January 22, 2008 at 5:00 am · Filed under NBA, Videos
One year ago today, Kobe Bryant poured 81 points on the Toronto Raptors. Sure, he took 46 shots, but when you convert on more than 50% of your field goals and three-pointers, and lead your team back from an 18-point deficit to a convincing victory — who can deny that Bryant’s effort matches that of Wilt Chaimberlain’s 100-point monument 45 years ago.
Kobe Bryant, by no means the most humble player in the NBA, couldn’t believe his accomplishment.
“It really hasn’t, like, set in for me. It’s about the ‘W,’ that’s why I turned it on. It turned into something special. To sit here and say I grasp what happened, that would be lying.”
January 22, 2006, saw an impressive record fall in another game. The Seattle Sonics and Phoenix Suns combined for 301 points in a double-overtime game that broke the combined record for three-pointers in a game, and was the most points scored in one game for over 10 years.
Informative thought: Shopping for golf accessories is quite a feat. You will find golf clubs from one corner of the town, and your perfect golf shoes from another.
January 20, 2008 at 5:11 am · Filed under NBA, Videos
Just over three years ago, Houston Rockets and San Antonio Spurs fan witnessed an incredible scoring spurt from Tracy McGrady, who led his team to an improbable one-point victory in an generally meaningless December game. McGrady scored 13 points in 35 seconds, out of “only” 33 that night.
“Those fans that walked out, and there were thousands of them, they missed a great game,” McGrady said at the time.
Thirteen points in 35 seconds…That’s not really that impressive, is it, aside from the fact that several NBA teams have failed to score 13 points in a quarter this season (does anybody have this stat?).
An even more impressive scoring burst, courtesy of Reggie Miller. Eight points in 8.9 seconds. I know, the video only shows six.
January 17, 2008 at 8:42 pm · Filed under NBA, Videos
Jamario Moon and Gerald Green are locks for next month’s All-Star Dunk Contest, and Dwight Howard is probable as he seeks to revenge last season’s debated loss. The dunk contest is far from its glory years, but you can expect to see something better than these dunks from the past several years.
Okay, so one of these dunk contest clips isn’t a dunk at all, but here are five of the worst All-Star dunk attempts in the NBA.
January 15, 2008 at 5:35 am · Filed under NBA, Videos
Yao Ming is now in his sixth year in the NBA, and aside from a couple recent injury-plagued seasons, Yao has made the transition amazingly well. Next to Dwight Howard, and possibly Greg Oden, Yao Ming is keeping the tradition of the big man alive — along with an amazing 82% from the free-throw line for somebody who’s shot releases near the height of the rim.
January 13, 2008 at 5:50 am · Filed under Other, Videos
If you think dunkers like Chris Andersen shouldn’t be allowed to participate in dunk contests, how about this guy from a Lithuanian team? He doesn’t even get close to pulling off this dunk…
At least he it only took him one failure to realize it wasn’t going to happen.
