1 year ago, Devin Booker dropped 70 points in Boston

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tbh the most entertaining thing from that night was Jae Crowder and Booker in the IG comments after the game
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Crowder: "NEVER SEEN SO MANY GUYS HAPPY AFTER AN 'L'."

Booker: "you can't guard me."

Crowder: "I WAS TALKING BOUT THEM DUDES AROUND YOU. BUT ILL SEE U NEXT YR.!"

NBA HISTORY:

Devin Booker is just the sixth player in NBA history to score 70-plus in a game joining Wilt Chamberlain (six times), Kobe Bryant, David Thompson, Elgin Baylor and David Robinson. This was just the 11th 70-point game in NBA history, and the first since Bryant scored 81 against the Raptors in 2006.

Booker is the only active player with a 70-point game, meaning he has the highest scoring career-high of any player currently in the NBA.

His 51 second half points were the most since Bryant scored 55 in the second half against Toronto in 2006.


At 20 years, 145 days old at the time, Booker became the youngest player to ever record a 70-point game—in fact, he also became the youngest to record a 60-point game and third-youngest to record a 50-point game (Brandon Jennings, LeBron James).

Booker has a greater career-high than the top two career scorers in NBA history and three of the top four: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1st, career-high of 55), Karl Malone (2nd, career-high of 61) and Michael Jordan (4th, career-high of 69). 


With 20 free throws made in the second half at Boston on March 24, DEVIN BOOKER tied the NBA record for most free throws made in one half. He matched the record of 20 initially set by Michael Jordan in the second half at Miami on Dec. 30, 1992.

AMONG GUARDS:

Among guards, the 70-point outing was the third-highest in NBA history.

The top four scoring games by guards are now: Bryant (81 vs. Toronto on Jan. 22, 2006); Thompson (73 at Detroit on April 9, 1978); Booker (70 at Boston on March 24, 2017); Michael Jordan (69 at Cleveland on March 28, 1990).

The four guards included here represent a lineage of inspiration as Jordan has said he idolized Thompson, Bryant has said he idolized Jordan, and Booker has said he idolized Bryant.
 
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It was gimmicky and they lost pretty badly, hence why it doesn't get as much hype.

Kobe's 81 points was insane because he did it in a game where they needed it and they came back down double digits. It wasn't just that he scored 81, it was that they needed him to score a ridiculous amount to win and he did it to win.

Also something I found special about his 81 points is that the Raptors kept going after him 1 on 1 all game. It was beautiful to watch him just destroy defenders when they only took him one on one when he typically got the double teams sent after him quick when he was on.
 
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KOBE said:
It was gimmicky and they lost pretty badly, hence why it doesn't get as much hype.

Kobe's 81 points was insane because he did it in a game where they needed it and they came back down double digits. It wasn't just that he scored 81, it was that they needed him to score a ridiculous amount to win and he did it to win.

Also something I found special about his 81 points is that the Raptors kept going after him 1 on 1 all game. It was beautiful to watch him just destroy defenders when they only took him one on one when he typically got the double teams sent after him quick when he was on.
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KOBE said:
It was gimmicky and they lost pretty badly, hence why it doesn't get as much hype.

Kobe's 81 points was insane because he did it in a game where they needed it and they came back down double digits. It wasn't just that he scored 81, it was that they needed him to score a ridiculous amount to win and he did it to win.

Also something I found special about his 81 points is that the Raptors kept going after him 1 on 1 all game. It was beautiful to watch him just destroy defenders when they only took him one on one when he typically got the double teams sent after him quick when he was on.
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nikka went and wrote an essay about kobe :pachaha:
 
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McPiff said:
nikka went and wrote an essay about kobe :pachaha:
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All facts tho. I'm far from a Mamba fan, but Kobe did it the right way. He wanted that W and the Lakers needed him to score a ridiculous amount of points to get it, so he did it. I guarantee you Kobe wouldn't be smiling ear to ear like an idiot after getting 70 in a comfortable loss like this soft chump Booker was. Kobe once had 62 after 3 quarters, Phil sat him, Kobe didn't say a word. Why? Because the Lakers had already secured the blowout win. Booker woulda thrown his tampon at the coach in that situation. That's why one is a legend and the other will be a trivia question in 15 years
 
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