I can see someone getting 100 points in a game, but I can’t see a player ever grabbing 55 rebounds. Teams rarely get 50 rebounds in a game, let alone one player getting even 30 boards.
The rebound record will never get broken. In WIlt's era the overall competition was so bad at scoring that field goal percentage was in the toilet. So with all of those missed shots and Wilt being one of 4 players over 6 foot 9 in the league when Wilt first joined the NBA, rebounds were plentiful. There were a lot of guys pulling down tons of rebounds all the way until the early 70's because shooting was so poor.
His minutes record is also underrated. Not just for 1962, but also for his career he averaged 45.8 minutes per game. Number 2 is Bill Russell with 42 mpg, and the only player this century to get remotely close is Allen Iverson with 41
Even tho MJ's 63 points in a playoff game is considered breakable, I'm still amazed that no one (even himself) has broken it. It's been damn near 40 years and no one hasn't reached to even 60 points
Embiid is 82.6% from the line for his career. Last season it was 88%. Nobody is hacking him on purpose because he's a bad foul shooter. His career high is 27 attempts at the line.
someone might eclipse Steph in most shooting statistics but ain’t no one ever gonna be as good of a shooter relative to era as Steph, he had 402 but he shot like 45% from 3 which is ridiculous that level of efficiency ain’t ever happening
I actually disagree with Andy's take only because a player would really have to have the trust of the coach and need the efficiency to break that record. Perhaps Luka could do it because they run so much of the offense thru him, but he doesn't have the efficiency rate u would need.
It feels very breakable, Steph curry archetypes will only increase as time goes on. Look at Sheppard in this year's draft , literally shot 50% from 3 in college.
Exactly. It's the efficiency of both the player and the system. I just don't see someone as skilled as Steph coming along, yet alone with a perfect system for shooters 🤷
The 3 pt record is less breakable than it may seem imo. That season no one really knew how to go about defending a player like steph and they frequently switched on screens giving him so many wide open shots. No one defends shooters like that anymore so its gonna be a lot harder to break.
@@andycanoy863I will say never to 55 rebounds, 22.9 rpg for a career and 20,000+ rebounds in a career though. When it comes to points never say never, scoring is out of control now
I disagree on someone breaking Curry's 402 threes. None of the players who are threats to shooting enough threes to come close to that record play enough games. Luca has never played more than 72 in a season. Buddy Hield comes off the bench too much. Donovan Mitchell hasn't played more than 70 games since his second season. Tatum is the closest to being a threat due to good health, but he's never made more than 240 threes in a season and that was his worst shooting season when he did.
More shooting specific players are around now and are going to come around, and so I think l though the games played might not be as high, their raw shooting attempts and efficiency will
@@Jonathan-A.C. Not gonna be broken today's era, but definitely will because of the evolution of basketball and new players being out to set more and more unbreakable records
Showing Joel Embiid when you said you think a PLAYOFF record will get broken is hilarious 😭 the only one he has a chance of breaking is most free throws because of all the flopping and foul baiting he does
@@Tommy_Montana That knicks team was injured. YOu acting like he faced a fully healthy knicks. He did face a fully healthy knicks team earlier and got molly whopped by 36 points by that fully healthy Knicks.
One thing's for sure: The player to break Jordan's 63 in a playoff game is probably going to be the one who breaks Baylor's 284 in a series. If a player scores 64 in a game, they would "only" have to average 36.7 per game in the other six, and if that player drops 50 in another game in that series (which is definitely plausible that if you can score 64, you can do 50 again in the same series), they would have to average 34 in the other five.
I think the steals record is much harder to break due to the sheer balm handling skills and the amount of shoving the offensive player can do without getting called. Anyway, 11 is just low to be honest.
@@jimgeary Yeah, it's really infuriating to see hoopers just do whatever they want to the ball. BUT the game evolved. WE have to see looser and looser calls on dribbling.
I mean, dribbling is easier now. That is a fact. But steals are less impacted than things like blocks or general guarding is. You aren’t prohibited by more of the newer anti defense rules
I’m sorry but 45% on 11 threes per game ain’t getting broken that’s just nuts over an 79 game span u basically have the hot hand every night for a whole season
Some nuance around Jordans 63 1. On the broadcast beforehand, he said soloing would play right into their hands, so the team has be more cohesive and play team ball 2. The defence was not built to stop Jordan. Watch the game, it looks like rebiunding and inside shots were more contested. It was like the idea of letting ome man try and win. Rarely if ever works. The 63 points were per se by design
Funny thing is that it almost worked. Heck, if they had the rule where 3 FTAs were awarded when fouled on a 3PA, Jordan might've won the game with 3 FTs with no time remaining and finished with 55 points instead of 63. Instead, he hit his two to send it to OT (which was pretty clutch in itself; game was over if he missed one). That 1986 Bulls team was simply no match for a Boston team that lost 1 game at the Boston Garden that year (including playoffs!). Maybe the Bulls could've eeked out a W if they played more egalitarian and Jordan finished with ~45 points, but it's hard to argue with their game 2 strategy.
