NBA Season 2025-26

[Roy H.]

The best thing to come out of that is Bam passing Kobe's 81 (which we've heard about incessantly over the years) and also breaking Lebron's Heat franchise record.

Kobe is an all time great player. What bam just did with 43 FT attempts to break his record is shameful. The guy doesn?t even average 19pts a game. Bad look for the league.

None of what Wilt, Bam, or Kobe did was exactly honorable for the game of basketball.  It's selfish basketball to begin with.  Kobe took over 75% of his team's shots in the 4th quarter of his 81 point game and ALL of the Lakers' 4th Q FTs.

One of the biggest farces was the 60 point game had in his final career game.

David Robinson's 70+ to win the scoring title was silly, too.

[Donoghus]

The best thing to come out of that is Bam passing Kobe's 81 (which we've heard about incessantly over the years) and also breaking Lebron's Heat franchise record.

Kobe is an all time great player. What bam just did with 43 FT attempts to break his record is shameful. The guy doesn?t even average 19pts a game. Bad look for the league.

None of what Wilt, Bam, or Kobe did was exactly honorable for the game of basketball.  It's selfish basketball to begin with.  Kobe took over 75% of his team's shots in the 4th quarter of his 81 point game and ALL of the Lakers' 4th Q FTs.

One of the biggest farces was the 60 point game had in his final career game.

David Robinson's 70+ to win the scoring title was silly, too.

I was looking at David Thompson's 73 point game from '78 earlier.  He was in a scoring title battle with Gervin similar to the whole Admiral/Shaq one.  His stat line was pretty impressive all things considered.

28/38 .737 FG% and shot 17/20 from FT line  (85%) and no 3 point line either

[Birdman]

Everyone hating on Bam for some reason but I?m blaming Washington to let him go off like this and all the free throws..congrats to bam

[86MaxwellSmart]

I can't believe they took him out with just over a minute to go....gotta go for it when you can.

[Moranis]

Wilt's 100 came in a game the Warriors scored 169 and won by 22.  3 Knicks scored over 30 in the game. Wilt was 28 of 32 from the line, which far exceeded his normal percentage.  The 3 games prior Wilt scored 67, 65, and 61 (and 58 the game after). He was just on a heater for that week and the Knicks were a poor matchup. 

[Donoghus]

Wilt's 100 came in a game the Warriors scored 169 and won by 22.  3 Knicks scored over 30 in the game. Wilt was 28 of 32 from the line, which far exceeded his normal percentage.  The 3 games prior Wilt scored 67, 65, and 61 (and 58 the game after). He was just on a heater for that week and the Knicks were a poor matchup.

That game was also a farce towards the end.  Each team intentionally fouling and the Knicks stalling their offense in a game they were trailing. 

[bdm860]

Wilt's 100 came in a game the Warriors scored 169 and won by 22.  3 Knicks scored over 30 in the game. Wilt was 28 of 32 from the line, which far exceeded his normal percentage.  The 3 games prior Wilt scored 67, 65, and 61 (and 58 the game after). He was just on a heater for that week and the Knicks were a poor matchup.

To add to Wilt's game, New York was also missing their starting center (Phil Jordan), leaving them with only 2 players taller than 6'6": one was 6'9" 210lbs (rookie Cleveland Buckner) and the other was 6'10" 220lbs (Darrall Imhoff). Imoff fouled out in 20 minutes, leaving only Buckner to guard Wilt most of the game.

In that 67 point game three games prior (which was also against the Knicks), Wilt supposedly put up a 28 point quarter when he was being guarded by Buckner. So Buckner being essentially the only player available to guard Wilt, that really was the perfect situation for Wilt.

[bdm860]

Before Bam, how many people were upset with teams like the Wizards for their tank jobs?

Personally, I love it, I think Bam might have just solved tanking. Throw a crap team on the floor, let the opposing team's star feast. Maybe tanking teams will think twice about some of the lineups they decide to roll out.

Ok probably not, but I do see it as more of poetic justice for this to happen against a tanking team, rather than something dishonorable. I think it would be kind of cool if every star went out and tried to set records against the Jazz/Kings/Wizards/Nets (that us until someone blows out their knee chasing a record in the 4Q of a blowout).

That being said, I'm still bitter about what Booker did against the C's.