The Commish: Kobe
I actually got two fairly entertaining blog posts in the works, as you see from the titles above. so stay tuned for that. but quickly, as The Commish, you know I gotta weigh in on the greatest day of NBA action in the leagues history.
-- AI brings Philly back on Minny, drops 19 in second half. My lil bro Iguadala (Vitale must feel like such an idiot) hits the game winner. a classic game that everyone wouldve been talkin about...if Seattle/Pheonix wouldnt have happened later.
-- Sonics/Suns almost score a combined 300 points in a double-OT masterpiece. Heysoos Shuttleworth hits the Suns for 42, including the trey game-winner. its an instant classic that everyone wouldve been talkin about if it werent for 8 goin for 81.
-- I TiVo'd Kobe's revelation and I've watched it 3 times already. i gets better with each viewing. this is gonna sound like 20-20 hindsight, but after a few minutes in the first I knew he was gonna go for a ridiculous amount because Kobe was driving to the basket and makin layups without gettin fouled. u never see that happenin to him. He's forced to make ridculously difficult 20-footers or he knifes through the lane and gets clubbed across the face or bust in the chops. I just kept thinking that if this dude starts strokin it's curtains.
Anyway, he did and he dropped 81. i dont care how many times i see that number or say or watch the game, it's still a lil comical. don;t forget -- we're less than 5 years removed from a period when some teams averaged around 81 points.
there are several reasons why this is the greatest single-game feat in athletic history. i mean, the baseball equivalent would be hittin two cycles. football? maybe gaining 400 yards or throwing 10 touchdowns.
think about the other 70 point performances in the modern era, which would exclude Balor and Wilt. Both Robinson's 71 and Thompson's 72 came on the last game of the season. Thompson was fighting Malone for the scoring title and Thompson was rasslin with Gervin (Gervin scored 63 that same day). So those performances were straight-up predetermined gunner displays. There was forethought: " I'm gonna try to score 60 or 70 if I can so I can win this scoring title." that's why Robinson and Thompson's totals were never held in much esteem. And even Wilt's 78 came in 3 overtimes. the 100 is another story, but lets remember that Wilt was built like a young shaq and just as athletic and he was playing against 6'7, lead-footed white boys. not to diminish the 100, but....i'm sayin it aint no 81 in today's modern NBA.
Kobe is, unfortunately, the sole scoring threat on his squad, since, for whatever reason, he and Odom cant learn to dance together or Mar just refuses to learn the dance..whatever. anyways, Kobe always has one dedicated defender and 4 sets of eyes on him at all time. so when he sprng for 55 in the second-half, it was amazing, especially since a good 15 of those came in that stretch where he brought LA back from 18-down. He had 53 heading into the 4th and then dropped about another 15 in the 4th to help seal a victory and keep the Rapts from comin back. the last 10 was definitely a concerted effort to break some records, but u cant fault him for that.
I'll let Gee close it out: "and its not like he was doing things he shouldnt have with the ball or taking a lot of bad shots...he was 28/46 61% and only had 3 turnovers...insanity"
Yes, insanity.
actually, quick addition to this blog, after reading, perhaps, the most wickedly funny email of the New Year, courtesy my man Tony (and it was astute on a sports tip, too). Enjoy the PG version: "what would drive a man to do that. hes putting up numbers that only old school niguhs used to put up. but your man is smart too because he knows that they dont play again for like a week. so shoot my a** off and then lay up for 7 days. but knowing that niguh after the game he probably went went to the showers, f***d a white woman, and got right back in the gym. incredible."
-- AI brings Philly back on Minny, drops 19 in second half. My lil bro Iguadala (Vitale must feel like such an idiot) hits the game winner. a classic game that everyone wouldve been talkin about...if Seattle/Pheonix wouldnt have happened later.
-- Sonics/Suns almost score a combined 300 points in a double-OT masterpiece. Heysoos Shuttleworth hits the Suns for 42, including the trey game-winner. its an instant classic that everyone wouldve been talkin about if it werent for 8 goin for 81.
-- I TiVo'd Kobe's revelation and I've watched it 3 times already. i gets better with each viewing. this is gonna sound like 20-20 hindsight, but after a few minutes in the first I knew he was gonna go for a ridiculous amount because Kobe was driving to the basket and makin layups without gettin fouled. u never see that happenin to him. He's forced to make ridculously difficult 20-footers or he knifes through the lane and gets clubbed across the face or bust in the chops. I just kept thinking that if this dude starts strokin it's curtains.
Anyway, he did and he dropped 81. i dont care how many times i see that number or say or watch the game, it's still a lil comical. don;t forget -- we're less than 5 years removed from a period when some teams averaged around 81 points.
there are several reasons why this is the greatest single-game feat in athletic history. i mean, the baseball equivalent would be hittin two cycles. football? maybe gaining 400 yards or throwing 10 touchdowns.
think about the other 70 point performances in the modern era, which would exclude Balor and Wilt. Both Robinson's 71 and Thompson's 72 came on the last game of the season. Thompson was fighting Malone for the scoring title and Thompson was rasslin with Gervin (Gervin scored 63 that same day). So those performances were straight-up predetermined gunner displays. There was forethought: " I'm gonna try to score 60 or 70 if I can so I can win this scoring title." that's why Robinson and Thompson's totals were never held in much esteem. And even Wilt's 78 came in 3 overtimes. the 100 is another story, but lets remember that Wilt was built like a young shaq and just as athletic and he was playing against 6'7, lead-footed white boys. not to diminish the 100, but....i'm sayin it aint no 81 in today's modern NBA.
Kobe is, unfortunately, the sole scoring threat on his squad, since, for whatever reason, he and Odom cant learn to dance together or Mar just refuses to learn the dance..whatever. anyways, Kobe always has one dedicated defender and 4 sets of eyes on him at all time. so when he sprng for 55 in the second-half, it was amazing, especially since a good 15 of those came in that stretch where he brought LA back from 18-down. He had 53 heading into the 4th and then dropped about another 15 in the 4th to help seal a victory and keep the Rapts from comin back. the last 10 was definitely a concerted effort to break some records, but u cant fault him for that.
I'll let Gee close it out: "and its not like he was doing things he shouldnt have with the ball or taking a lot of bad shots...he was 28/46 61% and only had 3 turnovers...insanity"
Yes, insanity.
actually, quick addition to this blog, after reading, perhaps, the most wickedly funny email of the New Year, courtesy my man Tony (and it was astute on a sports tip, too). Enjoy the PG version: "what would drive a man to do that. hes putting up numbers that only old school niguhs used to put up. but your man is smart too because he knows that they dont play again for like a week. so shoot my a** off and then lay up for 7 days. but knowing that niguh after the game he probably went went to the showers, f***d a white woman, and got right back in the gym. incredible."
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