@@mrmacross The rest of the story of that game two: Jordan had an open shot at the elbow to win it at the end of the 1st overtime. He missed it, and then his next four shots in the 2nd OT. He missed five shots in a row, in what ended up as a 4 point loss. Then, going home to have a chance to avoid the sweep, he scored.... just 19 points. The Chicago Bulls beat reporter wrote that he had gone golfing and got sick. (Probably code for 'went out gambling and drinking on the course, and was hung over,' imo.)
@@phillipschuman4307 We're kind of talking from both sides of the mouth here. Jordan shot a ton, the Bulls lost a competitive game at the Boston Garden (the Celtics lost one game there all year including the playoffs), so that's bad. Then in game 3, the Bulls spread out the ball more (Dave Corzine had as many combined FGA and FTA as Jordan but in fewer minutes), the Bulls lost a non-competitive game from start to finish, so that's also bad. I mean, the 1996 Bulls would've had a hard time beating these Celtics. Blaming one guy for why they lost is nonsense.
@@mrmacross The Bulls could not win, but they could have avoided the sweep out. In game two, the Celtics final margin of 4 at the end of 2OT was their largest lead of the game. As much as MJ kept the Bulls in the game (actually, mostly in the LEAD), he also missed the open shot to win in the first OT, and then missed his next four shots in a row starting off in 2nd OT. It might be unfair to call that a choke, but it certainly would be called that for some other players. After the first two games, MJ was averaging **56 points a game**. Obviously, he WAS the Bulls offense. Then both Corzine AND John Paxson out-scored him?? MJ led all players with 5 turnovers and 6 fouls. Was that the plan? Or was he 'sick,' as the Bulls beat writer reported (later, in his book)?
Wilt had a Triple Double CAREER. Way past his prime, when blocks started to get counted, he got 8 blocks per game, so it is safe to assume that he got over 10 during his prime.
Yeah, regardless of his competition, it's insane to think the amount of blocks in Wilt's absurd dominance. His numbers are so insane from what we know, I wouldn't be surprised if he had like a ridiculous 20+ blocks per game in a season stat, or a stupid 40 blocks in a single game.... just Wilt things
Maybe. Maybe not. Wilt focused more on defense in some of those later seasons. We would just focus on particular stats to prove he could do it. Like the year he focused on assists. Might be he really chased blocks that year.
Whats going to be tougher to break is Elgin Baylor's 61 points in regulation of a playoff game. Jordans was on double OT. Getting to 62 by the 4th qtr of a playoff game will he super tough.
Yes, and in a Finals game too (Elgin still has the record for high scoring game in the Finals). He also had 22 rebounds that game (vs. the Bill Russell Celtics).
The way that the game is officiated these days I just automatically scale every scoring stat down by 20 percent to compensate for what would happen before the NBA became sports entertainment. Breaking a scoring record in this era doesn't really mean much to someone who watched the game 15 years ago or more.
@@CorneliusMagnus Wilt's stats were inflated. There were 3 players over 6 foot 9 when he came into the league. Shooting was so bad that his entire rebounding career is inflated. But not artificially inflated. Officiating with the purpose to inflate stats is artificial inflation. Wilt just played against shorter players that couldn't shoot. Wilt would still be great in any era, but he's not averaging 50 in a season or pulling down 50 rebounds in a game. People don't understand Wilt. It's always: "He's the GOAT, or he played against plumbers and firemen." The truth is in between. His numbers are inflated, but they also dropped significantly early in his career, year by year, as players got better and teams got taller. It happened to Kareem in the same stretch. It wasn't physical decline, but the incline of height by the competition. Wilt's numbers would be down in any era from 1980 to today. But watch the footage of Wilt running the fastbreak, dribbling and moving as fast as Jason Kidd or Steve Nash in their prime. This guy was over 7 foot moving like the fastest guys to ever run the break. Wilt could snatch a quarter off of the top of the backboard and once lifted a VW Bug off of the ground. If you don't think WIlt could play in todays game, watch footage of Wilt at the high elbow, running a motion offense like the Warriors (Modren NBA....) but the floor spacing was so horrible and there was no 3 point line. Wilt would destroy with the spacing that exists today. Probably lead the league in scoring and assists if he was on the Warriors. Ask Magic Johnson about the pick up game that he and James Worthy played with 50 year old WIlt against him and some of the UCLA players where Magic called game due to a bullshit goal tending call. WIlt told him that they are going to a 2 minute over time and that they would not score again, then preceded to block every shot put up by the current NBA champs. Don't get things twisted. Wilt's stats were inflated, but not artificially like today's game, and if you think for one minute that Wilt couldn't dominate any era than you need to educate yourself and watch some film footage.
In terms of points, nowadays ref call much more fouls ñ, players ger much more and1s and the pace of the game is faster. That one reason they scpre more
Honestly if you can get close or actually break Russ's triple double record then you basically you join a group of two other players which are Russ and Big O but that MVP season attached those consistent streaks of seasons averaging a triple double was insane
It's possible for someone to do it in less than the two minutes and 43 seconds Wells needed, but it'd take a coach like Nellie to be so brazen to employ the Hack-a-player strategy.
1:54: "While the defense has not yet caught up." That is because real, hard defense isn't played anymore. Today's soft Primadonna's are too worried about breaking their nails. That and a foul in the style of the 80's and 90's today would get you ejected and probably suspended. Today's NBA sucks.
