bryant's 62-point performance Tuesday night for the Lakers against the Mavericks, O'Neal offered only a simple "congratulations" after Wednesday's Heat practice. There was no mocking of the fact that O'Neal's former Lakers teammate completed his effort without a single assist. "It was just one of those days he got on a roll, got hot and he shot the ball pretty well," O'Neal said. Asked if he thought Bryant was sending a message in advance of Sunday's game, O'Neal returned to character, offering with a mischievous grin, "I don't know. I don't have a fax machine, so I didn't get that message."
I'm suprised Shaq didn't say something retarded. Maybe he can finally just forget about the whole deal, but that'll never happen haha. A.I. is definitely a great guy.