U think someone will Hit over 402 3s in a season ? Only way i could See that Happen is If someone IS avaraging like 55% or so but under "normal" % ? Dont think such a great Shooter will ever get AS many and AS many good Shot like that ever again.. only If like Luka or an unknown Player IS legit on f*ck*ng fire because of gasoline AND dry weather for a complet season from Game 1 to 82 with at Most 5-6 Games missed whole season😅😂
There is a player I think could have the potential to break that steals record, though it's a pretty off the wall guess because they're not in the NBA and not a particularly known prospect-- it is a South Korean player named Chae-Hyung Lee, who IIRC plays for Yonsei University. He was a huge part of South Korea winning Gold at the 2022 FIBA U18 Asia Cup, I would argue the key piece (though he did not win MVP). It was just a small sample size of 5 games, but he had two games where he achieved 10 steals (both games were actually triple doubles w/ points and assists), and averaged 6.6 steals per game in the tournament. I think the level of competition is low and there are certainly more mistakes for guys to take advantage of, I've seen some pretty wild averages (Abdramane Kanoute averages 4 spg in a FIBA U18 Africa tournament for instance), but 6.6 and getting 10 in 2 of the 5 games played is unreal even by FIBA youth tournament standards, I think that kid has some next level pass perception and/or reflexes. I don't know where to find his college stats, and it doesn't seem like he elected to go pro in Korea or pursue some sort of NBA pathway, but I sincerely wonder what could become of him. For as raw as that tournament was, I feel as though there will be at least one future NBA player that comes from it and perhaps a few- (Hansen Yang, Mohammad Amini, Akira Jacobs?) There is definitely SOME cause for intrigue- I think there is some possibility that his talent for steals is genuinely unique, and that he gets an opportunity to show it at the NBA level. Idk how likely though, but to me if there is anybody that warrants such speculation it would be him.
Per Game stats are more difficult to attain. It needs to have planets aligned to you in order to get it. That Curry's 403 3pt should a "made" at the end and it will ve terrifying.
That was the best three point shooting season he's had. Not to mention he was also one of the best three point shooters on his team that season, especially when accounting for volume.
@Kn1ght_Shade17 Well, sadly for him, my comment speaks more on him now than that one season. Also, his shot percentage from the arc dropped come play-off time. I guess that's his best mid season compared to all the other mid - or bad shooting seasons he has had in his career
@@BigWillieDillie Yeah, definitely true. All players have some weaknesses though, I just find it hilarious that he managed to drag that roster to the playoffs when the front office decided to surround him with a construction crew's worth of bricklayers tho lol
I feel some team is going to break the record of most points in a regulation game in a few years. The current record is 173, set by the 1958-59 Celtics against the Lakers and tied by the 1990-91 Suns against the Nuggets. With offenses playing at a higher tempo than some of the teams in the 80's that were putting up 140-150 points on a regular basis, some team is going to have a near-perfect shooting night and get 174 without overtime.
I remember how golden state used to blow out teams in 2015-16 season because of their volume efficient 3pt shooting led by Curry. Nowadays Every team can shoot threes and no lead is safe anymore.
Andy, I disagree with Larry Kenon and Kendall Gill's most steals in a game with 11 and Elmore Smith's most blocks in a game with 17 that someday certain player breaks those record because they weren't the real record holders, but official record holders in steals and blocks. The real record for most steals in a game so far was Johnny Green with 17 steals and the real record for most blocks in a game so far was Wilt Chamberlain with a ridiculous 50 blocks, but the problem was that the NBA didn't count those steals and blocks before the 1973-74 season which you failed to mention Andy. For me and another UA-camr would believe that Johnny Green would hold the most unofficial steals in a game and Wilt Chamberlain would hold the most unofficial blocks in a game. It would be impossible for certain players to break the unofficial steals and blocks record, but they may only break the official steals and blocks record. If the league counted blocks before the 1973-74 season, then they would see many high blocks mostly by Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell, Nate "The Great" Thurmond and other legends who were great shot blockers. Also, if the league counted blocks, then Wilt Chamberlain would have holds the most career triple doubles with the estimation of more than 500 games, but he unofficially holds that record while Russell Westbrook holds the official career leader in triple doubles. We would never know how much steals for guys like Jerry West and Walt Frazier would have if the league counted steals and we would never know how many blocks for Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell and Nate Thurmond would have if the league counted blocks for the 1973-74 season.
Elgin set the series points and playoff game records without a 3 point line. Hes better than all of the modern stars because of that. And 61 points in regulation.
That Jordan record finna take a while to break cuz a lot of players ain’t really focused on breaking that record they more focused on advancing to the next round
Pretty crazy that even in this era of way higher scoring than ever before no one is really sniffing Kobes 83. Way more impressive than Wilts 100. Especially when you look into the details of that game. You can right now watch Kobe get all 83 legitimately. It could happen any day in this era. But it still hasn't happened.
I'm not convinced that Steph's 3-point record will be the first to be broken. Considering that almost all players or centers are now shooting behind the arc, the shooting volume will be divided among players on the floor. In Steph's time, it was the start of the 3-point era, and shooting bigs are not that popular yet. Unless there is another James Harden style of play where efficiency is not a factor, maybe. But I doubt it. For me, the 11-steal record is the first to be broken soon, considering that 23 times it is almost equal to or surpasses. Aside from that, it just needs a one-night, big-time performance of steals to surpass the current record. For the triple-double, I doubt it. Unless there is another self-centered Westbrick who will sacrifice team success for personal accolades.
2 out of the 5 times Jordan had bad teams the other 3 were solid championship teams. Only 3 out of those 9 were blow outs. Jordan had a 3 game series in 1992 which hurt which was due to games in the series neither teams or blow outs as well as 93.
I don’t agree with Stephs recod being breakable. Teams taking significantly more threes than in 2016 means that more players are taking threes, not that one individual player is taking a huge amount. To support this I’m sure that the warriors today are taking more threes than they did in 2016 yet steph hasnt broken his own record. I believe this record became even harder to break because if every player on a team can shoot threes then one player doesn’t have to or can’t put up as large a volume.
Dwight Howard‘s 39 free throws attempts will be hard to break unless another horrible solid young center can’t shoot ball in this current NBA season soon?
That Dwight ft record won't be broken anytime soon. Players today are much better ft shooters than in yrs past. No player that can't shoot is getting significant time. The few that do don't have the ball in their hands much. Even the big men are around 80% or more now. Davis, Embiid, Joker, Towns, etc. are all good ft shooters and Giannis is not terrible. (Around 60%).
Not happening against the celtics in a playoff game (again)! Jordan lost that game, so it's a useless record. Parish scored 6pts in the win. They won the the title that year also. I'll take Parish's 6pts and the win over 63 and a loss anyday
So basically ... A bunch of records that haven't been broken because they were hard to set in the first place and we have no clue when they will ever be broken if ever.
I can see someone getting 100 points in a game, but I can’t see a player ever grabbing 55 rebounds. Teams rarely get 50 rebounds in a game, let alone one player getting even 30 boards.
Yeah the rebound record is likely there to stay
@@nocturne311 Even in 2K, it's impossible to break the 55 rebound record.
The rebound record will never get broken. In WIlt's era the overall competition was so bad at scoring that field goal percentage was in the toilet. So with all of those missed shots and Wilt being one of 4 players over 6 foot 9 in the league when Wilt first joined the NBA, rebounds were plentiful. There were a lot of guys pulling down tons of rebounds all the way until the early 70's because shooting was so poor.
His minutes record is also underrated. Not just for 1962, but also for his career he averaged 45.8 minutes per game. Number 2 is Bill Russell with 42 mpg, and the only player this century to get remotely close is Allen Iverson with 41
@@neezduts_ He got that 99 Stamina, 99 Vertical, 99 Rebounding Defense /Offense, to go along with his 99 Athleticism rating.
Even tho MJ's 63 points in a playoff game is considered breakable, I'm still amazed that no one (even himself) has broken it. It's been damn near 40 years and no one hasn't reached to even 60 points
Jimmy Butler came the closest I think
@@nairson Donovan Mitchell was the closest, he scored 57 in the bubble
Probably cus playoff teams and the playoffs are where nba teams and players actually decide they wanna play a little bit of defense
@@Beesosa3400Exactly. Thats why its near impossible. Especially without an over time.
Do the finals not count as the playoffs?
Embiid is breaking Dwight's record, refs are working on it.
Either him or Shai
@@RaymondFelton2luka too
Embiid is 82.6% from the line for his career. Last season it was 88%.
Nobody is hacking him on purpose because he's a bad foul shooter. His career high is 27 attempts at the line.
someone might eclipse Steph in most shooting statistics but ain’t no one ever gonna be as good of a shooter relative to era as Steph, he had 402 but he shot like 45% from 3 which is ridiculous that level of efficiency ain’t ever happening
I actually disagree with Andy's take only because a player would really have to have the trust of the coach and need the efficiency to break that record. Perhaps Luka could do it because they run so much of the offense thru him, but he doesn't have the efficiency rate u would need.
It feels very breakable, Steph curry archetypes will only increase as time goes on.
Look at Sheppard in this year's draft , literally shot 50% from 3 in college.
on top of that, curry literally sat thru so many 4th quarters that season😂
@@andreasl_fr2666a player needs to shoot 5 threes a game for 82 games in a season it would take maybe a decade or 2 for the record to be broken
Exactly. It's the efficiency of both the player and the system. I just don't see someone as skilled as Steph coming along, yet alone with a perfect system for shooters 🤷
The 3 pt record is less breakable than it may seem imo. That season no one really knew how to go about defending a player like steph and they frequently switched on screens giving him so many wide open shots. No one defends shooters like that anymore so its gonna be a lot harder to break.
One thing is for sure; era, circumstances, and pacing can determine if a record is unbreakable or not.
With how fast players go up and down the court nowadays some scoring records could be up for grabs
@@mattmmixesAgreed. Never say never. You never know who might break an "unbreakable" record and when.
Yeah the wilt 100 seems weird to me how everyone considers it as unbreakable as someone winning more rings than Russell
@@andycanoy863I will say never to 55 rebounds, 22.9 rpg for a career and 20,000+ rebounds in a career though. When it comes to points never say never, scoring is out of control now
@@neezduts_ I don't see how anyone can break the 55 rebound record. Very specific circumstances need to happen
I disagree on someone breaking Curry's 402 threes. None of the players who are threats to shooting enough threes to come close to that record play enough games. Luca has never played more than 72 in a season. Buddy Hield comes off the bench too much. Donovan Mitchell hasn't played more than 70 games since his second season. Tatum is the closest to being a threat due to good health, but he's never made more than 240 threes in a season and that was his worst shooting season when he did.
More shooting specific players are around now and are going to come around, and so I think l though the games played might not be as high, their raw shooting attempts and efficiency will
@@Jonathan-A.C. Not gonna be broken today's era, but definitely will because of the evolution of basketball and new players being out to set more and more unbreakable records
Crazy about 402 threes of Curry he was sitting mostly in the 4th cause they were blowing teams out 😭
Somewhat true, but he still averaged 34 minutes a game
0:10 Tom Thibodeau still looking for the Player to beat that 😂
True, but 0:08 would've been a much better timestamp
Dude has the best hoop channel by far
And this record is unbreakable 😅
Showing Joel Embiid when you said you think a PLAYOFF record will get broken is hilarious 😭 the only one he has a chance of breaking is most free throws because of all the flopping and foul baiting he does
If Embid finessed a way to be healthy in the playoffs he could do it. He gave the Knicks 50 on like 1 leg
@@Tommy_Montana That knicks team was injured. YOu acting like he faced a fully healthy knicks. He did face a fully healthy knicks team earlier and got molly whopped by 36 points by that fully healthy Knicks.
@@Tommy_Montana he committed 4 flagrant fouls in that game and should’ve been ejected in the 1st quarter
With the pace of play that teams are playing at with absurd offensive numbers, I can maybe see MJ’s playoff points record possibly being broken.
I bet it will be a foreigner, either Jokic or Doncic
@@clintbeamquillope3123most likely Luka
One thing's for sure: The player to break Jordan's 63 in a playoff game is probably going to be the one who breaks Baylor's 284 in a series. If a player scores 64 in a game, they would "only" have to average 36.7 per game in the other six, and if that player drops 50 in another game in that series (which is definitely plausible that if you can score 64, you can do 50 again in the same series), they would have to average 34 in the other five.
Harder to get to 7 games if you’re dropping 64 and 50. pretty dominant performances
That's a lotta "if"s😮
If you’re dropping 64 and 50 in back to back games then the game was prolly close and could go to 7 games
I think the steals record is much harder to break due to the sheer balm handling skills and the amount of shoving the offensive player can do without getting called. Anyway, 11 is just low to be honest.
“Today’s ball handling skills is yesterday’s palming,” chimed in this old man.
@@jimgeary Yeah, it's really infuriating to see hoopers just do whatever they want to the ball. BUT the game evolved. WE have to see looser and looser calls on dribbling.
I mean, dribbling is easier now. That is a fact.
But steals are less impacted than things like blocks or general guarding is. You aren’t prohibited by more of the newer anti defense rules
Most records especially Wilt's are probably the hardest one though DeMar did once break one but still anything is possible.
What did Demar break?
@@yoofij4724 Most consecutive games of scoring 35 or more points and shoot 50% or better from the field with 7 in January 2022.
@@AirRusher1992this is the single most ridiculous “record” I’ve ever seen
@@danielyankun3605yeah that’s just a stupid espn thing
I’m sorry but 45% on 11 threes per game ain’t getting broken that’s just nuts over an 79 game span u basically have the hot hand every night for a whole season
Some nuance around Jordans 63
1. On the broadcast beforehand, he said soloing would play right into their hands, so the team has be more cohesive and play team ball
2. The defence was not built to stop Jordan. Watch the game, it looks like rebiunding and inside shots were more contested. It was like the idea of letting ome man try and win. Rarely if ever works.
The 63 points were per se by design
He still had all those attempts even if he supposedly was trying to give to the team more
Funny thing is that it almost worked. Heck, if they had the rule where 3 FTAs were awarded when fouled on a 3PA, Jordan might've won the game with 3 FTs with no time remaining and finished with 55 points instead of 63. Instead, he hit his two to send it to OT (which was pretty clutch in itself; game was over if he missed one).
That 1986 Bulls team was simply no match for a Boston team that lost 1 game at the Boston Garden that year (including playoffs!). Maybe the Bulls could've eeked out a W if they played more egalitarian and Jordan finished with ~45 points, but it's hard to argue with their game 2 strategy.
@@mrmacross The rest of the story of that game two: Jordan had an open shot at the elbow to win it at the end of the 1st overtime. He missed it, and then his next four shots in the 2nd OT. He missed five shots in a row, in what ended up as a 4 point loss.
Then, going home to have a chance to avoid the sweep, he scored.... just 19 points. The Chicago Bulls beat reporter wrote that he had gone golfing and got sick. (Probably code for 'went out gambling and drinking on the course, and was hung over,' imo.)
@@phillipschuman4307 We're kind of talking from both sides of the mouth here. Jordan shot a ton, the Bulls lost a competitive game at the Boston Garden (the Celtics lost one game there all year including the playoffs), so that's bad. Then in game 3, the Bulls spread out the ball more (Dave Corzine had as many combined FGA and FTA as Jordan but in fewer minutes), the Bulls lost a non-competitive game from start to finish, so that's also bad. I mean, the 1996 Bulls would've had a hard time beating these Celtics. Blaming one guy for why they lost is nonsense.
@@mrmacross The Bulls could not win, but they could have avoided the sweep out.
In game two, the Celtics final margin of 4 at the end of 2OT was their largest lead of the game. As much as MJ kept the Bulls in the game (actually, mostly in the LEAD), he also missed the open shot to win in the first OT, and then missed his next four shots in a row starting off in 2nd OT. It might be unfair to call that a choke, but it certainly would be called that for some other players.
After the first two games, MJ was averaging **56 points a game**. Obviously, he WAS the Bulls offense. Then both Corzine AND John Paxson out-scored him?? MJ led all players with 5 turnovers and 6 fouls. Was that the plan? Or was he 'sick,' as the Bulls beat writer reported (later, in his book)?
Wilt had a Triple Double CAREER. Way past his prime, when blocks started to get counted, he got 8 blocks per game, so it is safe to assume that he got over 10 during his prime.
Yeah, regardless of his competition, it's insane to think the amount of blocks in Wilt's absurd dominance. His numbers are so insane from what we know, I wouldn't be surprised if he had like a ridiculous 20+ blocks per game in a season stat, or a stupid 40 blocks in a single game.... just Wilt things
Maybe. Maybe not. Wilt focused more on defense in some of those later seasons. We would just focus on particular stats to prove he could do it. Like the year he focused on assists. Might be he really chased blocks that year.
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Whats going to be tougher to break is Elgin Baylor's 61 points in regulation of a playoff game. Jordans was on double OT. Getting to 62 by the 4th qtr of a playoff game will he super tough.
Yes, and in a Finals game too (Elgin still has the record for high scoring game in the Finals).
He also had 22 rebounds that game (vs. the Bill Russell Celtics).
The way that the game is officiated these days I just automatically scale every scoring stat down by 20 percent to compensate for what would happen before the NBA became sports entertainment. Breaking a scoring record in this era doesn't really mean much to someone who watched the game 15 years ago or more.
You can say the same thing about Wilts' records being inflated.
@@CorneliusMagnus Wilt's stats were inflated. There were 3 players over 6 foot 9 when he came into the league. Shooting was so bad that his entire rebounding career is inflated. But not artificially inflated. Officiating with the purpose to inflate stats is artificial inflation. Wilt just played against shorter players that couldn't shoot. Wilt would still be great in any era, but he's not averaging 50 in a season or pulling down 50 rebounds in a game.
People don't understand Wilt. It's always: "He's the GOAT, or he played against plumbers and firemen." The truth is in between. His numbers are inflated, but they also dropped significantly early in his career, year by year, as players got better and teams got taller. It happened to Kareem in the same stretch. It wasn't physical decline, but the incline of height by the competition.
Wilt's numbers would be down in any era from 1980 to today. But watch the footage of Wilt running the fastbreak, dribbling and moving as fast as Jason Kidd or Steve Nash in their prime. This guy was over 7 foot moving like the fastest guys to ever run the break. Wilt could snatch a quarter off of the top of the backboard and once lifted a VW Bug off of the ground. If you don't think WIlt could play in todays game, watch footage of Wilt at the high elbow, running a motion offense like the Warriors (Modren NBA....) but the floor spacing was so horrible and there was no 3 point line. Wilt would destroy with the spacing that exists today. Probably lead the league in scoring and assists if he was on the Warriors. Ask Magic Johnson about the pick up game that he and James Worthy played with 50 year old WIlt against him and some of the UCLA players where Magic called game due to a bullshit goal tending call. WIlt told him that they are going to a 2 minute over time and that they would not score again, then preceded to block every shot put up by the current NBA champs.
Don't get things twisted. Wilt's stats were inflated, but not artificially like today's game, and if you think for one minute that Wilt couldn't dominate any era than you need to educate yourself and watch some film footage.
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In terms of points, nowadays ref call much more fouls ñ, players ger much more and1s and the pace of the game is faster. That one reason they scpre more
Honestly if you can get close or actually break Russ's triple double record then you basically you join a group of two other players which are Russ and Big O but that MVP season attached those consistent streaks of seasons averaging a triple double was insane
Bubba wells is the best unbreakable record , to be fouled out in 3 Mins.
It's possible for someone to do it in less than the two minutes and 43 seconds Wells needed, but it'd take a coach like Nellie to be so brazen to employ the Hack-a-player strategy.
I still find it weird how with so many 3s and defense being a relic no one could ever think about reaching 100 points one day
Baylor doin that wit no 3 point line is crazy u gotta put up 40 every game in a 7 game series
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1:54: "While the defense has not yet caught up." That is because real, hard defense isn't played anymore. Today's soft Primadonna's are too worried about breaking their nails. That and a foul in the style of the 80's and 90's today would get you ejected and probably suspended. Today's NBA sucks.
I would like to see a video on all of the records you think are the most unbreakable
💯 points in a game by a superstar and the most number of OTs would set breaking the record anytime soon.
“Single-handedly made people not care about triple doubles.” 😂
Embiid gonna break D12's free throw record.
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It’s so much easier to score today than 15 years ago lol
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U think someone will Hit over 402 3s in a season ? Only way i could See that Happen is If someone IS avaraging like 55% or so but under "normal" % ? Dont think such a great Shooter will ever get AS many and AS many good Shot like that ever again.. only If like Luka or an unknown Player IS legit on f*ck*ng fire because of gasoline AND dry weather for a complet season from Game 1 to 82 with at Most 5-6 Games missed whole season😅😂
What about Scott Skiles' 30 assists in one game?
Super surprised Jordan's playoff 63 pts vs Bird/Celtics hasn't been broken since they can't hand check and don't play defense nowadays.
There is a player I think could have the potential to break that steals record, though it's a pretty off the wall guess because they're not in the NBA and not a particularly known prospect-- it is a South Korean player named Chae-Hyung Lee, who IIRC plays for Yonsei University.
He was a huge part of South Korea winning Gold at the 2022 FIBA U18 Asia Cup, I would argue the key piece (though he did not win MVP).
It was just a small sample size of 5 games, but he had two games where he achieved 10 steals (both games were actually triple doubles w/ points and assists), and averaged 6.6 steals per game in the tournament.
I think the level of competition is low and there are certainly more mistakes for guys to take advantage of, I've seen some pretty wild averages (Abdramane Kanoute averages 4 spg in a FIBA U18 Africa tournament for instance), but 6.6 and getting 10 in 2 of the 5 games played is unreal even by FIBA youth tournament standards, I think that kid has some next level pass perception and/or reflexes.
I don't know where to find his college stats, and it doesn't seem like he elected to go pro in Korea or pursue some sort of NBA pathway, but I sincerely wonder what could become of him. For as raw as that tournament was, I feel as though there will be at least one future NBA player that comes from it and perhaps a few- (Hansen Yang, Mohammad Amini, Akira Jacobs?)
There is definitely SOME cause for intrigue- I think there is some possibility that his talent for steals is genuinely unique, and that he gets an opportunity to show it at the NBA level. Idk how likely though, but to me if there is anybody that warrants such speculation it would be him.
Nuggets without KCP and Mavs without Jones jr. ANT or SGA Can beat MJ's Record.
Per Game stats are more difficult to attain. It needs to have planets aligned to you in order to get it.
That Curry's 403 3pt should a "made" at the end and it will ve terrifying.
Grand theft Alvarado might break that steal record 😂
Wemby will post a Quadruple double and 5x5 next season.
Westbrook just wanted a record. Should have been focusing on his shooting....😊
That was the best three point shooting season he's had. Not to mention he was also one of the best three point shooters on his team that season, especially when accounting for volume.
@Kn1ght_Shade17 Well, sadly for him, my comment speaks more on him now than that one season. Also, his shot percentage from the arc dropped come play-off time. I guess that's his best mid season compared to all the other mid - or bad shooting seasons he has had in his career
@@BigWillieDillie Yeah, definitely true. All players have some weaknesses though, I just find it hilarious that he managed to drag that roster to the playoffs when the front office decided to surround him with a construction crew's worth of bricklayers tho lol
I wanna see someone break 81 points before we start talkin bout breaking 100
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I feel some team is going to break the record of most points in a regulation game in a few years. The current record is 173, set by the 1958-59 Celtics against the Lakers and tied by the 1990-91 Suns against the Nuggets. With offenses playing at a higher tempo than some of the teams in the 80's that were putting up 140-150 points on a regular basis, some team is going to have a near-perfect shooting night and get 174 without overtime.
I was at that suns game. Just insane. No team has tried to play that LMU style since, and the Suns said you wanna run, we’ll run.
I remember how golden state used to blow out teams in 2015-16 season because of their volume efficient 3pt shooting led by Curry. Nowadays Every team can shoot threes and no lead is safe anymore.
Andy, I disagree with Larry Kenon and Kendall Gill's most steals in a game with 11 and Elmore Smith's most blocks in a game with 17 that someday certain player breaks those record because they weren't the real record holders, but official record holders in steals and blocks. The real record for most steals in a game so far was Johnny Green with 17 steals and the real record for most blocks in a game so far was Wilt Chamberlain with a ridiculous 50 blocks, but the problem was that the NBA didn't count those steals and blocks before the 1973-74 season which you failed to mention Andy. For me and another UA-camr would believe that Johnny Green would hold the most unofficial steals in a game and Wilt Chamberlain would hold the most unofficial blocks in a game. It would be impossible for certain players to break the unofficial steals and blocks record, but they may only break the official steals and blocks record. If the league counted blocks before the 1973-74 season, then they would see many high blocks mostly by Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell, Nate "The Great" Thurmond and other legends who were great shot blockers. Also, if the league counted blocks, then Wilt Chamberlain would have holds the most career triple doubles with the estimation of more than 500 games, but he unofficially holds that record while Russell Westbrook holds the official career leader in triple doubles. We would never know how much steals for guys like Jerry West and Walt Frazier would have if the league counted steals and we would never know how many blocks for Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell and Nate Thurmond would have if the league counted blocks for the 1973-74 season.
Elgin set the series points and playoff game records without a 3 point line. Hes better than all of the modern stars because of that. And 61 points in regulation.
That Jordan record finna take a while to break cuz a lot of players ain’t really focused on breaking that record they more focused on advancing to the next round
Pretty crazy that even in this era of way higher scoring than ever before no one is really sniffing Kobes 83. Way more impressive than Wilts 100. Especially when you look into the details of that game. You can right now watch Kobe get all 83 legitimately. It could happen any day in this era. But it still hasn't happened.
Don't forget the defensive rules during MJ's time where it's the other way around from what it is now.
I think klays 13 trays in a game deserved a mention, got atleast 5 players in the leauge rn who could beat it
The reason 55 rebounds could never be broken is because there was 20 more possessions a game in that era.
The 100 pts game can be possibly broken than 39 free throw attempts
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I'm not convinced that Steph's 3-point record will be the first to be broken. Considering that almost all players or centers are now shooting behind the arc, the shooting volume will be divided among players on the floor. In Steph's time, it was the start of the 3-point era, and shooting bigs are not that popular yet. Unless there is another James Harden style of play where efficiency is not a factor, maybe. But I doubt it. For me, the 11-steal record is the first to be broken soon, considering that 23 times it is almost equal to or surpasses. Aside from that, it just needs a one-night, big-time performance of steals to surpass the current record. For the triple-double, I doubt it. Unless there is another self-centered Westbrick who will sacrifice team success for personal accolades.
I can see the assist record being broken because the amount of points scored in a game.
Jordan 63 points is crazy......players are so much better but can't hit that mark...Greatness
Man stop
Mitchel 57 pts and Butler 56 came close but didn’t have extra overtime
@CardiBoy-wz5yn but if it was Lebron you would be telling me to appreciate something gtfo💀
@@ImadogGarcia with way more 3 point attempts than Jordan so they don't need overtime
Let go brother. Let go
Total times a player punked out in the playoffs by LeBron.
2 out of the 5 times Jordan had bad teams the other 3 were solid championship teams. Only 3 out of those 9 were blow outs. Jordan had a 3 game series in 1992 which hurt which was due to games in the series neither teams or blow outs as well as 93.
Definitely I can see someone getting 100 points in a game but 55 rebounds ? Yeah I can’t see that happening since teams rarely get 50 rebounds
Only 11 steals in a game is crazy. I see bad jr high teams get the ball stolen before they hit half court 20 times a quarter!!!
I don’t agree with Stephs recod being breakable. Teams taking significantly more threes than in 2016 means that more players are taking threes, not that one individual player is taking a huge amount. To support this I’m sure that the warriors today are taking more threes than they did in 2016 yet steph hasnt broken his own record. I believe this record became even harder to break because if every player on a team can shoot threes then one player doesn’t have to or can’t put up as large a volume.
Dwight Howard‘s 39 free throws attempts will be hard to break unless another horrible solid young center can’t shoot ball in this current NBA season soon?
how abt jt 51 pts in a game 7 being the most in an elimination game?
THE WILT 100 POINTS IN THE GAME WILL BE BROKEN
Larry Kenon's name is pronounced KEE nen. His nickname was " Leanin' Kenon" because it rhymed.
The way they have started officiating the playoffs, nobody is breaking jordan's record anytime soon
284 points in a series can only be dome in 7 games. That’s why it has not happened.
That Dwight ft record won't be broken anytime soon. Players today are much better ft shooters than in yrs past. No player that can't shoot is getting significant time. The few that do don't have the ball in their hands much. Even the big men are around 80% or more now. Davis, Embiid, Joker, Towns, etc. are all good ft shooters and Giannis is not terrible. (Around 60%).
It all depends on rules. Today’s rules heavily favor offence.
The defense hasn't "caught up"????? Defense doesn't exist in today's NBA!
When did Lou Will get 10 steals?!?!?
Turnover rs once Luis is done. He plays like an old guy already. He can stay for awhile
Not happening against the celtics in a playoff game (again)! Jordan lost that game, so it's a useless record. Parish scored 6pts in the win. They won the the title that year also. I'll take Parish's 6pts and the win over 63 and a loss anyday
i'd like 2 C Joker beat Westbrooks record
15k+ assist
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Kobe was the man.. scored 81 points with a variety of shots.
Joel Embiid will definitely eclipse 39 free throws.
63 points without a three point field goal.
Crazy
WEMBY GOT 10 BLOCKS vs Rockets though 😅
That's barely halfway man he still needs 7 more
I broke all of these record in 2K
I really dont think the steals will be broken
Yeah good luck getting 11 steals in this day and age where offense is everything
teams have shot threes for decades. didnt start with steph
39 FT's is not breakable in today's NBA
I own all these records in 2k
Barkley had 56
Currys records not getting broken anytime soon only person that could beat his record within the next 5 years is himself lol
I think Luka will end up with the most points in a playoff game
westbrick padded his stats that season. wasnt genuine
Thanasis Antetokounmpo most clap per game
Klay 14 3s😊
I think Bron will be the oldest player to ever play
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I wish James Harden would retire.
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So basically ... A bunch of records that haven't been broken because they were hard to set in the first place and we have no clue when they will ever be broken if ever.